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07 / OCT / 2026 — archive puzzle. The world's first maritime-only crossword — 259-term nautical corpus.

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      You're looking at the 07 / OCT / 2026 daily maritime crossword — a free nautical puzzle drawn from our 259-term corpus of COLREGs rules, VHF radio procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary. Every daily puzzle is deterministic — players worldwide saw exactly the same grid on 07 / OCT / 2026, so your time and hint count still rank against the global leaderboard.

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      1. Maritime Mobile Service Identity — a unique nine-digit number issued to each DSC-VHF/HF radio, EPIRB, or AIS transponder… (4) — MMSI
      2. A pivoting keel that can be raised into a trunk to reduce draft and lowered to resist leeway (11) — CENTERBOARD
      3. The whole line-and-chain assembly linking the anchor to the boat (4) — RODE
      4. The upper corner of a sail; also, the marine toilet (4) — HEAD
      5. Toward, at, or behind the stern (3) — AFT
      6. A single-masted rig with a mainsail and a single headsail — the commonest modern configuration (5) — SLOOP

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      1. A permanent joining of two ropes, or a rope's end into itself, by interweaving the strands (6) — SPLICE
      2. A large, light downwind sail, symmetric or asymmetric, flown from a halyard rather than a stay and used on broad reaches and runs (9) — SPINNAKER
      3. Referring to the magnetic north pole rather than true geographic north (8) — MAGNETIC
      4. The right side of the boat when facing forward (9) — STARBOARD
      5. Lying on a line perpendicular to the vessel's centerline — directly off her side (5) — ABEAM
      6. Under international rules a vessel is 'underway' whenever she is not at anchor, moored, aground, or made fast to the sho… (8) — UNDERWAY
      7. Automatic Radar Plotting Aid — radar software that tracks targets automatically and computes CPA (closest point of appro… (4) — ARPA
      8. To bind the strands at the end of a rope with a tight wrapping of twine to prevent unravelling (4) — WHIP

      Great for studying COLREGs, VHF procedure, navigation marks, rigging and seamanship vocabulary — or just as a spoiler if you got stuck.