Salt Air and Shorelines
September 18, 2026 · 12×11 · Hard
Ship's tallest pole
Loud Hawaiian shirt
Blows toward land
Cowgirl casually
Cleans the rooms
Web page's bones
Backless perch
Size of a ballfield
Old surgery gas
Busy like a bee
Naps in the sun
Tallies it up
Chewy rice treat
Muddy tidal edge
Cliffside road
Cute retro feel
Stares too long
Pearl's briny home
Odd desert spire
Juvenile salmon
Branching stag horn
Tea … coffee
Smooth like Bond
Calm as a mirror
Stubborn donkeys
Japanese boxed lunch
Towed behind a boat
Cools hot glass
Bundles of khat
Sleek, or chocolate
Universal plug type
Spot in Congress
Juicy hot gossip
Gobbled it down
Santa's coming
Performs on stage
Cricket team's size
Heard in old hymns
Means to reply back
Sand meets the waves
Fifth note of scale
Salt Air and Shorelines — Solution
September 18, 2026 · 12×11 · Hard
Ship's tallest pole
Loud Hawaiian shirt
Blows toward land
O
Cowgirl casually
Cleans the rooms
G
Web page's bones
Backless perch
H
Size of a ballfield
A
Old surgery gas
Busy like a bee
E
M
A
I
N
M
A
S
T
Naps in the sun
Tallies it up
C
A
T
Chewy rice treat
L
Muddy tidal edge
Cliffside road
S
A
L
T
M
A
R
S
H
M
O
C
H
I
Cute retro feel
Stares too long
O
L
D
E
Pearl's briny home
E
Odd desert spire
Juvenile salmon
H
O
O
D
O
O
Branching stag horn
D
Tea … coffee
Smooth like Bond
O
R
P
A
R
R
Calm as a mirror
Stubborn donkeys
G
L
A
S
S
Y
Japanese boxed lunch
Towed behind a boat
Cools hot glass
Bundles of khat
N
E
A
L
Sleek, or chocolate
N
Universal plug type
U
S
B
S
K
I
Spot in Congress
Juicy hot gossip
S
E
A
T
Gobbled it down
Santa's coming
A
T
E
Performs on stage
A
C
T
S
Cricket team's size
E
L
E
V
E
N
Heard in old hymns
T
H
E
E
Means to reply back
R
E
V
E
R
T
Sand meets the waves
S
E
A
S
H
O
R
E
Fifth note of scale
S
O
Salt Air and Shorelines — The notes
September 18, 2026 · 12×11 · Hard
- MAINMASTShip's tallest poleThe mainmast is a sailing ship's tallest and most central mast, usually rigged with the largest sails.
- ALOHALoud Hawaiian shirtAloha is Hawaiian for both hello and goodbye. It's also the name for those loud, floral-print shirts tourists love.
- ONSHOREBlows toward landAn onshore wind blows from the sea toward the coast, unlike an offshore wind, which blows out to sea.
- GALCowgirl casuallyGal is an informal word for a girl or young woman, common in casual American speech, as in Western films.
- MAIDCleans the roomsA maid cleans rooms, whether in a hotel or a household. The word can also mean an unmarried young woman.
- HTMLWeb page's bonesHTML is the code that structures a webpage's content, like a skeleton beneath the visible design.
- STOOLBackless perchA stool is a simple backless seat, often found at a bar or kitchen counter.
- ACRESize of a ballfieldAn acre is a unit of land area, often compared to roughly the size of a football field.
- ETHEROld surgery gasEther was once used as a general anesthetic in surgery before safer gases replaced it.
- ASBusy like a beeAs can mean while something else happens, or used in comparisons like busy as a bee.
- CATNaps in the sunCats are known for napping in warm, sunny spots for much of the day.
- ADDSTallies it upAdds means to sum up, as in tallying a bill or a set of numbers.
- MOCHIChewy rice treatMochi is a chewy Japanese treat made from pounded glutinous rice, sometimes filled with sweet paste.
- SALTMARSHMuddy tidal edgeA saltmarsh is a muddy, grassy coastal wetland flooded by tides, important for many bird species.
- CORNICHECliffside roadA corniche is a road built along a cliff or coastline, offering scenic sea views, like the one in Nice.
- OLDECute retro feelOlde is a mock-archaic spelling used to give shop or pub signs a quaint, old-fashioned feel.
- OGLEStares too longTo ogle is to stare at someone, often admiringly or a little too obviously.
- OYSTERSPearl's briny homeOysters are bivalve mollusks harvested from the sea; some species occasionally produce pearls.
- HOODOOOdd desert spireA hoodoo is an oddly shaped rock spire, formed by erosion, common in desert landscapes like Bryce Canyon.
- PARRJuvenile salmonA parr is a young salmon still living in freshwater, before it migrates out to the sea.
- ANTLERBranching stag hornAn antler is the branching, bony growth on a deer or stag's head, shed and regrown yearly.
- ORTea … coffeeOr presents an alternative between two choices, like tea or coffee.
- SUAVESmooth like BondSuave describes someone smooth, confident and sophisticated in manner, like a classic spy character.
- GLASSYCalm as a mirrorGlassy describes a surface, often water, that is perfectly calm and smooth like a mirror.
- ASSESStubborn donkeysAsses are donkeys, often noted for being stubborn pack animals.
- BENTOJapanese boxed lunchA bento is a Japanese single-portion meal served in a compartmented box.
- SKITowed behind a boatTo ski also means to be towed on water skis behind a speedboat, not just on snow.
- NEALCools hot glassTo neal is an old dialect word meaning to anneal, cooling hot glass or metal slowly to strengthen it.
- KATSBundles of khatKats, more often spelled khat, are the leaves of a plant chewed as a stimulant in parts of East Africa and Yemen.
- AEROSleek, or chocolateAero describes anything streamlined for speed, and is also the name of a well-known bubbly chocolate bar.
- USBUniversal plug typeUSB, short for Universal Serial Bus, is the common plug type used for flash drives and other devices.
- SEATSpot in CongressA seat can mean an elected position, like a seat in Congress or Parliament, not just furniture.
- TEAJuicy hot gossipTea is modern slang for gossip, as in the phrase spill the tea.
- ATEGobbled it downAte is the past tense of eat, as in someone who devoured a meal completely.
- EVESanta's comingEve often refers to Christmas Eve, the night before Christmas when, in tradition, Santa arrives.
- ACTSPerforms on stageActs can mean performances on a stage, laws passed by a legislature, or simply behaves a certain way.
- ELEVENCricket team's sizeEleven is the number of players on a cricket team, or a soccer team on the field.
- THEEHeard in old hymnsThee is an archaic word for you, still heard in old hymns and prayers.
- REVERTMeans to reply backRevert, in office jargon, means to reply back, especially common in Indian English business emails.
- SEASHORESand meets the wavesThe seashore is where the land meets the sea, marked by sand, waves and tide lines.
- SOFifth note of scaleSo is the fifth note of a major solfège scale, between fa and la, as in do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do.