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NUMBER 53 – APRIL 2025
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1 It’ s confidential but you can read about one every month in SCUBA( 7)
5 A Sea to celebrate 35?( 5)
8 Man or Dogs perhaps – either sounds like this way in church( 5)
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9 After Dot this dive item doesn’ t fail( 7)
NUMBER 52- MARCH 2025 ANSWERS
10 Sporty Triumph picks up aquatic mammal to help find old sea dog Albert( 7)
11 A carbon, helium and sulphur fix could give unfit divers these( 5)
12 Marvin’ s method to determine sideways drift of ship( 6)
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14 Fast plane with surfaceto-air missile detects discarded goods( 6)
18 This musical expert gives impression of tasty fish( 5)
20 A mix of artificial intelligence alone with Sky discover this Dorset wreck( 7)
22 Small shark that thinks it’ s a cross between land mammal and sea creature( 7)
23 You need two under to find this popular Floridian wreck( 5)
24 Multiply this by usually a dozen to describe a piece of dive kit( 5)
25 Sea slug performers originating from Iberia( 7)
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1 Arrange a salt company in brief, being descriptive of a seaside area( 7)
2 Close to 1 down( 7)
3 Midlands flower suited to Liverpool footballer or American singer, for example( 5)
4 Ship’ s log in other words( 6)
5 Dive buddy in Russia perhaps?( 7)
6 Rowing gear gets jumbled and laid in front of church to catch freshwater fish( 5)
7 Vessel takes on water producing inventories( 5)
13 Any plane company can fill 24?( 7)
15 Painful infection( almost) evokes memories of type of beach( 7)
16 Not animals you’ d expect next to the Arctic but they do rock( and swing)( 7)
17 Some cameras hidden away attract top photographer( 6)
18 A piece of fetid algae found in these waters( 5)
19 Reorder thing for a type of dive( 5)
21 Broken canoe may sink in it!( 5)