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NUMBER 40 – DECEMBER 2023
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1 A cylinder to put your bad arm in ? ( 5 )
4 Satnav reads backwards , then replaces 5 with 1000 to locate fish ( 6 )
9 Cold water owned by Jonathan perhaps ? ( 4,3 )
10 Golden egg when broken produces dive item ( 5 )
11 Sounds like a Lord set sail from here ( 4 )
12 Over 100m viz at the Supermarket ? ( 7 )
13 After game dive gear comes before match ( 3 )
14 Potassium introduced in immoral act showing up these old type of divers ( 4 )
NUMBER 39 - NOVEMBER 2023 ANSWERS
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A B L J A C Q U E S P E A R G U N
16 A form of get-out plan for divers ( 4 )
18 A tree from Morecambe to Naama ? ( 3 )
20 These International Divers must think they are above the King ( 7 )
21 These lungs can be watery but always metal ( 4 )
24 I hear ship ’ s staff could be in Cheshire ( 5 )
25 When tuned Lithium generates gas mixture ( 7 )
26 Withstand in part of Le Havre ’ s isthmus ( 6 )
27 Divers shouldn ’ t do this - as Jones would say ( 5 )
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1 A good man strikes to identify mask and knife parts ( 6 )
2 Nitrogen needs to escape from this , which then loses lead to get distribution ( 5 )
3 America is covered by sports car creating this wind ( 4 )
5 Welsh dive location could be obtuse in front of sound of the sea ( 8 )
6 Am I nuts ? Or is it another type of tidal wave ? ( 7 )
7 Helmsman needs to be this “ as she goes ” ( 6 )
8 Lowers the lifeboat ( 5 ) 13 Andy ’ s tubes ( 8 )
15 Other Captains lose sulphur in production of fish ( 7 )
17 Colourful vehicle on Yorkshire coast ( 6 )
18 Amidst a sombre day in Scotland when this sank ( 5 )
19 This ocean ’ s a bit cool when disturbed and loses O2 ( 6 )
22 Scallop once belonging to Victoria or even Freddie perhaps ? ( 5 )
23 A fall on the launch site ? ( 4 )
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