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NUMBER 41 – JAN-FEB 2024
QUESTIONS
ACROSS
1 Some dive mitts discharge gas ( 4 )
4 Gear for twins ? ( 3 )
6 Scottish port at the centre of the candle industry ? ( 4 )
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8 Ford leads a merry dance ( 6 )
9 Rat ’ s nest in turmoil , not using street but a place on board ship instead ( 6 )
10 An ace etc is played to reveal large mammal ( 8 )
11 Competition in the Falls of Lora , for example ( 4 )
NUMBER 40 - DECEMBER 2023 ANSWERS
S L I N G M A N T A S T S U D N S T R O S S S E A G A U G E A U T V L N A P I E R I C E L A N D S S E T S M Y S K I N E X I T R I O B A Y B E M P E R O R A Q U A D P K E S U L C R E W E D I L U E N T A R L A I E I R E S I S T P A N I C
12 Scorpions deem to change for controlled form of release ( 13 )
17 Get the hots sorted for boat fixture ( 4 )
19 This is mainly noble , one for the techies ( 5,3 )
22 Emu scatters part of the way to Gulf port ( 6 )
23 Cold water dive could feel like one of these is attached to your extremities ! ( 6 )
24 Old type of bars where cash is available ( 4 abbrev .)
25 Bare bones of a boat ( 3 )
26 I hear it could be Howe or Murphy making this current ( 4 )
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2 South coast wreck from NE America ? ( 5 )
3 Type of 25 ’ s weather phenomenon ( 7 )
4 Part of regulator appropriate to the theatre ( 5 )
5 Ta Ernie for unravelling what we all started as ( 7 )
6 Initially Henry II and Othello make up our diving environment ( 5 )
7 ABC dive location belonging to William ( 7 )
10 Fish that used to require money there and then ( 3 )
13 Unwanted piece of valve ? ( 7 )
14 Leading part of 25 just like Van Gogh , for example ( 7 )
15 Visa to Ted arranged for professionals ( 3,4 )
16 Marine artefacts group or something like that ( 3 init .)
18 You can change these when yachting ( 5 )
20 Bravo to pier for resolving emergency equipment ( 5 init .)
21 Type of seaman who was competent ( 5 )