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NUMBER 61 – JAN-FEB 2026
QUESTIONS
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1 Supermarket takes in Romeo to reach a seemingly daft place to dive( 6)
5 Fishy Rock in a sort of froth( 4)
7 Petrol found at the bottom of the sea?( 5)
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8 1 is one, for example( 4)
9 In rehearsals you’ ll find divers’ crucial organs( 4)
10 Play organ to suit some cold-water divers( 5)
11 One of seven females overlooking the same Area as 24( 6)
13 In the US ID passes somehow allow you to obtain drysuits( 4)
NUMBER 60- DECEMBER 2025 ANSWERS
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T P R E S S U R E
14 Capital Area for ships( 6)
18 Red lad gets dishevelled providing access for hard-boat divers( 6)
21 I hear one of these East End mobsters is only a little nipper( 4)
22 Not for holding by divers( 6)
24 A sole Area( 5)
25 Once Leningrad’ s flower( 4)
26 Could be big sometimes but really it’ s only a small port in 24’ s Area( 4)
27 Med Island changes its leader for leaders’ meeting place on Black Sea( 5)
28 Dangerous situation loses all credit for Oxford’ s part in 14( 4)
29 Place for boats belonging to Morris perhaps?( 6)
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1 The couple in 21 confront alien delivering dive gear( 7)
2 A bend in sailing?( 5)
3 Wilde always crops up after November( 5)
4 Slug devours ale to manipulate flier above snorkellers( 7)
5 Divers’ gas may be this as Don bleeds in a mix up( not so)( 7)
6 In Amritsar diners may witness a“ run” of this( 7)
12 Splice that sounds positively Scottish( 3)
15 Share opposite points to produce this for lead( 7)
16 Troubled times at sea?( 7)
17 Turns round regulator bits( 7)
19 Aqualungs including rebreathers initially accommodate this( 3)
20 Holy liar alters course to discover east coast wreck for the sick( 7)
22 River goes through width of ship for fish( 5)
23 Seabird can head down to make life a luxury( 5)