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NUMBER 35 – JUNE 2023
QUESTIONS
ACROSS
1 Fatherly River next to Dover ( 6 )
5 Without a special mixture for joining ropes ( 6 )
8 Pressure reading cash dispenser ( 3 init .)
9 RNLI base I hear used for training and have-a-goes etc ( 4 )
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NUMBER 34 - MAY 2023 ANSWERS
S W A N A G E G U S T S A N I L O A A L E E K S F R O G M A N V M L I D O D A V O C E T S W E A R S G N H I
10 On a scale of 7 to 10 it produces good alternative beer ( 4 )
11 Julie possibly but this one is a SCUBA contributor ( 7 )
17 Apart from shellfish , divers shouldn ’ t really take these either ( 5 )
19 Start with 100 and subtract 50 around April to discover Mediterranean Island ( 5 )
E Y E L E T E N R I C H
X S N E F L A S H C R U I S E R O R A O D H M W E T S U I T D H O N I E I S C E R T Y A C H T H A R N E S S
20 Housed in a lodge where many divers wear one of this make ( 5 )
21 Homes for boats and hoses ( 5 )
23 Ha , gnome all shook up on the Manacles ( 7 )
28 ( With 3 .) Mr Farah twice leading Los Angeles to catch sunfish ( 4,4 )
29 Remove stone from lighthouse to find current ( 4 )
30 Towns such as Buxton and Harrogate sound like one supports a sailing ship ( 3 )
31 Big Apple player is next to last ( 6 )
32 Some Democrat in Germany reveals a sailor ( 6 )
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2 US bonnet in Portland harbour ? ( 4 )
3 See 28
4 Example of 21 in Egypt it is stated ( 4 )
5 Esme is confused by Mr Barrie ’ s boatswain ( 4 )
6 Captains and divers should regularly maintain these ( 4 )
7 Cruising on luxurious liner heading for Scottish island ( 4 )
12 Royal Engineer veers off course for divers to keep in their tanks ( 7 )
13 Cause of 23 across and 14 ’ s demise ( 5 )
14 Resolve at tip of 7 for ship that ’ s foundered ( 5 )
15 A knotty problem ( 5 )
16 Sort through garbage without the silver to uncover Red Sea wreck ( 5 )
17 Tear such tides ( 3 )
18 Initial distress from TV inspector ? ( 3 init .)
22 Return from Vietnamese capital without taking hydrogen towards Hebridean island ( 4 )
23 Dive item worn by a TV singer or during Covid ? ( 4 )
24 Vital connection for divers ( 4 )
25 Alternative dive equipment in a rage ( 4 )
26 Lookout for sailor without corvid ( 4 )
27 Partially decadent , country belonging to this Gulf was once a UK colony ( 4 )