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NUMBER 45 – JUNE 2024
QUESTIONS
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1 What a pain in the head – no condition for diving ( 7 )
5 Medic ’ s place , by the sounds of it is where ships go to and fro ( 5 )
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NUMBER 44 - MAY 2024 ANSWERS
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8 By the beach ? Si , senor ( 5 )
9 Great Brunel construction ( 7 )
10 A special port ? Or a special part of old dive mechanism ? ( 7 )
11 Procedure before 5 down ( 5 )
S Q U E E Z E S
12 Temporary accommodation wrapped in silicon provides seafood ( 6 )
14 I hear it ’ s broke but middle England divers still go there ( 6 )
18 Moans – like creatures in 14 ( 5 )
20 Could be red but he is certainly a leader of men ( 7 )
22 Dive item that can follow a dot and doesn ’ t fail ( 7 )
23 Scottish port – or not possibly ? ( 5 )
24 See 7
25 Trawlers around the Forth kind of World ( 4,3 )
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1 Tess or Charlie make up convoy leaders ( 7 )
2 Jonathan ’ s or Diana ’ s waters in the direction of 13 ( 4,3 )
3 A lift for the bosun maybe ? ( 5 )
4 Loophole for sailors ? ( 6 )
5 Divers on this hear mixed opinions ( 7 )
6 Partially recycle atoll for fastener ( 5 )
7 ( With 24 .) Type of bottom and type of dive , as voiced by 60 ’ s “ Euro ” singer ( 5,5 )
13 Connection belonging to Drake perhaps ? ( 7 )
15 Similar to 13 these waters are also similar to something dire ( 7 )
16 No , a lady needs to resolve this Red Sea wreck ( 7 )
17 Mary Rose was this in 1982 ( 6 )
18 Pacific Island belonging to Clown ? ( 5 )
19 One half of Shakespearian play evokes amorous message on radio ( 5 )
21 One of these gives 110 % at the bar ! ( 5 )