SCUBA Crossword Prize

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NUMBER 24 – MAY 2022

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ACROSS

1 ( With 12 .) A-ha ! Basil unravels site of Thistlegorm ( 5,3 )

4 ( With 32 .) Area for the Five Nations ? ( 5,3 )

10 Wapiti taking a dip in Plymouth Sound ( 3 )

11 Steamer for down and outs ? ( 5 )

12 See 1

13 Alien digests arsenic to reach ninety degrees ( 4 )

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NUMBER 23 - APRIL 2022

15 Vera , for example , portrays role not wanted by divers ( 3 init .)

17 Local dive for Neanderthals ? ( 4 )

18 A mixture of air produces type of estuary ( 3 )

19 Our “ rival ” is really in Isaac ’ s heart ( 3 init .)

20 Half of classic Indonesian archipelago ( 4 )

T H O R O F F R O S E A E C I E A S I N G L E S P R I N G T A A H I D D I S T A N C E G O B Y I T Y A N E G A T I V E E N T R Y

X N I E S H O T S A R G A S S O A I U O G W F U L M A R P L A G E S S E E E R L S T A R S B S A B L J

21 A drop of thick liquid could make an SMB ? ( 4 )

22 Stray from a drysuit ( 3 )

23 If Dalton , for example , got this mixed up it would be so boring ( 3 )

24 River surrounded by two others and a perverted observer ! ( 4 )

26 Country ’ s longest flower ending up with a cake perhaps ( 3 )

DOWN

2 In Shakespeare ’ s works you will always find fish ( 5 )

3 Chew the fat towards back end ( 3 )

5 A tide initially deadly ! ( 3 )

6 Mollusc apathy partly to do with dive site ( 5 )

7 A rotten pine develops for specialist type of dive ( 11 )

8 Drysuit accessory found in ladies ’ boudoir ? ( 4 )

9 Bad or evil as explosion reconstructs divers ’ holiday homes ( 11 )

14 A commercial blow generally arising from 13 ( 5 )

28 Seaman , able , returns to Mediterranean island ( 4 )

30 Reportedly a lady of the night could propel boat ( 3 )

31 Not welcome on vessels but I hear the Welsh idolise them ( 5 )

33 Wars in the Atlantic last century involved sea creature ( 3 )

34 Captain loses his lead for daisy ( 5 )

35 ( With 27 .) 19 amidst backward ram and tailless lamb reaching Egyptian resort ( 5,4 )

15 Support a lifeboat just as this does on board ( 5 )

16 Ainsley ignores north east to locate Hebridean island ( 5 )

17 The French follows taxi for about 185 metres ( 5 )

25 Curve between two points generates confused state ( 5 )

27 See 35

29 Scottish waters giving impression of security devices ( 5 )

31 Shelter for Christopher ? ( 3 ) 32 See 4