SCUBA May 2025 issue 155 | Page 66

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NUMBER 54 – MAY 2025

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1 Scab gets picked on revealing our“ body”( 4 init.)
4 It’ s stomach-churning to find harbour boat( 3)
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NUMBER 53- APRIL 2025 ANSWERS
8 In a Cancun Clipper you do this with your kit after a dive( 6)
9 River dedicated to female warrior?( 6)
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11 Don’ t give hacker any credit for finding this fish( 4)
12 I sell icy floss to manage classic dive location( 5,2,6)
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17 To do something unpleasant at Blakeney Point or Spurn Head, for example( 4)
19 Whip boss to sort out part of vessel( 5,3)
22 Dive item in various sizes portrays a lot of nerve( 6)
23 Novelist Lawrence leads Chinese reversal for manufacturing Maldivian boats( 6)
24 Anagrammatical fish for Senor’ s palate?( 4)
25( With 6 across.) Fish based in the SAS but not in the Delta( 3,4)
26 Eric’ s mate avoids India to reach sea creature( 4)
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2 I hear a star needs argon to provide this navigation device( 5)
3 Nautical mystery for this Mary( 7)
4 22 / 7 with cheap rubbish pieces together this Hebridean wreck( 5)
5 Divers who use these need to prescribe to improve the viz( 7)
6 Type of dive for this group of American Boys?( 5)
7 Torbet’ s thing( 7)
10( With 10 across.) Susi, Di and Trudy arrange this quality apparel( 3,8)
13 Helpful type of technical diver?( 7)
14 Delicacies in beds?( 7)
15 Take a horse in, shake it about close to land( 7)
16 Partly flyaway as ships oscillate( 3)
18 Triggerfish belonging to the moon?( 5)
20 Ocean wholly claimed by this Republic?( 5)
21 WW2 cruiser – what a star!( 5)
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