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NUMBER 59 – NOVEMBER 2025
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1 Freakish young turtles skilled in martial arts?( 5)
4 Iberian nudibranch is this type of performer( 6)
9 A reprise arrangement for former War Buffalo( 7)
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10 Sounds of Welsh connections are not what you want on board ship!( 5)
11 Noise heard after river feature and before dance( 4)
12 Nose etc flowing in Mexico( 7)
13 Wreck in Selkirk near 9( 3)
14 This sort of water is what new divers of our“ rivals” begin with( 4)
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16 I hear a passage to marriage makes a Man or Dogs for example( 4)
18 Not an ordinary craft having routine maintenance in the Navy( 3 init.)
20 Ale in Iona gets drunk and belongs to Sky off Dorset( 7)
21 Supermarket rigging?( 4)
24 Fishermen look forward to this good one( 5)
25 Hail Lord without this Day to reveal Yorkshire sinkage( 7)
26 Some dives may require a giant one to start with( 6)
27 Ottomans belonging to 17?( 5)
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1 This Port off Skye resembles the discoverer of logs( 6)
2 Zero or full circle direction contained in minor things( 5)
3 Here in the SAA I resolve places like Raja Ampat, Coron and Sipadan( 4)
5 Island you’ ll probably never dive from according to Plato( 8)
6 Cocoa stalls include type of seaside( 7)
7 Part of the Azores isthmus that might suggest you don’ t go there!( 6)
8 One of five in this crossword( 5)
13 Need rich alignment for type of gas( 8)
15 Guy Fawkes was one – now a navigational aid( 7)
17 Sulphur, calcium, iodine and carbon monoxide all helped to construct Caribbean Island group( 6)
18 Opposite points in front of old ship brings up old regulator( 5)
19 Short brother with short adverts in East Anglian waters( 6)
22 Did a carnivore living round here give rise to this type of thermal wear?( 5)
23 Such tosh as arranged for RIB equipment( 4)