SCUBA Crossword Prize

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NUMBER 69 – NOVEMBER 2026

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1 Charlie avoids birch and somehow gets a boat instead( 4 init.)

4 I hear a digit when we do this with a body in training( 3)

6 Such a lovely place on the French coast( 4)

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8 Duo without oxygen catch form of arthritis in delivering canoe( 6)

9 Palmer, plant or peel possibly plundered in Lundy?( 6)

10 To introduce upgraded features for boat to go out again( 8)

NUMBER 68- OCTOBER 2026 ANSWERS

11 Divers should check this before they enter( 4)

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12 The risk with pa can bring out predator( 8,5)

17 In front of a really alkaline lake, otherwise an Asian sea( 4)

19 Broken up rifle fixed to the back of a ship used in emergency( 8)

22 If you lose this piece of gear, you may lose your nerve in other words!( 6)

23 Search for Popeye letting down sail protector( 6)

24 A cheap form of diving?( 4)

25 This type of diving begins with sub aqua tests( 3)

26 Some of the best ABLJs include this model( 4)

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2 These reefs seem to be everywhere that divers stay at!( 5)

3 Gives impression of male worker like a diver on the surface( 7)

4 Famed Atlantic wreck no longer in charge giving way to ancient god( 5)

5 R. I. P. Shaw to make it a kind of 7( 7)

6 Helium for example could be aristocratic?( 5)

7 Type of aircraft? E. g.“ Mighty O” off Florida( 7)

10 Sounds fishy but you may have to do this if the engine fails( 3)

13 Safe place for boats, similar to Alaskan city for example( 7)

14 I’ ll rest to sort out steering devices( 7)

15 Monster loch following some of 13 providing an example of 16( 7)

16 OK it’ s a deal to spot equipment( 3)

18 One of a dozen in sizes for most 22’ s( 5)

20 Very fast ships?( 5)

21 Oban wreck fails to start requiring fluorine for Dunkirk Princess( 5)