SCUBA November 2023 issue 140 | Page 74

THE SCUBA CROSSWORD Devised by Charles Wheeldon

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NUMBER 39 – NOVEMBER 2023

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1 Oban divers arranged without Queen to locate former dive centre ( 8 )
3 Cold War diver sounds like what we oldies used to grab for the pot ( 4 )
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5 In a wooable situation this is an emergency ( 3 init .)
6 Some improvement to find very deep diver ( 3 init .)
10 Start of the flower from Prince Charles ’ s famous dives ( 4 )
11 Sulphur , oxygen , nitrogen and argon all begin to create this detection device ( 5 )
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12 Torbet ’ s favourite form of transport ? ( 4 )
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15 In 1953 BSAC was part of this brand ( 3 )
17 This river is in deep water ( 3 )
18 A hose to match a set ? ( 4 )
19 A British long jumper starts to wear this old gear ( 4 init .)
20 Villeneuve or Chirac or a diving superstar ? ( 7 )
21 Would you believe BSAC used to hold competitions for divers using this ? ( 8 )
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1 Aspiring snorkel divers ’ second attempt in the early days ( 1-4 )
2 These two were well read before SCUBA ( 5,3,6 )
3 SCUBA contributor always holding a cuppa ( 3 )
4 It was such an atmosphere in the old days ! ( 3 )
5 Gyrations such as conga and surge bring out BSAC stalwart ( 5,5 )
7 Diving pioneer is a loveable saint , I hear ( 10 )
8 Bleats resolved before computers ( 6 )
9 Approved in 1995 – what a gas ! ( 6 )
13 A kiss from 1 down heads south and shows up divers ’ sensitive organs ( 4 )
16 ( With 14 .) 5 down , 7 and 20 would have made theirs at home ( 3,4 – or 7 )
17 A noisy improvement on regulators over the years ( 3 )