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NUMBER 68 – OCTOBER 2026
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1 Young cat in South Africa delivered monthly( almost!)( 5)
4 Create an atmosphere to take in radium at the opposite end to 31 across( 5)
10 Enormous banana boats leading to this tide( 3)
11 A mix up of ship’ s company holding a weight enables us to dive on this( 5)
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12 Single dive item included in semifinal( 3)
13 This flower out of the 31 areas covers 33!( 4)
15“ Smoke screen” produced by energy company?( 3)
17 Ships’ pests, sailors and old navigational feature can all be arranged for this leader!( 4)
18 Could be overboard or part Portuguese or belonging to 21 to name but three connections( 3)
NUMBER 67- SEPTEMBER 2026 ANSWERS
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19 Belonging to a Welsh port, a Cornish quay and a Nottinghamshire ark as well as signifying 3 points( 3)
20 Sheet of glass cracked to form tide( 4)
21 Surprisingly one is found in Chislehurst and forms a passageway it’ s said( 4)
22 Accreditation in some pocket diaries( 3 init.)
23 Type of sea thing that could be pink, giant or common, for example( 3)
24 Naval destroyer centres on ancient Mediterranean port( 4)
26 Sailor is halfway to giving affirmative( 3)
28 Soul singer seen flapping around 33?( 4)
30 Opposite of long?( 3 abbrev.)
31 Hebridean island named after famous racer?( 5)
33 Rocks in the Farnes or Burgundy( 3)
34 Wrap nitrogen in a fashion for crustacean( 5)
35 Type of driver giving an alternative prop( 5)
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2 Bravo to Abel’ s sibling for identifying sleepy ship feature( 5)
3 Acknowledgement of respect for another ship feature( 3)
5 An excellent diver that was once great( 3)
6 Sporty Ford surrounds yet another ship feature to locate smaller vessels( 5)
7 Last help not resolved covering her reports in 1( 11)
8 Bird sounds as if it might rotate( 4)
9 Ken’ s rolling around to do what Torbet does!( 11)
14 Not what you want your bottles to be just before a dive( 5)
15 Republic continuing from hotel( 5)
16 Backing 15 across with iron makes dive accessory( 5)
17 Technical gear for Gemini?( 5)
25 Cockney may get warmer for this drysuit( 5)
27 Side to side rotation accepting fifty identifies sailing boat( 4)
29 Popular Floridian wreck dive offers glee and a bird( 5)
31 Could be singer Susan’ s or actor Timothy’ s gaseous act!( 3)
32 Most of us are members of such as derived from Cossacks( 3 init.)