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NUMBER 57 – SEPTEMBER 2025
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1 Seal avoids the east to reach Cape Verde Island( 3)
7 Coastal feature is not out to rent( 5)
8 Some sailor lopsided in finding deck( 5)
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9 Sounds like this veg is not what you want after examining keels( 5)
10 Backs out to reveal essential dive items( 7)
12 Degree awarded to Resistance Movement gives rise to Atlantic islands( 7)
NUMBER 56- JULY / AUGUST 2025 ANSWERS
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15 Leaders of Plymouth, Falmouth and Oban present an unhealthy condition for divers( 3 init.)
16 This can be hard for pro divers( 3)
18 Still surviving, but needing sulphur for navigation purposes( 7)
19 May need a dozen signs to predict these dive boats?( 7)
22 Scottish port or not when stormy( 5)
23 Charlie disappears in this Ocean and finds hot dish( 5)
24 British Standards embrace finish but it’ s certainly not what divers aspire to!( 5)
25 Steering device by Cockney made of this wood?( 3)
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1 No unemployment benefit in local pubs but they do arrange a tasty morsel( 7)
2 A retreat for divers in the Maldives, for example( 10)
3 Mr Cousteau’ s islands( 4)
4 Old dive item gives impression of foul play, perhaps( 4)
5 Thora gets involved in every direction except west to reach this expansive dive site( 5,3)
6 This diving connection was what Ronnie Corbett misunderstood in“ Four Candles”( 4)
11 Maritime warning for musical“ family”( 10)
13 Wrecked, a ship in a Sound!( 8)
14 Could be measured in 10 or 22 down( 3)
17 Tango performed in front of illegal transaction at back of boat( 7)
20 Divers signal – not perfect( 4)
21 BSAC gets these off us each year and they go deep!( 4)
22 Challenger, for example, could be one of 10( 4)