1. This paddler could be seen as lucky (8)
6. A much shortened ‘Astute’ perhaps (3)
8. 1836 Texan battle (5)
9. The last of the steamers (8)
11. This Dum hill is a popular Ochils climb (3)
13. Bismuth (2)
14. Steamship (2)
16. Cerium (2)
17. One of the 1986 ‘Loch’ class (6)
20. Appropriate (3)
22. We’re full of these spirals (3)
23. To supply stabilising poles for a fishing boat (6)
25. Used for the best aerial shots (5)
27. More than one ovum (3)
28. Franco-Italian aircraft manufacturer has gone to watch the horses (3)
29. Former Millport ferry (6)
30. Masters degree (2)
31. British light machine-gun, used during WW2 and beyond (4)
33. Everyone (3)
35. Another ‘Loch’ class (7)
37. The radar of the seas (5)
39. This shell didn’t go off! (3)
40. We await this new ferry (4,4)
DOWN
1. Argyle and Bute round this point (6)
2. To anger (3)
3. Its Head is the most northern tip of the island of Ireland (5)
4. Beer (3)
5. What an agitated ass does (4)
6. In Spanish, I am this sauce (3)
7. Popular Clyde island (4)
10. Our immediate Past President has got himself all muddled up (5)
12. This planned Type 31 frigate sounds as if she’s energetic (5)
15. This ‘nav’ is not standing (3)
18. Big Islay loch, being built in Turkey (6)
19. Devon river (4)
21. One or two of these will keep the ship moving (4)
24. 1889 paddle steamer built for the CSP (7)
26. A globe is one (3)
29. A knot in a tree or wood, which has given its name to a Yorkshire ‘borough’ (5)
30. Ashton or Cumbrae, perhaps (4)
32. ‘And others’, could be a mixed up duck (4)
34. Hallucinogenic drug (3)
36. A place that might sell ‘4 Down’ (3)
38. ‘No Good’ in the modern forum (2)
Crossword complied by Stuart Craig. Paid-up CRSC Members can check their answers here.
Published on 5 April 2025