WEEKLY CROSSWORD

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Across

1 Larva of moth-like waterside insect (6) 5 Temporary container for predatory, long fish (4,4) 9 Matt __, twice Fish O’Mania winner (4) 10 Nash-owned Essex lake now open to public (*scope) (5) 11 Lakeland includes a Welsh valley! (4) 12 Coastal area’s *terrible disease (7) 13/22ac. They’re used for shallow fishing (*flabbiest rod) (6,6) 15 Prized sports fish of Florida Keys (*patron) (6) 17 Bite indicator with alarm, for big carp (*rep grins) (8) 19 Small, clawed anchor upsets *angler ‘P’ (7) 22 See 13ac. 23 See 7dn. 25 Nickname for an anchor feeder weight (*we’d a cod) (4,3) 27 Self-satisfied (4) 29 Stone ___, a tiny, barbel-like fish (5) 30 Two-masted sailing ship - in AONB, right? (4) 31 Cumbrian city, where Eden and Caldew meet (8) 32 Simple weight tied to a handline (6)

Down

2 Drennan Cup-winner 2014/15 (*a last gang) (4,5) 3 Where a river splits into channels before entering sea (5) 4 Drawing-up force used by feeding fish (*so cut in) (7) 5 Surface lures with concave or flattened heads (7) 6 Britain’s largest man-made reservoir, __ Water (7) 7/23 Shropshire carp fishery (*hate venue!) (3,6) 8 A couple e.g. of caught linears (5) 14 A Herts. gravel-pit fishery - in Oban? Joking! (5) 16 Shrimp-like crustacean (5) 18 Lakeland ‘water’ good for trout/pike (*wheat site) (9) 20 Basic tools for baiting rigs (7) 21 Village location of Mescar Fisheries (*delay it) (7) 22 Areas of water on e.g. Basingstoke canal (*as shelf) (7) 24 Baltic Sea fish – in Negev, I’m baiting! (5) 26 Wooden shack or lodge (5) 28 Sticky substance - in big elvers (3)