WEEKLY CROSSWORD

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Across

1 As a drilled pellet is uninterested? (5) 4 Town at confluence of Lea and Beane (8) 8 Vital angling gear – in canal in Evesham (4) 9 In brief, county location of Raker Lakes (5) 10 Tributary of Warwickshire Avon (*woes) (4) 11 Protected from light – *dashed around (6) 13 Pupae of maggots (7) 15 Liquid waste/sewage (*fun fleet) (8) 16 Thicknesses, e.g. of bait in double-skinning (6) 17 Tree foliage – departs! (6) 19 Kent resort possibly *nearby, eh? (5,3) 21 Rivers Foyle and Swilly are in this Irish county (7) 23 Male ducks (6) 24 Tributary of the Witham (*ales) (4) 26 It might warn of a bite (5) 28 Pulled tight, as line might be (4) 29 PTFE bushes can be external or ____ (8) 30 Hidden store – bit of tinca, Cheshire! (5)

Down

1 Staffs. reservoir for pike/ trout (*hid lifebelt) (11) 2 Salmon river in Wales (*her idol) (7) 3 __ fly is not used below water (3) 4 Small, hard-skinned bean (*chariot) (7) 5 Thorny-stemmed flowers (5) 6 e.g. Avon Springs or Wylands (7) 7 State of sushi fish (3) 12 Prepare a game-fishing fly (5) 14 e.g. a popper (7,4) 16 Tempted fish with e.g. crankbait (5) 18 Freshwater whitefish, rare in UK (*end cave) (7) 19 Strong carry-bag (7) 20 It absorbs shock in pole top sections (7) 22 e.g. hempseed (5) 25 __ Head, tench authority and author (died 2000) (3) 27 Johnny __, buoyant hookbait rig (3)

Answers from August 16 – Across: 1 Scales 5 Floaters 9/20 Wind turbine 10 Coral 11/28 Moby Dick 12 Slippery 14 Sarkar 15 Scalds 17 Dry spell 19 Undertow 21 Marina 22 Weever 24 Spade-end 26 Eton 27 Imago 29 Cromwell 30 Sieves. Down: 2 Chill 3 Lud 4 Suckers 5/21 Ferry Meadows 6 Oglesby 7 Tamar 8 Rob Maylin 13 Pulse 16 Connector 17 Dew 18 Purse 23 Venom 24 Small 25 Nacre 28 Dee.