WEEKLY CROSSWORD

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Across

1 ‘A Passion for Angling’ co-star of Chris Yates (*beam jobs) (3,5) 6 Small fishing boat with sails (*gurgle) (6) 9 Chalk stream Thames tributary ... in carp angling (4) 10 Loud one might spook a fish (5) 11 Finishes - pole tips (4) 12 Highland river/town/port (*so hurt) (6) 14 Thameside town also on River Ash (*isn’t sea!) (7) 15 Devon village with car-free, cobbled street (8) 17 Angler Paul Gardner’s title (*cod rot!) (6) 19/25 Winner of 2013 RiverFest (*dry up warm hen) (6,6) 21 Essex ‘Island’ between Crouch/Roach (*a sea wall) (8) 23 Feed on carrion, like a pike (8) 25 See 19ac. 27 Donegal salmon/trout river – helps make coffin nail! (4) 28/7 Tench’s main colour (5,5) 29 First name of anglers Macey and Brook (4) 30 Willows used for weaving (is rose) (6) 31 State of nervous/excited uncertainty (8)

Down

2 River Strule is in this Irish county (5) 3 Lure that’s jerked through water (3) 4 Bait flavouring of fish/veg (4,3) 5 W. Yorks reservoir for fly/ coarse fishing (7) 6 Sheltered from the wind (*er, Weald?) (7) 7 See 28 Across 8 Plymouth Hoe’s lighthouse (*yet sodden!) (9) 13/29 It flows through Llangollen and Chester (5,3) 16 They enable quick feeder change (*nicks pill) (4-5) 18 Seat – *a rich alternative (5) 20 Premier W. Sussex fishery (*two inns!) (7) 21 US beetles, used to clear pond weed (*sew veil) (7) 22 Rock-clinging shellfish (*tip elms) (7) 24 e.g. angling contest location (5) 26 Those of gurnards are bony-plated (5) 29 See 13dn.