WEEKLY CROSSWORD
Across
1 Nuneaton’s river – part of bank eroded (5) 4 Nodule on e.g. spawning fish (*bet cruel) (8) 8 Carp-like fishes – *dies horribly! (4) 9 Body colour of young pike (5) 10 Nickname of angler Mick Brown (4) 11 Back-up pole (5,3) 12 Noise e.g. made by jumping fish (6) 13 As soaked bread does (6) 15 Set-up with bait not directly mounted on hook (4,3) 17 __ Water, East Midlands artificial lake (7) 19 Green frog, TV star! (6) 21 Grain of cereal – sounds like ‘colonel’ (6) 23/7 Venue of ‘Maver Match This’ final last month (8,5) 25 Irish lough – in Alderney! (4) 26 Jumbo-sized (5) 27 Targets ... some tinca, I’m sure (4) 28 Staffs gravel pit, ___ Water Park (*not barns) (8) 29 Salmon relative – whiffed (5)
Down
1 2016 Old Ghost UK Champ (*pond weary) (4,5) 2 Small hawk (7) 3 Radio code word for ‘received /understood’ (5) 4 River on ScotlandEngland border (5) 5 Pointed metal pole with screw thread for e.g. rod rest (4,5) 6 Sieve-user – enemy of Batman! (7) 7 See 23ac. 14 It clips to rod tip for night illumination (9) 15 Concealed ... some fish, I declare (3) 16 Diving seabird – makes *Eliot glum (9) 18 Ruined Welsh abbey on banks of Wye (7) 20 *I greet a wacky Surrey market town (7) 22 Mistake – partly angler Rory’s (5) 23 Terry, UK carp legend/ angling author (5) 24 Anglers Chris, Alan, Paul __ (5)
Answers from October 11 –Across: 1 Bump bar 5 Top kit 8 Limp 9 Thyme 10 Wand 11 Adders 12 Limerick 14 Solitary 16 Spools 18 Spikes 20 Portland 22 Rod tips 24 Visors 26 PTFE 28 Glide 29 Rice 30 Teaser 31 Scalpel. Down: 1 Bait dropper 2/25 Maple syrup 3 Bath Spa 5 Thermos 6 Power 7 Inn 13 Cylindrical 15 Ink 17 Oil 19 Swinger 20 Pasties 21 Riviera 23 Dregs 27/4 The Royalty.