WEEKLY CROSSWORD

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Across

1 Its grub and nest make a deadly bait (4) 3 A fly-fishing rig – lets you down gently! (9) 9 Foul-hook a fish intentionally (6) 10 Irish province – *er, listen out! (8) 11 Keepnet material (4) 12 Glasgow’s river (5) 13 Handle section of rod (4) 14 Derwent is longest river in this county (abbrev.) (6) 16 Matt ___, 3-times Junior World Champ (7) 18 Betalights are a form of these (8) 20 Small casual restaurant (6) 21 Middlesborough is on this river (4) 23 Vote for – some hydroelectricity! (5) 25 Bury Hill angling coach / author, __ Evans (4) 26 Kill e.g. with a priest (8) 28 Dorchester day-ticket water, _ Lakes (*rich do) (6) 29 Wet fly used mainly for sea trout (*a darn axle) (9) 30 A ditch or mound to prevent flooding (4)

Down

1 Waterway __ _ Scheme permits fishing on some canal stretches (*darn sewer!) (9) 2 Shrops. fishery, The ___ ... some visit Chester (5) 4 Severn village upstream of Bewdley (*layer) (5) 5 Liquorice-like bait flavouring (7) 6 Possesses – some piranha specimens (3) 7 Its tributaries include Tame and Derwent (5) 8 A flick-tip pole section absorbs ___ (6) 13 In brief, (former) county of rivers Pang and Lambourn (5) 15 Takes the bait? (5) 16 In brief, a modern navigation system (3) 17 County location of rivers Swale and Aire (9) 19 Lancashire city on the Ribble (7) 20 A barbel is a __-feeder (6) 22 Town linked with Epsom – in Lake Welland! (5) 24 Surrey town near river Mole (*here’s) (5) 25 Stony, craggy (5) 27 Viral infection of fish, carp __ (3)

Answers from November 1 –Across: 1 Spombs 5 Bumps off 9 Inactive 10 Gentle 11 Mallet 12 Zoomers 14 Pincers 16 Beluga 18 Redcar 20 Newquay 22 Beached 23 FIPSed 24 Winter 26 Line clip 27 Clonkers 28 Sussex. Down: 2 Pineapple 3 Mucilin 4 Skirt 5 Breezes 6 MSG 7 Sand eel 8 Fills 13 Oxbow 15 Earth 17 Glycerine 19 Clayton 20 Nodules 21 Unpicks 22 Brill 23 Fangs 25 Rye.