WEEKLY CROSSWORD

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Across

1 Retainers for Leneys, say (*packs cars) (4,5) 6 See 11dn. 8 Pigs’ feet for dumpybodied floats! (8) 9 Deep narrow gorge (6) 10 Long, heavy sea wave (6) 12 Thick sections of worms (7) 13 Town on tidal stretch of Teifi (*racing ad) (8) 15 Alarm’s high-pitched sounds (6) 17 Solid, well-made (6) 19 2016 RiverFest champ (*I lack pub) (4,4) 21 Their quills are used in wagglers (8) 25 Was unsuccessful – *if lead damaged (6) 26 Stick to ... some shad, Hereford (6) 27 Unobstructed fishing spot (*swop mine) (4,4) 29 Fish traps e.g. fyke __ (4) 30 Old type rig with e.g. 3 boilies on hair (*dry egg pie) (6,3)

Down

1 Voracious fish-eating seabird (9) 2 Made sound of ball-bearings in lure (7) 3 Espy ... a little hempseed (3) 4 Mermaids’ purses are egg __ (5) 5 Rip into small bits (5) 6 Mollusc with 2 hinged shells (7) 7/28 Somerset fishery and Cornish headland (5,3) 11/6ac. Type of float once held by Gareth Edwards? (5,4) 14 A pinch from a crab (3) 15 Steep river bank – a pretence? (5) 16 Tom, ex-World Champ/ Parkdean Masters winner (9) 18 Spod-shaped bait feeders (7) 20 Puts e.g. boilie on hook (5,2) 22 ___ Turner, inventor of Backbiter alarm (5) 23 Dick, England’s most successful team manager (5) 24 Peter, angler/author, Dick Walker contemporary (5) 28 See 7dn.

Solutions to April 25 – Across: 1 Conker 4 Drowes 9 Arbroath 10 Grinds 11/26 Fish to hand 12 Tabby 13 East 14 Tangling 17 Thirsk 19 Female 20 Irish Sea 21 Isis 23 Ashby 27 Fine-wire 28 Tapers 29 Surge. Down: 1 Cartilage 2 North 3 Exact 5 Rugby 6 Whitefish 7 Sides 8 The Big Fish Off 15 Grass carp 16 Ise 17/25A Tri-lobe 18 Sherborne 22 Scott 23 Alder 24 Yanks 25 Lower.