WEEKLY CROSSWORD

(* indicates an anagram) Across

1 Reel used with stick floats/wagglers (6-4) 7 Throw out bait ... in Newcastle! (4) 9 Large bay between Norfolk and Lincs. (3,4) 10 Long, spoon-bladed oars (6) 11 Seed used as bait – in Rhondda river (4) 12 Fish-eating form of brown trout (5) 13 Float’s main part (4) 14 Poacher’s mesh (*gent ill) (4,3) 16 Edible tropical fish – part cod or a dory! (6) 18 Creamy bait additive, created by Rod Hutchinson (6) 20 ‘Maestros’ like Scott Geens, Sam Edmonds (7) 22 _ Harrell, AT columnist, RiverFest creator (4) 24 Slimy covering of e.g. tench (5) 26 Front of boat (4) 27 Specific variety of e.g. fish – tension (6) 28 Removing e.g. shell from prawn (7) 29 Small, biting insect (4) 30 Tree fruits, good roach bait, turns *Beryl, er, red! (10)

Down

2 Sluggish, like post-spawning fish (the garlic*) (9) 3 Albright __ knot e.g. ties mono to braid (*a splice) (7) 4 Unusually small plant/ animal (5) 5 Benny and Kevin ___, legendary father and son anglers (7) 6 Southend’s county location (5) 7 Plastic version of balsa float (7) 8 Alternative to spoked centre-pin (5) 15 Nothing - in mini x-ray (3) 16 Freeline a bait on the surface (3) 17 Hook-removing tool (*Roger digs) (9) 19 Add fish-attractant in advance of angling (7) 20 What the “one that got away” did (7) 21 e.g. turtle, alligator (7) 23 Name of Suffolk’s largest reservoir (*tonal) (5) 24 Small whale – in Antrim in keepnet! (5) 25 Guide e.g. a boat (5)