WEEKLY CROSSWORD
Across
1 Numbered match-fishing swims (4) 4 Severn barrier at Worcester (*I wield rigs) (6,4) 9 Man-made waterways of the Fens (6) 10 For seniors, fishing without a licence is (7) 11 Cut up e.g. worm (4) 12 Location of Scotland’s Broom Fisheries (5) 13 Full-stops / decimal points symbols (4) 14/25 It has a single eye with two shanks/points (6,4) 16 Taking a break (7) 18 Fishing line – in Palermo no filming (7) 21 Peninsula between Dee and Mersey (6) 22 __ Taylor (MBE), angler-journalist, died 2008 (4) 24 It helps to ferment soaking tiger nuts (5) 25 See 14ac. 26 Flat, upland area (*Paul ate) (7) 28 Very basic catapults (6) 29 Device that releases a snagged lead (*fly past ice) (6,4) 30 Beach material (4)
Down
2 e.g. a dendrobaena (9) 3 Des, member of Drennan Team England 2017 (5) 4 Ailment, e.g. KHV (7) 5 Also called uni-knot (7) 6 e.g. Canvey and Hayling (7) 7 Move from side to side (3) 8 e.g. cove (5) 13 Less damp (5) 15 Like a filleted fish (5) 17 Welsh county: it’s rivers include Taff and Rhymney (9) 19 Venue dedicated to angling (7) 20 Practical joke (3-4) 21 Notts. town location of Clumber Park Lakes (7) 23 Animal welfare body (abbrev.) (5) 25 Filaments for mounting baits (5) 27 A premier Scottish salmon river – in Staffa wetland (3)