WEEKLY CROSSWORD

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Across

1 e.g. TV star, in short (5) 4 Visible strike indicator for fly fishing (5,3) 8 By which a snake delivers venom (4) 9 Female fish’s eggproducing organ (5) 10 Jetty (4) 11 Chris aka ‘Hatman’, Garbolino member (*land elk) (7) 12 Stoat’s white fur - in river, Minehead (6) 14/21 Sieve for removing e.g. bran from grubs (6,6) 16 Cornish resort/port on Camel estuary (7) 18 Spiral-shaped, like a bait bayonet’s metal spike (7) 21 See 14ac. 22 Venom e.g. in jellyfish sting (6) 24 Small stones worn smooth by water (7) 26 Fish sperm - in Hamilton (4) 28 e.g. sleeping bag’s inner layer (5) 29 Way out - in Sussex, I think (4) 30 Largest of the islands in Poole Harbour (8) 31 Taste, smell, etc. (5)

Down

1 ‘Lipless’ wobbling plug *takin’ crab, maybe (9) 2 N. Ireland river, flows into Belfast Lough (5) 3 Floatable, like balsa wood (7) 4 Edible marine bivalve, *PS, local sort (7) 5 Barmouth is in this Welsh county (7) 6 The __, flat part of pellet waggler causes the ‘plop’ (3) 7 Coarse fish not found in this *canoe anyway (5) 13 Paired off to fertilize eggs (5) 15 Clasps firmly (5) 17 Shearwater Lake at Longleat is in this county (9) 19 Line snarls (7) 20 Water flea (*an aphid) (7) 21 Ben ___, of Welsh team, 2016 European Champs (7) 23 Willow used in basketry (*is roe) (5) 25 Welsh peninsula – in valley, Newquay (5) 27 Barnstaple’s river - in delta, Wales! (3)