WEEKLY CROSSWORD

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Across

1 Small ladle for gathering up maggots, say (4,5) 6 A ‘redd’ is a salmon’s ___ 8 ‘Robinson ___’, castaway (6) 9 Tool for trimming line; old, fast sailing ship (7) 10/21 Being set up with bait on short length to bare hook (4-6) 11 See 4dn. 12 Desire ... bit of sturgeon! (4) 13 King salmon is a symbol of this US state (6) 15 Small, dumpy pole floats (7) 18 Simple weights used with handlines (7) 21 See 10ac. 23 Number of arms on ‘dead cow’ straplead (4) 25 Chubby (5) 27 Regulation (4) 28 US location of IGFA’s Hall of Fame museum (7) 29 Rod rings through which line passes (6) 30 A positive sign! (4) 31 Frame swimfeeder/short hooklength technique (3,6)

Down

1 Crustaceans on e.g. ship’s bottom (9) 2 Canes put in wagglers (*net, sir) (7) 3 CSL = Corn __ Liquor (5) 4/11 Kent venue of 2017 Carp Cup Final (*he’d coral carp) (7,5) 5 Competition reward (5) 6 Roman god of the sea (7) 7 Twig, small plant shoot (5) 14 Beer – in Tralee! (3) 16 Estuary sandbank (3) 17 Sea-going rainbow trout (*hated eels) (9) 19 Water channels, straits (7) 20 Hot dog? Good bait for fish (7) 22 Oceanic pike-like predator (7) 24 Carcase waste used as eel bait? (5) 25 Indicate ... hook’s sharp end (5) 26 Armed bullhead (*go peg) (5)