WEEKLY CROSSWORD

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Across

1 It secures both bait and fish (*or kebab - doh!) (6,4) 7 Terry Hearns’ record-breaking carp at Wraysbury 1996 (4) 9/25 Northumberland upland area, source of the Coquet (7,5) 10 Quick-reacting stiff hooklink set-up (*rigid Q) (2,1,3) 11 Not at home – in Exmouth (3) 12 Identification tag (5) 13 Staffs town on the Churnet, and Welsh emblem (4) 14 Greedy large white seabird? (6) 16 Revolved (7) 19 Like e.g. a fishing licence past its final date (7) 22 Season of British Carp Angling Champs’ final (6) 24 Springy action of a flexed rod tip (4) 26 One of Norfolk’s wide expanses of water (5) 28 Guildford’s river (3) 29 Tube such as a plastic leger stop (6) 30 Like a syndicate - not open to public (7) 31 Sort of silvery-white colour (4) 32 County whose rivers include Ashop and Dove (10)

Down

2 *Change oar, perhaps, for mooring (9) 3 Nottingham & ___ canal (*best one) (7) 4 Make a hole e.g. in boilie (5) 5 Month of Erne World Pike Fishing Classic (7) 6 Whale food – in Warwick rills! (5) 7 Inter-tidal area, good for lugworms (7) 8 Major river from Switzerland to the North Sea, via Germany, France and Holland (5) 15 Road surfacing material – in tributary (3) 17 Refreshing drink - in White Acres (3) 18 Chunky lead ideal for use in silt (*papery mud) (5,4) 20 Pungent, like paprika flavouring (7) 21 Container releasing bait on hitting bottom (7) 23 Canal-side walkway (7) 25 See 9ac. 26 Use your loaf - it makes good bait! (5) 27 ___ chain: teaser with linked plastic lures (5)