WEEKLY CROSSWORD
Across
7 Pair of caught salmon etc. (5) 8 Spicy herb / bait additive turns *roe rancid! (9) 9 Small, bottom-dwelling, schooling fish (7) 10 See 14dn. 11 Item of value – in fish-pass, Ettrick (5) 13 See 1dn. 14 Cooked like chips (5) 16 Devon fishery or large moth (*mere pro) (7) 18 Essential food constituent (*to ripen) (7) 19 Use an aerosol (5) 20 Snooker rod (3) 21 Record of results of competing teams (5) 23/28 Sussex big carp/ catfish venue (*careful, snake!) (7,5) 25 Famous Conningbrook carp, died 2010 (*newt too) (3,4) 27 Angler (*he’s in farm) (9) 28 See 23ac
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1/13 Moth-like insect loved by trout/salmon (*fiddly sac) (6,3) 2 _ _ Upperton, winner of 2015 Maver Match This (4) 3 Freshwater surface lure (3,3) 4 Devices for casting groundbait (abbrev.) (4) 5 Bait colouring or flavouring (8) 6 Lure, mature tadpole! (4) 7 e.g. large reservoirs/lakes (3,6) 8 Tree (*fir once) (7) 12 Legendary carp angler, ___ Hearn (5) 14/10 Angling with e.g. polywag or crowquill (5,7) 15 Shingle area off Kent coast (*needs guns) (9) 17 County Antrim’s peninsular resort (*hurts pro) (8) 18 Lancs city on Ribble (7) 20 Like the texture of Brasem additive (6) 22 Small streams, becks (6) 23 Area between Firths of Tay and Forth (4) 24 _ _ Clements, Drennan U25 member 2017 (4) 26 Greasy like e.g. sardine flesh (4) SoBlaurtbioends 1 h toooJkan7uMaarryy2 9 –/ 2A5c rCohsesv: iot Hills 10 IQ D rig 11 Out 12 Label 13 Leek 14 Gannet 16 Rotated 19 Expired 22 Autumn 24 Whip 2D26 oAwBnrcnoh: aodra2g8eWey 29 Sleeve 30 Private 31 Ashy 32 Derbyshire. 3 Beeston 4 Drill 5 October 6 Krill 7 Mudflat 8 Rhine 15 Tar 17 Tea 18 Dumpy pear 20 Peppery 21 Dropper 23 Towpath 26 Bread 27 Daisy.