WEEKLY CROSSWORD

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Across

8 It flows 80 miles through N. Ireland (*braver inn) (5,4) 9 Dorset’s Throop Fishery is on this river (5) 10 Arthur, celebrated salmon fisher/author (*blog, yes) (7) 11 City on the Clyde and its tributary, Kelvin (7) 12 Beaks (5) 14 It’s soaked and cooked for bait – in minutes! (3) 15 *Learn about ... County Antrim seaport and town (5) 16 Somerset fly-fishing/pike venue (*a Kendal blog) (7,4) 21 Severnside town – in Supercup tonight! (5) 23 Front of boat (3) 25 Radio-wave object locator (5) 26 React to insect bite? (7) 27 Having run out of bites (*rudd pie!) (5,2) 29 They form the crow’s foot knot figure-of-eight (5) 30 e.g. Australia’s Great Barrier one (5,4)

Down

1 ____ Point, western gateway to Jurassic Coast (*roe comb) (7) 2 Egg-shaped (4) 3 Lune, Esk and Mersey flow into this (5,3) 4 Gorge, ravine (6) 5 Powys town on the Teme (*knot nigh) (8) 6 Oceanic turtle and nickname for chub (10) 7 Commercial fishing boat (7) 9 Size-wise, like bleak (5) 13 Trap for crayfish relative (*rep’s blotto!) (7,3) 17 Common name for Little Grebe (8) 18 Norfolk fishery, ___ Lakes – take off here? (8) 19 Shellfish loved by tench, carp, etc. (7) 20 Type of bite indicator - fall asleep? (4-3) 22 County location (abbrev.) of Hallcroft Fishery (5) 24 High, waterproof boots (6) 28 Artificially coloured (4)