WEEKLY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
8 It’s a flat-bodied fish, sunbeam! (3) 9 e.g. waggler with shot capacity built into base (6,5) 11 Paul, 2016 winner of Drennan Silverfish Festival (5) 12 Honour awarded Fred French for services to angling (3) 13 Tycoon, big shot (5) 14 Solihull lakes complex (*not bars) (7) 16 Back on land (6) 19 Shoka set-up is a variant of a ___ rig (7) 22 Dave, AT columnist and RiverFest creator (7) 23 Hywel, Welsh casting/ fishing champ (6) 24 Competitions for the highly skilled e.g. anglers (7) 27 Sizeable (5) 29 Set down (3) 30 ___ Hughes, twice-winner of Fish O’Mania (2013/15) (5) 31 Ex-international and Mark Addy’s mate (*invest in him!) (6,5) 32 Greasy liquid (3)
DOWN
1 Berks. gravel pit – home of Carp Team England (9) 2 Pearl-making mollusc (6) 3 County location of Ridgeway Fishery (abbrev.) (4) 4 See 26dn. 5 Scale of fly line weights – in watercraft module (4) 6 Second-largest lake on Shannon (*rough eel) (5,3) 7 Best condition of bread for making paste (5) 10 River forming part of Derbys-Notts border (7) 15 Making a granny? (5) 17 County location of Banjo Fishery (abbrev.) (5) 18 Pre-elver stage, they lack pigment (5,4) 20 Synthetic rubber used in waders etc. makes *one preen (8) 21 Soft maggots (7) 24 Rob, Big Carp legend and author (6) 25 East and West Lyn are in this SW National Park (6) 26/4 Legendary angler of 60s/70s/AT columnist (*moving camel) (5,6) 28 Way out (4) 30 First name of anglers Bailey and Wilson (4)