WEEKLY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 In-line lead, holds bottom in fast water (6) 4 Crustaceans used in Belachan paste (7) 9 Let float / bait run with the current (4) 10 Lobster’s grippers (5) 11 First name of anglers Godfrey and Hayes (4) 12 Larval fish’s food supply (*clay’s OK) (4,3) 13 Take out financial cover for e.g. fishing gear (6) 15 Large hook to land pike, boss! (6) 17 Village where River Aln meets North Sea (8) 19 Alne and Arrow rivers meet here (*clearest) (8) 21 These fish aren’t game! (6) 22 ____ Marsden, angler and author (6) 24 Shape of a salmon’s tail (7) 26 Like a splasher waggler’s top end (4) 28 Slimy mark left by slug (5) 29 Liquid attractor for storing bait (4) 30 Knee-length ____ shorts – *a dumber sort (7) 31 e.g. Rockall and Fastnet (*stiles) (6)

DOWN

1 Lure with a wavy end, good for perch (5,4) 2 De-oxygenated water is __ to fish (5) 3 Cutting tooth – one of four in zander (7) 5 Coarse sack cloth (*in ashes) (7) 6 Located in the Irish sea, Douglas is its capital (abbrev.) (3) 7/23 Angler /author/and judge of 8dn. (*free petrol) (5,5) 8 Competition for best photos of a carp relative (5,1,7) 14 Running, semi-fixed rig (*KO Ash) (5) 16 That of salmon is usually pinkish-orange (5) 18 Sensory organs on carp’s head and fins (*beats dust) (5,4) 20 Attracted e.g. fish with bait (7) 21 Wax surface floats (7) 23 See 7dn. 25 Row – but not in a boat! (5) 27 Type of blenny, __pot (3)