WEEKLY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1/18dn. Float fishing, working bait down swim (*get rig net GPS) (5,7) 4 Baiting __: tactic to attract large fish (*may drip) (7) 8 Glos. chalk stream – in Lincolnshire! (4) 9 Derwent flows through centre of this city (5) 10 Bait flavouring of fish/ veg blended oil (4) 11 Circular water currents (6) 12 Term for trout, grayling etc. (*I sold man) (8) 13 Flocks of geese on land (7) 15 Breathe in (6) 16 John ___ , international fly fisherman and guide (6) 18 Slim floats used for writing? (7) 20 Amnesia line is good for this set-up (5,3) 22 Birds nest is a bad one (6) 24 Loughs Corrib and Mask are both in this Irish county (4) 25 Ingrained dirt (5) 26 e.g. helicopter and bomber __ (4) 27 Wire trace is a must in this set-up (4,3) 28 Dough used in e.g. cheese paste (6)

DOWN

1 Neckwarmer – connects hook/main line in sea fishing! (5) 2/23 Simple, resistance-free rig (7,5) 3 Changes in sea level (5) 4 Traditional anglers shunning modern aids? (7) 5 Leamington Spa is entitled to be called this! (5) 6 Gigantic hairy extinct beast (7) 7 Tooth-like skin projections on shark (*sliced net) (9) 13 Hybrid cyprinid with metallic scales (5,4) 14 What hens do (3) 15 Pub – in Dublin now (3) 17 County location of Orford Ness (7) 18 See 1ac. 19 Entrails, guts (7) 21 Radio code word for ‘understood’ (5) 22 Moor a boat (3-2) 23 See 2dn.