WEEKLY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Bob ___, fly-fishing master, MBE (6) 4 Summer hut e.g. by fishing lake (6) 8 ___ climber: heavy bite indicator for legering (6) 9 Land that’s at river’s edge (8) 10 County location of Elstow Pits (abbrev.) (4) 12 Mother-of-pearl (*crane) (5) 13 Marine mammal (*ales) (4) 14 Northants. complex, __ Lakes / woodland flower (8) 16 Young river salmon (5) 18 Britain’s only venomous snake (5) 20 Type of tuna (*be a coral) (8) 22 Smudge ... part of chub lure (4) 24 Swivel helps a line not to do this (5) 25 To breed, nurture (4) 27 Nickname of carper Ian MacMillan – partly biting tongue! (4,4) 28 Cylindrical line holders (6) 30 Weighted a float so only its top showed (6) 31 Largest type of wrasse off UK coast (*ban all!) (6)

DOWN

1/29 Antiseptic bait additive, aids digestion (live, cool!) (5,3) 2 East Sussex river – in Buckinghamshire! (3) 3 Strong pepper used in bait (*yen cane) (7) 5 Highly visible bite indicators (*her snag) (7) 6 Leans over like a grounded boat (5) 7 Town on the Wharfe (*cat stared) (9) 9 Using heavy weight to pin down main line (4-7) 11 To soak thoroughly e.g. in Scopex (5) 15 Device that evenly spreads line on spool (5,4) 17 Film award (5) 19 Slang for riverbank undercut (3,4) 21 Avonside city in Somerset (4,3) 23 Dab have eyes on this side of their body, normally (5) 26 Name of two Cornish rivers – in challenge (5) 29 See 1dn.