WEEKLY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 They stop food exiting via fish’s breathing organs (*killer rags) (4,6) 7/27 Tube on pole’s tip to protect elastic (4,4) 9 Skimmer bream, size-wise (5) 10 A base mix for boilies/ paste (*a lemon is) (8) 11 Colour of hydrolastic rated 5-8 (4) 12/23 Method of rigging plastic bait (*Six? Great!) (5,3) 14 Fish family of whiting (3) 15 Where lines attach to wagglers (5) 17 Name for young male predatory fish (4,4) 19 Used in shallow fishing (*a fat pole) (3,5) 21 Channel between Hants and Isle of Wight (6) 23 See 12ac. 24 Wafter is a washed-out one (3-2) 27 See 7ac. 28 Protective end stopper for pole’s handle (4,4) 30 Sticky stuff for hooklink pin-downs (5) 31 God of thunder (4) 32 Rod fitting for spare hook (*green piker) (6,4)
DOWN
2 Won’t dissolve in liquid (9) 3 Lines/traces between reels and hooks (7) 4 Divvy up – part of National Lottery (5) 5 County location of Colne and Roding (5) 6 _ _ _ Perkins, Ladies International winner 2010 (3) 7 Kinder pot is a small one (4,3) 8 Penalised – e.g. for unlicensed fishing (5) 13 As a fish ‘hoovers up’ food (5) 16 Bait spoon’s ladle shape (5) 17 Spout of water (3) 18 Norfolk town on Great Ouse estuary (5,4) 20 e.g. fish that gives you a battle (7) 22 Crustacean that’s trapped in a ‘pot’ (7) 23 Coarse (5) 25 Also called ‘Armed bullhead’ (5) 26 Those of maggots are casters (5) 29 River between Brecon Beacons and Black Mountain (3)