WEEKLY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Faint violet marks on grayling (7)

5 Arden Lakes’ county location (abbrev.) (5) 8/16 Hinged bite detector fixed above handle (4,9) 9 Cook meat in an oven (5) 10 Edible shellfish – partly lethargic lamprey! (4) 11 Shannon and Grand Canal are in this county (6) 12 Dorset peninsula, Isle of ____ (7)

13 Crushed into fine particles (8)

15 Volga is a major river of this country (6)

17 Gooey (6)

19 Marshy areas (8)

21 See 20dn. 23 Dip in boiling water, e.g. to toughen skin of black lugs (6)

24 Swelling, like a tubercle on spawning fish (4) 25 Castle __ Fishery near Grendon, Northants (5) 26 Curse – part of float hooked! (4)

27 Another name for a waterfall (5)

28 _ knot’s end is trapped between two loops for extra strength and flexibility (7)

DOWN

1 Loaded long-range waggler, bulbous just below tip (4,5) 2/5 Huge artificial lake in E. Midlands (7,5)

3 Monks Pit, Cambs. 55lb mirror carp – a lie? (5) 4 Broke suddenly, like an overtaut line? (7)

5 See 2dn.

6 Aerodynamic feeders e.g. spombs (7)

7 Not taut (5)

14 ___ Walton, perfected the ‘rolling meat’ tactic 15 Decay

16 See 8ac.

18 Line-trimming tool (7) 19 Dorset town on Frome, southwest of Poole (7) 20 Edible marine snail – in Swansea? Baloney! (7) 20/20ac. Slang term for fly fisherman (*FF flung rifle) (5,7)

22 Indication of size, quality etc. upsets *Edgar (5) 23 Northumberland river – somewhat pebbly though (5)