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ACROSS

6 Soft bait of liquidised oily seeds and bread (4,5) 9 Scottish salmon river flowing into Loch Awe (*cry, Ho!) (5) 11 Surrey town angling society owning eight Yateley lakes (7) 12 Blennies with frilly tentacles above large eyes (*topmost) (7) 13 Those of an eel are small and blunt (5) 15 Norfolk tributary of Great Ouse – partly ordinary! (3) 16 Feathery-like trailer on jig lure (5) 18 Insect’s feeler (7) 21 Used as bait, it’s found in wet seashore sand (7) 22 County (abbrev.) location of Swinsty fly-fishing reservoir (5) 23 Barrier built by beaver – and female horse! (3) 25 _ firma, solid ground (5) 27 Crystal float material (7) 29 Releases e.g. a snaplink (7) 31 Corrodes (5) 32 Take-apart rod system (*not pile-up) (3-2,4)

DOWN

1 St Ives Lakes carp, topping 60lb, died 2011 (*at hefty lad) (3,3,4) 2 Moonfish/kingfish, rare in British seas (*a hop) (4) 3 Wels catfish’s ____ fin is large / paddle-like (8) 4 Spume is sea ___ (4) 5 Spade-end hooks lack these (4) 7 Highland loch for game and coarse fish (*a mere) (5) 8 ___ Kenny, Carp Angler of the Year, National Awards 2018 (5) 10 Spicy pork sausage used for bait (*rich zoo) (7) 14 County location of Willow Park Fishery (abbrev.) (5) 16 A bristle is a pole float’s ___ tip (5) 17 2017 World Carp Classic winner with Lee Jackson (*limpet I say) (3,7) 19 Spiral screw ends of e.g. banksticks (7) 20 One of Shatterford’s lakes, and Daily Mirror comic strip (4,4) 24 Set up e.g. pellet on a hair rig (5) 26 Will ___, 2nd in World rankings of Coarse Angling Nations 2018 (6) 27 Weston ___, an RH Fishery venue in Staffs. (4) 28 Flip of a coin? (4) 30 Reedy piece of wood often used for float stick (4)