WEEKLY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Somerset river joining Avon at Keynsham – munch food! (4)
4 ___ shot is between size 8 and 13 (5)
7 Buoyant ___ casters are best used on the hook (4) 9 River draining into Moray Firth *ran in (5)
10 Remove line tangles (7) 11 The wide __ __, very effecting in snaring carp (4,4) 12 Large bream (slang) (3,3) 13 Damselfly larvae (6)
15 ___ rig: set-up with swivel lead and sliding weight (7) 17 Occurs when a fish severs hook-link (4-3)
19 Sailors’ song – “Ramshackle hut”? (6)
21 e.g. PV1 - which sticks bait pellets together (6) 23 Cairngorm winter sports centre by River Spey (*I move ear) (8)
25 Dish of wound-up pickled herring fillet (7)
27 Co. Kildare river and carp lake (*NY reel) (6)
28 Folklore giant – in Porthmadog reservoir! (4) 29 (one name of) N. Ireland city on River Foyle (5) 30 Work very hard – breaking *logs (4)
DOWN
2 Country winner of 2019 Ladies Coarse Angling World Champs (7)
3 Fish disease from Ich parasite (*with topes) (5,4) 4 Classic Spey fly, ‘___ Killer’ (*mourn) (5)
5 Shallow-water crystal waggler, puddle ____ (7) 6 Rowing aid found in duckboard (3)
7 County location of Anglers Paradise complex (5) 8/17 Set-up/technique of trundling bait downstream (*or grilling a bit) (7,4,3) 12 Removed when filleting fish (5)
14 Animal’s trail of scent/ droppings (5)
16 *Ask Marvin about ‘People’s Champion’ angler, 1970-80s (4,5)
17 See 8dn.
18 e.g. worm bait with end cut lengthways (7)
20 Barbel are __-shaped (7) 22 Edible seaweed – *led us astray (5)
24 Hebridean island (*Y sail) (5) 26 Finely ground, it’s damp leam (3)