THE ANGLER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Cornish venue of Frenzee festival in March (5,5)

7 River joining the Ouse at York – in UFOs sensation! (4) 9 A cross, e.g. between rudd and bream (6)

10 Cod has prominent ____ on its chin (*rub bale) (7) 11 River flowing through Knighton (Wales) and Ludlow (4)

12 Slow, S. American tree-dweller (5)

13 Grasp ... a ship’s storage area (4)

14 They control water flow in canal locks (5)

16 Fishing with e.g. spoon-bait or teaser (8) 18 Scottish islands including Skye, Mull, etc. (8)

21 Bum bag, or ___ pack (5) 23 Stylish ... bit of catfish I caught! (4) 24 Sheffield’s underground river, tributary of the Don (* H. safe) (5)

26 ___ Helleur, carper and dynamite stick inventor (4) 28 Inactive, like fish in cold weather (7)

29 Sound given off by e.g. encased ball-bearings (*latter) (6)

30 Uses a shallow rig to put bait in front of fish (4) 31 City venue of Northern Angling Show in February (10)

DOWN

2 River flowing into St Ives Bay (* ‘Hey, Al’) (5) 3 Ferry-port on Isle of Harris – in Gibraltar, Bertie! (7)

4 S. American mountain range (5)

5 Strings, or ____, of toads eggs (*Ron’s bib) (7) 6 ___ Collins, CEO of Get Hooked on Fishing (5) 7 Derry salmon/trout river emptying into Loch Foyle (*hug a fan) (7)

8 Sort of hitch for tying tippet/leader to baited hook (5,4)

14 10-14 grade elastic good for chopped worm (4,5)

15 A 50yr-old+ carp at Horton Church Lake (3) 17 Briefly, location of Ryde (3)

19 Best-ever fish catches, say (7)

20 What e.g. Betalin will do to bait (7)

22 Sets on fire (7)

24 Mass of e.g. midges (5) 25 e.g. Solway’s estuary (5) 27 A river of Essex, and West Yorkshire (5) (* indicates an anagram)