THE ANGLER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Long, thin (pre-Stotz) type of shot (4)

4 Grand final of this 2020 Angling Trust event is at Hallcroft Fishery (10)

9 City where river Kelvin joins the Clyde (7)

10 Nut, good carp bait – and S. American country (6)

11 __ of Dogs, a loop of the Thames (4)

13 It flows from near Aylesbury to Dorchester-onThames (5)

14 Type of dogfish also called rock salmon (4) 15/18 dn. dOne of Anglian Water’s four reservoirs (*soft water drip) (8,5)

17 Thatching material (5) 19 Long-tailed rubber jerkbait for predators – and kind of lynx (6)

21 Explosive PVA groundbait stick? (8)

23 Hook with out-turned eye, good for stiff material (4) 25 Scrumpy is a strong form of this (5)

27 White fat – found in pool Ardleigh! (4)

28 Canal flow-control gate (*is clue) (6)

29 Experienced sailor (3,4) 31 Describes lead-free tackle used in free-lining (10) 32 Hookbaits may be dunked in these (4)

DOWN

2 Pull hard, yank (3)

3 They connect e.g. lines to flies (7)

4/30 Pole float’s bristle (5,3) 5 Area like the Somerset Levels (*old lawn) (7) 6 Fly-fishing river near Salisbury – bit of fine b-bleak! (5) 7 e.g. hackle, used by fly-tyers (7)

8/16 Extends pole smoothly across water (5,3)

12 County of western Ireland, source of River Moy (5) 16 See 8dn.

17 Exposed to this, casters dry out and float (3)

18 See 15 Across

20 Young food fish and type of moth (7)

21 Ian ___, 4-times Stafford Moor Silvermanic champ (7) 22 Wild duck (7) 24___ Fen, specimen carp fishery in Cambs. (*oh, elm) (5)

25 Salopettes extend up to here (5)

26 Salmon nests – sound like shades of scarlet, cherry etc (5)

30 See 4dn.

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