THE ANGLER’S CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Combo baits of e.g. casters and dendros (9) 9 Nuneaton’s river, joins the Tame at Tamworth (5) 10 Double-hook sea rigs attached to clips (7)

11 Egg white – turns *man blue! (7)

12 Pike-like marine fish (abbrev.) – in Niagara! (3) 13 Approx. 1 mile-long Cumbrian lake: ___ Water (*lardy) (5)

14 Wild, untamed (*flare) (5)

15 Fruits used to flavour Jaffa boilies (7)

17 Frank ___, said to have introduced fluoro hookbaits to carp fishing (7) 19 Member of Angling Trust Nat. Champs youngest group (5)

21 Nickname for gudgeon, and 1960s cute furry toys! (5)

23 Distress signal (3) 24 Sugar’s scientific name (*courses) (7)

26 Pike have over 100 scales on their ____ line (7) 29 Departs – in Middlesex it seems (5)

30 Assembles gear ready to fish (7,2)

DOWN

1 Non-stick material of a monkey climber body (4) 2 International federation of sport angling (initials) (6) 3 Backward-facing hook point (4)

4 Island off Pembrokeshire coast (*Morse K) (6)

5 An eight-lakes Kent fishery (*Frank’s tale) (5,5) 6 Male swan (3)

7 County location of River Irt (7)

8 Jigger floats are best for such water (7)

12 City canal hosting the March Sensas Challenge (10)

13 Dab usually have eyes on this side of their body (5) 14 Fish __, for commercial breeding (5)

16 A portion – *gets men confused (7)

18 Straight wagglers don’t have them (7)

20 ___ Carr: assistant manager World Vets team 2020 (6)

22 Had by fishermen who ‘blank’ (2,4)

25 Great __, a major river of the Fenlands (4)

27 Road charge e.g. made at Dartford Crossing (4) 28 Another name for a diving vane (3)