CROSSWORD

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Across

1 Another name for fish ‘priests’ (*tell Sam) (7)

5 Type of float... blown by a fish? (6)

8 See 29ac.

9 Polaroids help reduce such dazzle

10/22 A match lake at Hallcroft Fishery (*too mature) (4,5) 11 ___ Flack had four record catches in one year! (1998) 13 Ceredigion town on the Teifi (*palm tree) (8)

14 Screws into e.g. buzz bar or bank stick (3,4)

16 Hazard markers at sea (5) 17 Housefly larva used as bait (6) 19 Father and daughter anglers, Kevin and Bev ____ (8)

21 A boilie base mix of seeds (*do forbid) (4,4)

23 ___ Fareham, respected angler/author, aka ‘Gaz’ (6) 25 Link __ enables quick feeder change (4)

26 Group of scouts 28/18 Famed carper of the 1960s-1970s, his first love was tench (*quill ban, nil) (4,7) 29/8 Weight securing hook rig in fast current (6,4) 30 Makes longer (7)

Down

1 Type of knot and large N. Indian freshwater fish (7) 2 ___ for a tench is Tinca tinca (5)

3 Good paste-binding medium (3)

4 Bright red like rudd’s fins (7) 5 One nickname for a large one is ‘slab’ (5) 6 Murdered... like a fish that’s slipped the hook! (6,3)

7 Big buoyant floats or casual shoes (7)

12 Pleasant smell (5)

15 Term for when plummet is on the bottom and float’s tip just above the surface (4,5) 16 Filey ___, a rocky peninsula near Scarborough (5)

18 See 28ac.

19 Staffs fisheries, hosted 2017 Ladies Fish O’ (*decorum) (7) 20 Sounds made by pit vipers ... attractive to fish! (7)

22 See 10ac.

24 — Harris, World Champ 1969 and All-England Champ 1971 (5) 27 Sort of pole cup, usually with a lid (3)