WEEKLY CROSSWORD
Across
1 Fish also called ‘chevin’ (4) 4 Shade, tone (*uncool rig) (9) 9 Name of WWII encoding device (6) 10 Blubber, oil (3) 11 Sort of small shark – in photo, perhaps (4) 12 Waiting for a bite, you ‘ll need this (8) 13 Montana ___, popular trout flies (6) 14 Knot used with a spade-end hook (7) 17 City at confluence of Frome and Avon (7) 19 Scottish Borders loch, source of Yarrow Water (*my stars) (2,5) 21 Least shallow (7) 24 Main river of Isle of Wight (*I named) (6) 26 Sticky, like tungsten putty (8) 29 Particles of sand, stone – and determination? (4) 30 Content of bubbles from bottom of lake? (3) 31 Bite indicator buzzers etc. (6) 32 Good cheese for chub (*Paul trots) (4,5) 33 It’s a top barbel bait in Holland – hard cheese! (4)
Down
2 Reddish brown skin dye (5) 3 What the speci angler is after (*sigh,”Fib”) (3,4) 4 Linked series of e.g. hookless lures (5) 5 River entering the sea at Dublin Bay (6) 6 Severnside town, south east of Malvern (5) 7 Narrow land strip (*this sum) (7) 8 Their size is based on shank-to-point width (4,5) 15 How a falling bait is taken (*or the pond) (2,3,4) 16 See 23dn. 18 E. Sussex town at confluence of Rother and Brede (3) 20 Pilot – in sea via Torbay! (7) 22 Navigable channel (*sea gaps) (7) 23/16 Vivid blue insect: hovers over water (6,3) 25 Area of Scotland including N. and S. Esk (5) 27 Blood-pumping organ (5) 28 In Kiev I’m baiting ... a Baltic Sea fish! (5)