WEEKLY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Angling champs, Drennan Barnsley ___ – dark lugworms! (6)
5 Leon ___, carper, journalist/ consultant (*T-bar prop) (8)
9 Devon river – in Windermere! (4) 10 Descriptive of wet weather (5)
11/18dn. Ready-tied float rigs can be secured around these (4,7)
12 Lead that improves float stability (*sack both) (8) 13 ___ Lakes, a Leics. fishery (*by firs) (6)
14 Dispose of ... a morsel? (5) 16 Town on Carmarthen Bay near Swansea (*Allen ill) (8) 17 Rig with hair loosely fixed by a shank-mounted rig ring (8)
20 Matt ___, angler, author, journalist, TV presenter (5) 22 Large pebbles – *SOS, net broken! (6)
23 Double-ended lure for jig-fishing (4,4)
26 An anti-dive disc is fitted to a waggler’s ___ (4)
27 e.g. contest to select team members (5)
28 Fine-ground clay mud for e.g. joker angling (*meal) (4) 29 *Shoes are damaged, here on the coast! (8)
30 See 4dn.
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2 That of the greenbottle is called a pinkie (5)
3 Small bass from English Channel; scrutiniser (7) 4/30 FishO Ladies winner 2019 (5,6)
5 ––– Channel separates Wales from Devon/Cornwall (7)
6 Top southern rod, angling pioneer, died 2012: __ Mumford (3)
7 e.g. lizard or snake (7) 8 Round, buoyant floats with several uses (*bally slop!) (9)
13 Glint e.g. of a spinner blade (5)
14 Bamboo material of traditional fly rods (5,4) 15 Such weights can be square, flat or dumpy (5) 18 See 11ac.
19 Trossachs loch for pike/ brown trout (*tin rake) (7) 21 Sandhurst Lake is in this Hants. fishery complex (7) 24 Small bay, cove (5)
25 An insect’s final stage (*amigo) (5)
27 Number of hooks in wishbone rig (3)