Kingfisher Club

and crossword

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ACROSS

1 Allis __ or twaite __ (4) 4 Shore-side sea angler makes *rafter cuss! (10) 9 Nickname of Christ Kendall – in match at Manchester (6) 10 Collective term for trout, char, etc (*is almond) (8) 11 Lancs. river entering Irish Sea at Fleetwood (4) 12 Kayleigh __, Ladies National Champ 2014 and 2016 (5)

14 Unable to find the way (4) 15 Rows a skiff (6) 18 European team World Lure Champs 2018 (*on a site) (7)

19 Sieved e.g. bran from maggots (7)

22 Jamie, 3-times Fish

O’Mania champ (2013/2015 /2017) (6)

24 Scottish sea loch – partly identify neaptide (4)

25 Matter for discussion (*optic) (5)

27/17 Mild French cheese with strong smell (*trout’s pal) (4,5)

29 Top Essex venue, good for silverfish (*Hank, Joel) (4,4) 31 Knobbly alternative to pear lead (6)

32 e.g. lollipops (4,6) 33 Common seabird (4)

DOWN

2 Weighty, as is solid elastic between 8 and 20 (5) 3 Type of boilie (*mull bed) (7)

4 Falls like a plummet (5) 5 Temporary relief from pain (7)

6 Bait additive (abbrev) – found in 8dn.! (3)

7 Soaked expander pellets become ___ (7)

8 A big-fish water at Shatterford Lakes (*sail creek) (5,4)

13 Knot, such as a Palomar (5) 16 Soft-bodied lure with kinky end? (5,4)

17 See 27ac.

20 Least shallow (7)

21 Water flea *had pain, horrible! (7)

23 Suffolk river, becoming the Orwell at Ipswich (7) 26 e.g. large-holed mesh swimfeeders (5)

28 Ward off, repulse – some impure pellets (5)

30 Fish __ contains omega-3 (3)