CROSSWORD

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A ‘grassie’s proper name (*arc up arm) (4,4)

6 Group of ships (5)

9 Slider fishing uses a __ knot (4)

10 Country that hosted, and won, 2018 Under-15s World Champs (5)

11/27 Type of toothed cage feeder (*rigs hemp) (4,4) 12 Nickname for above-waist waders (8)

13 Stiff hooklink set-up for wary carp (*rigid Q) (2,1,3)

15 ___ climber: bite indicator with sliding bobbin (6) 17 Using a fine-mesh riddle (7) 19 Slopes gently, as e.g. river bank may do (7)

22 Chris Kendall’s nickname – in match at Manorbier (6) 23 Hants/Berks. river, Thames tributary (*old Don) (6)

25 Use them to change floats without removing shot (8) 27 See 11ac.

29 An ___ bream is mature, deep-bodied and bronze (5) 30 Curse – some float hopeless! (4)

31 ___ foliage may be impenetrable (5)

32 Simple form of overdepth floatfishing (*nil agony!) (6,2)

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2 Used by competition anglers? (5,4)

3 They’re used to make e.g lassos (5)

4 That of water is expressed as pH value (7)

5 Expresses admiration (*aspires) (7)

6 Essential part of equipment for angler targeting game fish (3,4) 7 ___ loop, another name for ‘bumper knot’ (3) 8 Pembrokeshire’s main river – some skate if icy! (5)

14 __ net, used by trawlermen to catch fish (5) 16 e.g. make damp bread into paste (5)

18 Number of bale arm rotations to handle turns (4,5) 20 Freshwater whitefish, rare in UK (*cave end) (7)

21 Marine fish-eating bird (7) 22 Fit... like a fish with bright red gills (7)

24 Float’s vertical position, waiting for bite (2,3) 26 Ayrshire resort with golf course – *or not, maybe? (5) 28 Female salmon... seen in Southend (3)