November crossword

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CLUES ACROSS

6 Informal name for a common

type of pigeon (6)

7 _ fouling, a detriment

to rifle bores (6)

9 Wrinkled as some country

clothing might be? (5)

10 Terrain that’s not on

the up and up (7)

11 _ gamekeeper, chief position

on the estate (4)

12 Game birds related to the coot (8) 15 _ by Distance, a version of the

Down-the-Line shooting (8)

16 Type of gun spring (4)

19 Synthetic cartridge wad (7)

21 Spanish _ Dog, breed of gundog (5) 22 Gunmaker Rizzini (6)

23 Insert more ammunition (6)

CLUES DOWN

1 Where to find a hare at its

peak, perhaps? (8)

2 Female deer - reds or sikas (5)

3 & 8 down Also known as “lead”, it’s key to accuracy when shooting moving targets (7,9)

4 The initials of the governing

body for clay shooting (4) 5 Levels of quality of guns (6)

6 _ springer spaniel, breed

of British origin (5)

8 See 3 down

13 A gun’s system for the

removal of fired cases (8)

14 A hunted duck species (7)

15 Jumpy kind of bird feeder? (6) 17 Dismissed employees who

pulled the trigger? (5)

18 Traditional fabric for

shooting attire (5)

20 _ etched, how some guns

are engraved (4)

1. Plucking 6. Lucas 9. Britain 10. Lugs 11. Stripped 13. Impact 14. Public 17. Top-entry 19. Scut 21. Grounds 22. Skein 23. Gun lines

2. Lying up 3. Clay 4. Ignite 5. Glorious 7. Crop 8. Syndicates 9. Ballistics 12. Scenting 15. Licence 16. Try-gun 18. Pate 20. Zoli