September crossword

CLUES ACROSS

1 Bullet velocity measurer (11)

7 The flow of a watercourse (7)

8 Grouse terrain (5)

9 Woody little nest piece (4)

10 Takes on rivals in field trials (8)

13 Yearly, like the Game Fair (6)

14 Type of fastener found on

some countrywear (6)

16 Straying off-target like birds

floating through the air? (8)

19 _ coated, type of retriever (4)

21 The Indian recipe for a

Finnish rifle? (5)

22 The UK pheasant-shooting season

starts in which month? (7)

23 Massive bird of prey with a

white-tailed relative (6,5)

CLUES DOWN

1 _ crow, pest species (7)

2 These deer are native to the UK (4) 3 _ Express, well-known cartridge (5) 4 Venison is a popular filling in these golden-crust dishes (4,4) 5 _ net, one kind of rabbit catcher (5) 6 Homeland of gunmaker

John Dickson (8)

11 Gun enthusiasts (8)

12 Neuter dogs (8)

15 .243, for example (7)

17 Huge horned beast symbolic of

the Milbro airgun pellet (5)

18 Loopy part of a snare (5)

20 Male stalked quarry (4)