October crossword

CLUES ACROSS

1 Game bags used in stalking (3,5) 7 A well-rounded description of the woodcock (5) 9 State of physical health required in the field (7) 10 Key gun mechanism? (4) 11 Pre-hunt gathering in the garden, presumably (4,4) 13 Carrying out gun maintenance with lubricant (6) 14 Is the estate manager one to hold onto? (6) 17 Lake _ , scenic region in the north of England (8) 19 Governing body for clay shooting in England, initially (4) 21 Formation of Guns (3,4) 22 A gun for deer-stalking (5) 23 Small furry-tailed rodent (8)

CLUES DOWN

2 Relating to the world of scopes (7) 3 One way to cook a hare (4) 4 Style of dress defining shoot workers on a temporary basis? (6) 5 English or Welsh spaniel (8) 6 Decisive official in field trials (5) 8 Northern terrier breed (10) 9 Stalked species with palmate antlers (6,4) 12 Added an artistic touch to gun design (8) 15 Dogged members of the litter (7) 16 Common or velvet sea duck (6) 18 Rigid, as gun springs might be (5) 20 Set up rifle sights for accuracy (4)