10 December 2015

Crossword by Boffles

Hunting, Shooting, Fishing

Across

    1  Every hunt has one (4)

    3  What you shout when you spot the fox (5-2)

    9  Time of day when fish rise (7)

  10  Where to practise shooting (5)

  11  Flying birds can face one from the guns (5)

  12  Aiming aid (5)

  13  Sea fish likely to be caught like this rather than on a line (6)

  15  Hunted illegally to satisfy demand from Far East pharmacists (6)

  18  The Test is a famous trout one (6)

  20  US dentist shot Cecil, not this one (3)

  24  Sounds like your old partner but a trout and salmon river (3)

  25  Spotted before you see him (7)

  26  What poachers want loses its beginning to give famous salmon river (3)

  27  Aggressive fish but not armed (4)

 

Down

    1  Rustic produces a game bird by swallowing heroin (8)

    2  4dn has one for his catch (5)

    4  Izaak Walton was one (6)

    5  Used by 4dn  to attract fish (5)

    6  At home on 10ac but not much good for shooting 1dn (7)

    7  The fish that got away or so the bar story goes (3,3)

    8  Fitting way riders gather before the hunt (4)

  14  Used to tie up the horses (7)

  16  Greeting adds nothing for a cry to encourage the hounds (6)

  17  What a foxhound does to pick up the scent (6)

  19  Slippery customers so a trap may be needed (4)

  21  Giraffe- like animal illegally hunted in Africa (5)

  22  Where to stay before or after a hard day out hunting (5)

  23  Rhythm used to drive game birds towards the guns? (4)