| MACHIN | Neil ___, set biggest Fish O' winning weight to date in 2006 (6) |
| DISH | Hope to lose weight to date someone good-looking (4) |
| RECENT | Up-to-date in relation to a basic coin |
| AUFAIT | Being upA to date in the knowledge required (2,4) |
| HITECH | Up-to-date. In a way |
| FIGARO | Hi-fi for fish-o to hear of marriage play. Figured it out? (6) |
| HUGHES | Jamie, 3-times Fish O'Mania champ (2013/2015 /2017) (6) |
| SANDRA | ___ Scotthorne, four-times Fish O'Mania Ladies Champ (6) |
| WESTON | A 2022 Fish O' venue near Oswestry (*on two slopes) (6,5) |
| NEWMAN | 16-year-old winner of NxtGen Fish O' 2021 (*new name now!) (4,6) |
| SHIRES | David ___, Fish O'Mania champ 2021. (*he's Sir) (6) |
| SWITCHON | Term meaning to cause a device to operate, as opposed to turning it off; to assume insincere charm, false emotion, tears etc at will; or, to make one up-to-date, in dress or outlook (6,2) |
| COPIED | Did pirate provide pie for fish o eat? |
| EMBLEN | Neil ___ , 1997-98 Crystal Palace midfielder between spells at Wolves (6) |
| HANNON | Neil _, The Divine Comedy's Derry-born lead singer (6) |
| SEDAKA | Neil ___ (wrote 1961 hit "Oh!Carol" and others) (6) |
| LENNON | Neil ___, 2016-2019 Hibernian manager (6) |
| GAIMAN | "Coraline" author Neil ___ (6) |
| PETERHEAD | Town in the north east (pop about 19,000), the biggest fish port in the UK (9) |
| INFASHION | Up-to-date in way to do things (2,7) |
