| ANGLER | A fisherman |
| RETIARIUS | Roman gladiator who fought with equipment styled on that of a fisherman, a net, a trident and a dagg |
| CAUGHTACRAB | A for a fisherman; F for a rower |
| CATCH | Receive a 4A (or, if you're a fisherman, 1A a fish) |
| WALTON | Author whose River Dove-inspired The Compleat Angler features Charles Cotton's fishing house and opens with friends, Auceps a fowler, Piscator a fisherman and Venator a hunter, comparing pastimes (6) |
| HOLDTHELINE | A fisherman and a defensive tackle both ___ |
| SIMONPETER | I'm in a tangle of rope and nets, being a fisherman (5,5) |
| BAIT | What a fisherman uses to attract a fish |
| ANGLE | What a fisherman may do when in a corner (5) |
| CREEL | A fisherman will use many a spinner |
| LOSESHISPLAICE | A fisherman may have a problem if he ___ |
| DROPALINE | Send say what a short the in a fisherman message way (4,1,4) |
| CASTANET | What a fisherman might do to get a percussion instrument? (8) |
| PARODY | A skit about a fisherman will be profitable (6) |
| TALE | A fisherman might bring back a big one |
| HOLDSTHELINE | Maintains a connection with what a fisherman does |
| ERIE | Great Lake in which a fisherman recently caught a record-setting 10-lb. smallmouth bass |
| CASTER | A kind of sugar - like a fisherman (6) |
| GODOWNWELL | As a good sinker will with a fisherman? (2,4,4) |
| NICEKETCH | Compliment to a fisherman? |
