| IZAAK | First name of Walton, author of The Compleat Angler in 1653 (5) |
| IZAAKWALTON | Author of The Compleat Angler in 1653 (5,6) |
| STAFFORD | Market town that is the birthplace of Izaak Walton, author of The Compleat Angler (8) |
| WALTON | 17th-century English writer (surname) best known as the author of The Compleat Angler (6) |
| SPRAT | A disappointing catch for the angler in strange parts (5) |
| DUTCH | Nationality of the top three anglers in Feederfest Ireland 2022 (5) |
| CHAMP | E.g. top angler - in match, Ampthill (5) |
| PERCH | Branch upon which a bird sleeps standing up; or, according to Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler, a 'bold biting fish' to be caught with a minnow or a little frog (5) |
| TAJMAHAL | Ivory-white marble mausoleum in India which was completed in 1653 and is considered one of the best architectural masterpieces of the world: 2 wds. |
| COMPLEAT | The ____ Angler, a book about fishing by Izaak Walton first published in 1653 (8) |
| ANGLER | The Compleat ____, book celebrating fishing by Izaak Walton published in 1653 (6) |
| FISH | A weak poker player; or, any one of the vertebrates described in Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler (4) |
| FALTERING | Uncertain if angler in a tangle having hooked boot in the end (9) |
| GALEWARNING | In England, what got the Wigan angler in a dither? (4,7) |
| PACHELBEL | Johann, German composer born in 1653 best known for his Canon in D Major (9) |
| NEWYORK | Settlement which was called New Amsterdam in 1626, chartered as a city in 1653 (3,4) |
| PEG | Part of a riverbank allotted to an angler in a competition; stake for securing a tent rope; a clip for hanging laundry out to dry; or, an object for scoring in cribbage (3) |
| FISHERMAN | An angler in the Gulf is her manuscript (9) |
| CORELLI | Arcangelo ?, Italian violinist and composer born in 1653 noted for his Twelve concerti grossi |
| WALLSTREET | New York thoroughfare possibly named after a local stockade built in 1653 |
