| KOI | Large carp often seen in backyard ponds |
| BLEAT | Best to eat large carp |
| PREFORMED | Like some onion rings and backyard ponds |
| LANDSCAPE | In Backyard Blitz, Jamie Durie was a _ designer. |
| DINNERPARTY | Social occasion - central bit in backyard? (6,5) |
| YAR | One of two Isle of Wight rivers - in backyard! (3) |
| YARDARM | Part of ship discovered in backyard armoury (7) |
| EMPEROR | Strain of huge carp at Lana Springs, Devon - and large moth (7) |
| NAG | French river where editor caught huge carp |
| DRAYS | Sledges found in backyards |
| RONNIERIG | Big carp setup using low pop-up (*roe in ring) (6,3) |
| LAKES | Sussex big carp/catfish venue (*careful, snake!) (7,5) |
| SCAR | Big carp at Badshot Lea complex - mark left by wound (4) |
| NIGEL | ___ Sharp, big carp ace (5) |
| SHELLEY | "Jim ___, prolific big-carp catcher" *he yells out |
| MONKS | Cambridgeshire big carp venue (*most pink) (5,3) |
| PIT | Cambridgeshire big carp venue (*most pink) (5,3) |
| IANBAILEY | Korda member, big carp hunter (*i.e a Libyan) (3,6) |
| SHARP | Nigel ___, one of UK's finest big carp anglers (5) |
| WINTONS | Big carp/catfish venue, Burgess Hill, West Sussex (*no twins!) (7) |
