Crossword puzzle clue "carp's milieu"

to find fault incessantly

to collect water in a small depression

(Scots) expressing regret or impatience, also OCH

to clean a ship's bottom by burning off seaweed

one who takes or holds a captive

to raise trivial and frivolous objections

a species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family, aka cheven