SHABBAT SCRABBLE

SOLVEOUR Shabbat-friendly crossword. Writing is not required — just use your Scrabble board and tiles to spell out the answers to the cryptic clues.

HOWTOPLAY: Use the letter tiles from the game of Scrabble to spell out the answers to the clues below. Do not use the two blank tiles. Place the tiles on the Scrabble board according to the grid references given with the clues. If you successfully complete the puzzle, you will have used all 98 tiles.

ACROSS 1B Squeak like a frightened mouse. (6) 1D A material itch in New Zealand. (6) 1G Avid to a T to launch a boat. (5) 1I Cap it to 3.142 (4) 4J Look out for 15D. (5) 5F Never likely to be near Scandinavia. (2, 3) 5N Trim the plum tree. (5) 7K A trial run. (5) 8B The revs we use to sidestep. (6) 8D On display among other fruit. (5) 10H A swift writer. (4) 11F An unclean study. (5) 11M Paper foliage. (4) 13K John’s odd ode. (3)

DOWN 2F Soldier repeated in catch 22. (5) 4G Drank in the Republic. (5) 5B The width of an old wigwam. (6) 6L It was the first tree. (3) 7F Tree gave shade in Capri. (6) 8J Practise in art classes. (5) 9B The tired ploughman’s way. (5) 10H Lied about where one had eaten. (4) 11B I made the grid inflexible. (5) 11K Told to keep out of sight when on it. (4) 13H Want to hit Pat and Ella. (4) 14M Can’t see the pea soup due to it. (3) 15D The young lad is a backward lout. (3) 15J Begin to plead. (3)

ANSWERS TO SCRABBLE CROSSWORD NO: 548

ACROSS: Ex parte, Ranee, Wishbone, Grunt, Jingle, Ash, Vulture, Stock, Loaf, Evite, Lime, Foam, Sad

DOWN: Weird, Guide, Capon, Enough, Bizarre, Patron, Hotel, Equity, Civil, Off, Dairy, Tame Devised and compiled by Derek Wine. SCRABBLE ® is a registered trademark of JW Spear & Sons Ltd, Maidenhead SL6 4UB, England, under licence from Mattel Europa BV, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc., ©Mattel 2006.