SHABBAT SCRABBLE 561

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 1C Listen, I came before this bird. (3) 1F Heard the cat calls for the sot. (5) 1I This animal might try and get out of it. (6) 2B Argue over the fish. (4) 2L How I fling records into a cabinet. (6) 5D Almost ask for an undertaking. (5) 5O Got bothered about the subject. (3) 6G Coin sop ladle. (5) 6J It’s legal to dial five. (5) 7N Heard that part of the act was watched. (4) 9B Torment the relative after tea. (5) 9E Neat and tidy in Meath. (4) 9L Came across this game. (6) 10I Amazement as it turns red now. (6) 12D Hoarfrost sounds poetical. (4)

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2B Vehicle brushes an animal at the junction. (6) 3A Made in the sunshine. (3) 3I Tell her she can use a veil. (5) 5B Ill feeling on hill top, we hear. (5) 6G Slav found in New York forest. (6) 7A Dynamic like cattle with a twitch. (7) 7L Had the guts to blow it up. (4) 9B A military design. (6) 10G Dry ammunition. (6) 12B He almost landed in France. (6) 15D The benefit of using a small sledge. (4) ANSWERS TO SCRABBLE CROSSWORD 560

ACROSS: Two, Eigne, Bondi, Galaxy, Barque, Studio, Sauce, Volt, Newer, Rifles, Pond, Ciao, Rind

DOWN: Whet, Gazebo, Savoy, Kart, Nous, Rim, Jug, Yes, Violin, Trump, Flour, Peach, Refer, Sine 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.