SHABBAT SCRABBLE

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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

1D Sleep until nearly twelve. (4)

1F A trade union fence. (6)

1I Virtually a fireside seat. (5)

3L Merchants’ society. (5)

4A A small bag made by cheats. (6) 5N Heard they may dress like boys. (5)

6D Second rate ointment is soothing. (4) 6G The animal might genuflect at the lake. (5)

9E Frivolous, almost like a fairy. (4) 9J Towns matched together. (7) 9M Foster an interest in trees. (6) 11C In discomfort eating French bread. (4)

12H Is it out on the tiles. (4)

DOWN

1D A holding payment on topside. (7) 3F Gather for prayers . (10)

4A Noise made swallowing a bubble. (6)

6D Told the cricketer to stick at the crease. (5)

6J Hide the parchment. (6)

9D Can’t see this major city over others. (8)

9M Almost a vendetta over land tenure. (3)

11L A raid on desert land. (4)

12A It’s not a light weight clue. (5) 13G Nora rode on this horse. (4)

ANSWERS TO SCRABBLE CROSSWORD 723

ACROSS Wash, Victory, Divot, Pilgrim, Bulldozer, Sojourn, Frame, Body, Sexton, Darn, Ten DOWN Valid, Pockets, Hitch, Plague, Rabies, Buyer, Smile, Man, Quayside, Newt, Rang, Free

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.