SHABBAT SCRABBLE

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

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.

Can’t find a solution for this (5) It’s no jaunt for the Council (5) Sounds like a drink to the deceased (4)

2N Being clever, I am in a group (6) 3B Very anxious about the fare (4) 5E Outdated friend (9)

5I Light New York every evening (7) 9B Cause a row over a scarf (6)

9L Bench in the synagogue (3)

9N Send away from an old French island (5)

10G Hold back ever more (6)

12J Room for 501500 (4)

13L Japanese sash needs cleaning agent (3)

DOWN

2K A full house is on the cards (5) 3B Often visit a place (8)

5A Mother may enquire about the material (6)

6H How all the jury felt (5)

7C Square in front of major hotel (5)

7I The dress had a spot on now (4) 9BThe pit of depression (5)

9I It’s too much to pay for a wig (6) 12E Metal found in continental shelf (3)

13L Heard it’s one of Hollywood’s specialities (4)

15G Imply it’s an impolite measure (4)

ANSWERS TO SCRABBLE CROSSWORD 734

Spoon, Wallaby, Yogurt, Jackdaw, Dieting, Mope, Anti, Reason, Exeunt, Verb, Stir, Free DOWN Dais, Woozy, Hand, Man, Tackle, Par, Yeti, Toe, Viewing, Queue, Tidbit, Fresher

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.