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.

HOW TO PLAY: 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 1F

Stone found above from start to finish. (5)

1H Question a sailor in Arabia. (5)

1K Curry favour with this condiment. (7)

5C As well as too. (4)

5E Mess about with the gypsy. (6) 6M She danced well with two shoes. (6)

8B Luis made vin in Lithuania. (7) 8H Drama to be seen in the ring. (7) 10D Falls after the fall. (6)

10J Bay found on way to Coventry. (4)

DOWN

1A The tribe of ten succeeded. (6)

1H Originally a quick chef’s dish. (6) 3A Help one to gel. (1, 3, 2)

3J Smoke when annoyed. (4)

4F Pub door open for a drink. (4)

5B The Australian performed it with Strauss. (5)

6J Fake it in safe ignorance. (5)

8B A colourless but red drink. (5)

9L Poem composed of some episodes. (3)

10D Keep a watch out here. (5)

11L Caused a holdup on the line. (3) 12A See endless 5B. (6)

12H Coo, it’s a bird. (4)

14F Where the farmer stored the bran. (4)

ANSWERS TO SCRABBLE CROSSWORD 738

ACROSS Yolk, Oz, Ago, Hamlet, Visual, Geyser, Renege, Jacobus, Aphid, Droop,Rival, Weft, Rein DOWN Xyst, Fan, Zilch, Vigour, Atlas, Den, Quoth, Robed, Murder, Reviewed, Initial, Atone

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.