SHABBAT SCRABBLE 782

SOLVE OUR Shabbatfriendly 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

1D A coffee mountain. (4)

1F Set of eating equipment. (7) 1I Pivotal move. (4)

1L 6K with contempt. (5)

2B A plain tool. (4) 5C They always agree with the chair. (6)

6K Offer to pay. (5)

8E Did the PI stand in it. (7) 8G Relatively close. (7)

8M A legal noise. (3)

10A They don’t grow on vines. (5)

12L Start to become a warrior. (3)

12O Keep this for a heathy life. (3)

DOWN

1D Bird found in Rheims. (7) 3B Close fitting tenons. (8)

4I Ask after the paper. (7)

5A A Turkish governor. (3)

6E Served from a keg. (7)

8G Payment to public official. (7)

10A Move north to avoid toxin. (5)

10K Not a light weight. (3) 12L Thread for a weft. (4)

14A It points to heaven. (5) 14G Maggie’s dad was one. (6)

ANSWERS TO SCRABBLE CROSSWORD 781 ACROSS Quiznight, Wheat, Vagabond, Janice, Sundry, Verbose, Arm, Delay, Writing, Ruin, Deme DOWN Hiatus, Pickaxe, Nee, Tabled, Fiasco, Navy, Aphid, Word, Boot, Attend, Sly, Soil, Forge

Devised and compiled by Derek Wine.

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