SHABBAT SCRABBLE 800

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

1F Professional marksman. (6)

2C Opening to a loch. (4) 2I Seen opposite the nadir. (6)

2N Orbits round the tavern. (6) 3L Shine like a heavenly body. (7)

6E Am up for catching a similar animal. (6)

7B Two marks for punctuation. (5)

7H Stand on your own three legs. (6)

9N A palindromic twilight. (3)

10I Twist and swing. (5)

11C Found at the border. (4) 12O He’s not a friend. (3) 13M A type of lava. (2)

DOWN

2B Cross eyed. (6) 4B Played in a military band. (9)

5K Leave in the lurch. (4) 6D Take care when measuring. (4)

7H A polite response. (5, 3) 9A Throw in the highlands. (5)

10E Impart knowledge about the axilla. (6) 11B Close by. (4)

11J A piece of trivia. (5) 13C Willing to play. (4) 13I Swaggering show of courage. (7)

ANSWERS TO SCRABBLE CROSSWORD 799 ACROSS Furry, Taxes, Zorba, Cajoled, Swiped, Bully, Mend, Thugs, Wilt, Giga DOWN Tarzan, Cheque, Joker, Abut, Yeast, Wolf, Memories, Pedicure, Notion, Dwindled, Unto, Gag, Spiv, Vain

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.