SHABBAT SCRABBLE

SOLVEOUR 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

1B Heard she reserves some weight. (5) 1I Walk the horse through the entrance. (4) 1M Grow from nothing like 55 in an evening. (6) 2E Hurt making a decision in court. (6) 3H Keen to bend it. (4) 3K An alternative potion. (6) 6D Father of the District Attorney. (2) 8I A cowardly spirit. (6) 8M In case, you go to this. (3) 9B Program found in a dictionary. (4) 9E I retch many times. (6) 10G One of 12K. (4) 10K A chance to carry off the feat. (4) 11O What 8M is. (3)

DOWN

1I Tom was a red head. (6) 2A j.m. barrie lived on this street. (7) 3H The Japanese are wrapped up in this. (6) 4E Smoked at this junction. (5) 5J A musical staff. (5) 6D Zed are you from Syria. (5) 7A 4A sounds like an incursion. (5) 8I Stop the French making a blunder. (6) 9B Growth on a hog. (4) 10A Company Commanding Officer. (2) 10E Spoken about the deer I said. (5) 10K Phew! There’s not many to report. (3) 12K They are currently all at sea. (5) 13E Where the police may hide in the wood. (5)

ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK’S SCRABBLE

ACROSS: Snap, Ritz, Weevil, Modern, Ajar, Ivy, Bottle, Arson, Issue, Until, Coot, Defy, Dog, Bed

DOWN: Funeral, Wigwam, Kaput, Zither, Marx, Clot, Squash, Lead, Gnat, Union, Deli, Tiber, Dope