SHABBAT SCRABBLE 515

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

HOWTOPLAY: 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 1C Start to squabble over the cushion. (5) 1L Talk endlessly about a batter-cake. (6) 3E A sticky end for a sore fly. (8) 3I Instruct Neil to genuflect. (5) 4N A bit old to go to and fro in town. (7) 5A Trinket sold in old curiosity shop. (5) 6G Pursue direction. (3) 9B How the batsman was found out. (6) 10H Attempt to make wood. (3) 10J Yeat’s rising agent. (5) 12E Put ones phalanx on the base line. (4) 12M Peter wanted a 12O at first. (3) 12O Do get the magistrate to forego tea. (4) DOWN 3B Heard you were drunk at the zoo. (4) 3I David Bowie had one. (5) 4E Honest, he’s got red skin. (5) 5A Lodge in a small cabinet. (5) 5K A second class underhand hit. (4) 6E The varlet may tour around a lot. (6) 6N Diana’s alternative ego. (2) 8J Face up to six mixed ages. (6) 9A It was once a vast expanse. (5) 10E Try hop, skip and jump for a prize. (6) 12B Wayne was true to it. (4) 12M PP are alike in it. (3) 13J Blue/greyish axes. (4) 14B Also tested in court. (5) ANSWERS TO SCRABBLE CROSSWORD NO 514:

ACROSS: Plaque, Hexagon, Zed, Fairy, Signor, Albion, Or, Bucket, Strive, Trap, Eight, Deals, Twin, Yew

DOWN: Heinz, Daiquiri, Jacob, Rumble, Yenta, Sneak, Outdoor, Rivet, Topsy, Em, Wolf, Tanned 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.