SHABBAT SCRABBLE 570

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

1C A sleepy French relative. (7) 1J Cricketers do it in a meadow. (5) 2E Book the Moet. (4) 2N In a style that’s rather spiteful. (5) 4G See the cooking method. (4) 5L I ruled this country. (4) 6I An apprehensive wreck. (7) 7A Organ dish. (6) 8K He may bury it in the Hinterland. (5) 9E By what means did fifty yell. (4) 10M Can you vouch for its assent. (4) 11C Archaeological spadework. (3) 12G Look closely over ones skin. (4)

DOWN

2B Matilda did it with Strauss. (5) 2I Was this her first flight. (6) 4G Bulge caused by tantara. (5) 5B It suits you to detox. (6) 6G Number one returned the particle. (3) 6K Dad’s salvation. (4) 7A The bird flew helter skelter. (7) 8I Bad weather in 5L.(4) 9A Courage to split the cost. (5) 10H Shoes are not worn in this camp. (4) 10M He’s silly to play with an asp. (3) 11A Woden might settle it. (5) 12E It’s an honour to do a round. (3) 12I Type of fires. (5) 14D Heard the rabbit went on ahead. (4)

ANSWERS TO SCRABBLE CROSSWORD 569

ACROSS Aqua, Jape, Shove, Frieze, Nuchal, Likely, Nimbus, Venire, Nisi, Item, Worst, Gang, Trod DOWN Funny, Hoot, Alexia, Craven, Met, Leaven, Lief, Wisp, Gird, Crowd, Trot, Garb, Dodge

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.