SHABBAT SCRABBLE 839

SOLVE OUR 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 Greek malware. (6)

1E On a high state. (8)

1H How cat man voted. (4)

1L Ed went back to the zoo to find the leak. (5)

1N Former Irish Republic. (4)

4G North, south, east or west. (6)

5I Catch a cold. (5) 6C mLevel the score. (8)

7M Meet to do this. (5)

7O Sounds like he got a penalty. (4) 9J Need a book of tables. (4)

11H A hackneyed phrase. (4)

DOWN

1H Complete transformation. (8)

2B Prove a false claim. (5)

3J Merlin’s occupation. (6)

4E Dupe him with this. (4)

6B Close to main road. (6)

7G Watch this space. (5)

8B Animal branded footwear. (4) 9G Shout at the start of the fever. (4) 10B This may come in handy. (5)

10J Stoned at the port. (6)

12C Loves to learn. (8)

14F Seen on the back of fish. (3)

ANSWERS TO SCRABBLE CROSSWORD 838

ACROSS Incus, Naafi, Strata, Judder, Spoof, Quarter, Glib, Vomit, Pet, Zodiac, Newton, Moy DOWN Vikings, Terse, Hunch, Disquiet, Relaxed, Evil, Zingel, Boom, Bet, Wilt, Amnesty, Canary

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.