SHABBAT SCRABBLE 774

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

1E Eat it or play with your food. (9) 1K It fought a mythical lion. (7)

2C Leave nothing at the capital. (5) 3H Pugilist or dog. (5)

3M What Pete may be packing. (6) 7I Swear in court how old you are. (7)

8B May be applied by a puff. (6) 10F War leaders met here. (5)

10K Show sign of tiredness (4) 11M Did not hear this clue. (4) 13C So go there. (3)

DOWN

1E Make a ring around the speaker. (8)

3B Warrior sounds like singer who shouts. (4)

3K Start to impinge on the soldier. (4)

4E He’s more than just a captain. (5)

6A Keep ones spirit up. (5)

6K Take your turn in this. (4)

7G Practice on the track. (5)

8B A trivial slice of cake. (5)

10F We do it annually. (6)

11K Sounds like the first helper. (4) 12E Throw away in Scotland. (5) 13A Goes with sceptre and crown. (3)

14E A keepers job. (3)

14M See the meadow through half open window. (3)

ANSWERS TO SCRABBLE CROSSWORD 773

ACROSS Also, Greet, Canon, Wisdom, Okapi, Med, Reject, Interval, Hinge, Fine, Owes, Pea DOWN Quetzal, Crowbar, Oxymoron, Side, Valid, Janitor, District, Huff, Heavy, Onion, Gape, Luge Sub

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.