SHABBAT SCRABBLE 819

SOLVE OUR Shabbatfriendly 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 1G

Nelson said it was fate. (6)

1H Same as 2G. (2)

1J Obtain money under false pretences. (7)

1M Pat took ten steps in the yard. (5)

2C Perform a trick. (7)

3E Go crazy in the USA. (4) 6H A facial arch. (7) 6LRough and ready. (6)

7N Carpenter’s clamp. (4) 8F Frightened by a thing in the dark. (5)

9J Written on many years ago. (6)

10C It’s curtains for him. (6) 12A Jumps over it every four years. (4)

DOWN

1G A relative’s boat. (7)

2G Same as 1H. (2)

3C Discharges charm. (5)

4G Did you ever rest here. (8) 6B Useful to open a Scottish lock. (4)

6G Informer at ones bank. (6)

8B He’s in a state. (5)

9H A temporary encampment. (7)

10C An Australian workman. (6)

14J A plant to dye for. (6) 15A Funny energy source. (3)

ANSWERS TO SCRABBLE CROSSWORD 818 ACROSS Quick, Tuxedo, Brazen, Sew, Yiddish, Air, Origin, Tidbit, Venus, Few, Gavel, Root, Pins, Rate DOWN Blasé, Jugular, Anyway, Hock, Defender, Glimmer, Spoof, Beau, Sugar, Top, Oar, Stole

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.