SHABBAT SCRABBLE 009

Shabbat-friendly crossword. Writing is not required .

HOW TO PLAY: Use the letter tiles from the game of Scrabble to spell out the answers. Do not use the two blank tiles. Place the tiles on the board according to the grid references given with the clues. If you complete the puzzle, you will have used all 98 tiles.

ACROSS

1C Defeats heard in children’s game (7)

1K Rearrange dance after religious education (5)

3C 1C DOWN - noshed melons prepared without one duck (11) 5A Cited passage indicating cost of job? (9)

5K Set up celebrity — about right (5)

8A Neither in piano recital (3) 9J Carried on war — and getting paid for it? (5)

10D Troubled (5)

11K It’s customary for a nun? (5)

13C Humour about a delay (4)

DOWN

1C Rome cops mistreated writer of music (8)

1F Tease youngster (3)

1M Month named after Roman god of beginnings (7)

1O “Scraped” looked about right (6)

2A Well-spoken lot queen upset (8)

3G Closing speech (8)

3I Mountain peak on which Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments (5) 3K 1C down — frequently we hear another 1C down (9)

8E Formal neckwear in cities (3)

9N Lydia changes every 24 hours (5)

10D Oral examination — 5 and 4A, or 6 and 5A? (4)

ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK

Across: 2C Chariots, 4F Squeal, 4M Wit, 6B Klezmer, 6J Braved, 8E Of Fire, 8M Rib, 10J Odin, 11A Synagogue, 13H Exponent, 14R Acid.

Down: 1G Risqué, 2C Cajole, 2J Shamble, 4M Wavering, 6E Zoology, 6O Debutant, 7A Views, 9C Pint, 10H Tuned, 13J Pad

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