SHABBAT SCRABBLE 051

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 Scrabble board according to the grid references given with the clues – rows are designated by number and columns by letter. If you successfully complete the puzzle, you will have used all 98 tiles.

Across

1B and 1B Down Take sharp turns (6)

2D Former partner, love wearing crumpled cravat, in digger (9)

4D Asked for deer, quest organised (9)

5A Cry at return of 50 per cent of bosses (3)

5L Top in local idiom (3) 6E Mary and Luke ordered skullcap (8)

8A Carry child East (4) 8F Rotate minimal charge for vegetable (6)

10B On march about sovereign (7)

10J Incarcerated head of junta became unwell (6) 13E Entwined western cooker (5)

Down

1B See 1B Across

1D Rage about clothing (4) 1I Scolds old horses (4) 1L Restrain newlywed, about 50 (6)

4F Mercy - two pints and a half of beer (7)

5A Cushy, it’s often contained (4)

5C Obtains wrong stronghold (7)

5N Give meaning in suede finery (6)

6H Planet with hydrogen is a soggy place (5) 6K Another name for 6E (6) 10G 100 adore a piece of garlic (5)

10M Sounds like burden, sounded like cattle (5)

11I Little time in New York, initially (4)

Across:

1D Hew, 3L Jig, 4B Holidays, 6I Unpick, 7A Purim, 9D Alligators, 11C Fixture, 11K Above, 13C End, 13K Tin, 15K Bored. Down: 1D Hallucination, 1F Weedy, 2I Masquerade, 3B Shavuot, 3L Janitor, 3N Geek, 8G Figurine, 9M Swoon, 10O Seized, 13K Tab.

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