National Scrabble Day

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Retail giant whose executive propelled the game's sales in 1952 (5)
• What oxyphenbutazone can maximize if played perfectly (5)
• The cloth container holding your alphabetical fate (3)
• Inventor Alfred's profession before the 1930s depression hit (9)
• It can be any letter, but it won't help your tally (5)
• The magic number of pieces you draw at the start (5)
• You'll be stuck without these five crucial letters (6)

Down

• Mental shuffling required to find the best play (7)
• Calling out a bluff on a questionable spelling (9)
• Your personal wooden or plastic ledge (4)
• Colored squares that offer extra value are known as these (7)
• Sacrificing a turn to swap your letters (8)
• 100 of these are found in a standard English set (5)

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