Leisure Pleasures

[catfish]

Can anyone help with q7: On the Sabbath many lowest class of people scratch! (8), q12: Beethoven's original trio somehow let Verdi have a progressive game. (6,5), q77: ..... masks that come out when the moon dies away. (8).

Thank you

[Fibonacci]

7. one letter abbrev. for Sabbath + seven letter word for a mob.

12 Anagram of three letters from first word + two other words in the clue (the two words required have a total of 8 letters!). The first word is also the nickname for a famous european car which was redesigned in the late 1990s.

77 Anagram of two words from the clue and the word is also the name costumes worn at a masquerade. This game popular with children and played in pubs.

[prospector]

Clue 7
On the Sabbath = start with the letter S
Many = C (hundred)

SC+6 letter word for 'lowets class of people' = 8 letter word for the a game whereby you have to make up words on a Board (from the counters with letters of the alphabet thereon - you have 7 such counters in your hand / on your rack at any one time)

The word for this game also means to scratch around!

Clue 12
Beethoven's original trio = BEE+ anagram of Let = the first 6 letter word for the answer

5 letter word is an anagram of Verdi

Clue 77
anagram of Moon Dies = this game where you have a block (wood or plastic) the face of which is divided into halves,each face being blank or marked with dots for a number (like on a dice)

The word for this game is also -
A costume consisting of a hooded robe worn with an eye mask at a masquerade.
The mask so worn.
One wearing this costume.