CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Recently deceased Jewish MP and ‘Father of The House’ (6,7)

9 Prophet, getting nothing wrong, backing excellent horse (Nevi’im) (7)

10 Ceremony of blessing over the wine (Hebrew) (7)

11 David deprecated propaganda in this city (2 Sam. 1:20) (4)

12 Massage requirement, so it’s said (5) 13 Annual income from under-thecounter enterprises (4)

16 A son of Moses and Zipporah (Ex. 18:3) (7)

17 One of the sons of Harim (Ezra 10:31) (7) 18 An Israelite camp in The Wilderness (Num. 33:18) (7)

21 Friendly chat or flattery (Yiddish) (7) 23 Laugh some don’t care for (4)

24 Face play on words I’m following (Yiddish) (5)

25 Danny **** , Jewish-American funny man (1911-1987) (4)

28 Is first to receive a priest, one from Haifa? (7)

29 Samson’s temptress cheered up, having pocketed money (7)

30 Heard at ‘Fiddler’ wedding - doctor sues nurses in middle of prostatectomy (7,6)

DOWN

1 Go where Ginger’s dancing with Ira’s brother (6,8)

2 Almost arrive at eminence that generates nuclear energy (7)

3 Put down, face up (4)

4 Jewish priestly class of descendants of Aaron (Hebrew) (7)

5 Ritual hand-washing at The Seder (Hebrew - variant spelling) (7)

6 Fashion cut like grass, they say (4) 7 Being green, Scotsman’s about to check English (7)

8 The ‘groom’ who ‘begins’ at Simchat Torah (Hebrew) (6,8)

14 ***** Yisroel, Adenoi Elohenu, Adenoi Achad (5) 15 Using one motorway, end up in Florida city (5)

19 Big troubles (Yiddish) (7)

20 Jewish escapologist who’d listened to popular single (7)

21 Cheat having small success led to reform (7)

22 They gave advice so wise and so clear, perhaps (7)

26 **** Uris - author of the novel ‘Exodus’ (1924-2003) (4)

27 The colour of a Cordon of cooks (4) 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

1B They are perfectly correct stories. (4, 2)

1I Worn in court. (7)

2D Of which this is a form. (4)

2F Should be seen but not heard. (8) 2K The corpse needs a guard. (4) 2N In a meadow often without a bible. (3)