CROSSWORD 774

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1 Nick, in London, washes (6)

5 She’s under the chuppah (Hebrew) (6) 9 I put last of minestrone in vessel to freeze (3,2)

10 Disappointed (Yiddish) (8)

12 Jewish liturgical hymns (Hebrew) (7) 13 Jewish resistance organisation in British Mandated Palestine (Hebrew) (7)

14 Branch office primarily in the middle of nowhere (5)

16 Jewish weekly days of rest (Hebrew) (9)

18 Cross one river both ways on board (9)

21 This architectural style has some attraction, I concede (5)

22 Bunny club in London? (7)

24 I’m apt on placing the stopper on the gun muzzle (7)

26 Traditional Jewish matchmaker (Yiddish) (8)

27 Roman military camp south of Tel Megiddo in the Roman province of Galilee (5)

28 Saddam Hussein’s home town (6) 29 European capital, as described in those days (6)

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2 A number to guide one to a silly old Rabbi’s town (5)

3 Top-ranking, high-class hairdo featured in the Mail (9)

4 Wigs worn by some orthodox women (Yiddish) (7)

5 A duck (Yiddish) (7)

6 Giving a wrong explanation and taking it easy (5)

7 14th century BCE Pharaoh whose monotheistic ideas maybe influenced Moses? (9)

8 Patience, perseverance (Yiddish from German) (11)

11 Haifa’s famous research university (3,8) 15 Esther’s protector (Est. 2:5 - variant spelling)) (9)

17 The Rite of Circumcision (Hebrew) (4,5)

19 Blessings (Hebrew) (7) 20 A Baltic country seat? No, I suspect (7) 23 Passover meal, date kept by prophet (Hebrew) (5)

25 Pro-active Jewish fighting arm of 13 (5)