CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Son of Deuel, prince of the tribe of Gad (Num. 1:14) (8)

9 Holidays, festivals (Hebrew) (6)

10 Acronym motto on the Christian crucifix “Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum” (Jesus the Nazarene, King of The Jews) (4)

11 Brother Mel upset by Chief Inspector Dreyfus in the Pink Panther movies (7,3)

12 Wild area between Jerusalem and The Dead Sea (7,6)

14 ‘Let’s talk ******* ...’ (cut to the chase) (Yiddish) (7)

16 Ambassador given quiet vehicle for a month in Israel (7)

19 American-Israeli violin virtuoso and conductor (b.1945) (6,7)

23 Tasty dish, or picture of one? (10) 24 Collaborator’s friendly, not wanting power (4)

25 ‘Thou shalt not ****** the kid in its mother’s milk...’ (Ex. 23:19) (6)

26 Goads skinhead, though it’s really not called for (8)

DOWN

1 ‘The Apprentice’ boss, now a member of The House of Lords (4,5) 2 Centrist Israeli political party founded by Ariel Sharon in 2005 (Hebrew = ‘forwards’) (6)

3 A son of Jacob and Rachel (Gen. 46:24) (8)

4 Ultra-orthodox Israeli Jew (Hebrew - variant spelling) (7)

5 Bill gets a hundred points, the qualification for entry (6)

6 A selection from the books of Nevi’im which is read in synagogue (Hebrew) (8)

7 Ancient Lebanese city is upsetting the fellow (5)

13 Stay calm, maybe after speed of light disaster (9)

15 Hot-headed, the trio played badly up to now (8)

17 The name Samuel gave the stone set between Mizpah and Shen (1 Sam. 7:12) (8)

18 British weather, English country (7) 20 A man two top journalists paid attention to (6)

21 Fifty-one, talented and responsible (6)

22 Carry heavily, drag (Yiddish) (5) 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

1D Book on sound control. (6)

1O Club used as cutlery. (5)

2B A small jumper for Joey. (7)

2F Eaten whilst sitting on a toy rug. (6)

4I A bird from Rheims. (7)

5K Eating by numbers. (7)

5M Listless on the front of a motor bike. (4)