CROSSWORD 806

ACROSS

1 A “Groisser ****** ” - A Big Shot (sarcastic - Yiddish) (6)

4 Perverted symbol of Hitler’s Nazi party (8)

9 A wise man or a “wiseguy” if sarcastic (Hebrew/Yiddish) (7)

11 Gentile’s Devil is cruel if disturbed (7)

12 Employed in house decorating, or refuse disposal (4)

13 Exposed hand will keep the baby quiet (5)

14 “Go away,” said with a brogue? (4)

17 Jewish-American economist who was US Federal Reserve chairman during 1987 to 2006 (4,9)

19 Jewish French-Polish film director, b.1933, a fugitive from US justice (5,8)

22 Amphibians finally shake off persistent predators (4)

23 Call after five, is it? (5)

24 Early killer one put in jail (4)

27 I’m happier somehow, having abandoned pious biblical tribe (7)

28 Crept up to grab key zenana’s top enthusiasts (viz. Bar Kokhba) (7)

29 London suburb in Harrow Borough where the young chick finally emerges? (5,3)

30 Bottom, backside, rump (Yiddish slang) (6)

DOWN

1 Father-in-Law (Yiddish) (8)

2 Caught artist consuming crack, leading to infectious disease (7)

3 In which the Israelites measured grain heap, perhaps? (4)

5 Anglo-Jewish playwright, author of ‘A Kid For Two Farthings’ (1924-1998) (4,9) 6 A party loses heart, given shock therapy (4)

7 Iranian city is cooler, but with hot area inside (7)

8 “The Angel of Death” shows misplaced zeal engulfing painter (6)

10 Anglo-Jewish CBE actress, b.1946, — The Pianist (2002) (7,6)

15 Secreted in school bag, a magnificent lizard (5)

16 Gold-bearing district mentioned in Jeremiah 10:9 (5)

18 19/20th century CE idealists who dreamt of the establishment of “Eretz Yisrael” (8)

19 Toothed wheel, a device to thwart chatter (7)

20 The number “3”(Hebrew) (7)

21 The King (Hebrew) (6)

25 “Tell it not in **** , publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon” (2 Sam. 1:20) (4)

26 Tel Aviv’s twinned municipality at the southern end of the Bay (4)