CROSSWORD 826

ACROSS

1 Nuclear zapping holds this Angel of Death back (6)

4 Elite special operations force within the IDF, part of the Commando Brigade (8)

10 Father admits danger, making son drop something spicy (7)

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

12 Original fellow ate non-kosher meat, Cockney-style (4)

13 Major right-wing Israeli political party from 1948 until its formal merger into Likud in 1988 (5)

14 Genuine article turning up outside front of Christie’s (German & Yiddish) (4) 17 Favourite NY deli sandwich (4,4,2,3) 19 Only mass, note, is turning into a formal Christian marital oath (13)

22 Confession of cowardice around 11? (4) 23 After midday, make amends (5)

24 Female collecting round Oxford, perhaps (4)

27 The printed (non-scroll) version of the Jewish Bible (Hebrew) (7)

28 Body of Jewish dietary laws (7)

29 Anglo-Jewish Warren ******** who played Alf Garnett inTill Death Do Us

Part (8)

30 Better boater (6)

DOWN

1 A quiet compliment to value (8)

2 Artist’s music style, heavenly on and off (7)

3 One of the places where the Israelites camped (Ex. 15:27) (4)

5 Mayor of Jerusalem from 2003 to 2008 (3 ,11)

6 Disobey God — fine for it (4) 7 Clive — he devised wheeled kit (7)

8 Being old, I make clear profit in New York (6)

9 Special forces unit of the IDF conducting reconnaissance behind enemy lines (variant spelling) (7,7)

15 Before heading for literature, I award marks for printing (5)

16 Hittite officer’s posh swept-back locks? (2 Sam. 11:3) (5)

18 Forebear? No traces, sadly (8)

19 Jewish festival of the giving of The Ten Commandments (7)

20 Are left at home, to their consternation (7)

21 Eastenders, perhaps, arrive shortly after rest (6)

25 ‘...tell it not in **** , publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon...’ (2 Sam 1:20) (4) 26 A hairy man, he’s among the Bible’s autocrats (Gen. 25:25) (4)