CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Eastern paper backed racial type in Middle East (6)

4 Voiced over for Spanish - a scattered group of Jews internationally (8)

9 The king named in Proverbs 31:1 and Gulliver’s other name (6)

10 Jewish concept of ‘The World To Come’ (Hebrew) (4,4)

12 Father-in-law (Yiddish) (8)

13 Tempt lead on East, with diamonds to support no-trumps (6)

15 ‘A Woman of Valour’ - special Shabbat song (Hebrew) (6,6)

18 This tablet, also known as the ‘Mesha Stele’ mentioning King David, was found in 1868 near the Dead Sea (7,5)

21 One of the Levites returning from exile in Babylon (1 Chron. 9:15) (6)

22 Ardent suppporters of the Jewish homeland (8)

24 Samuel’s memorial stone after the Battle of Mizpeh (1 Sam. 7:12) (8)

25 A dark figure trailing you, perhaps? (6)

26 Excessive sentimentality, chicken or goose fat (Yiddish) (8)

27 Fellow left gold at home seeing old Dutch currency (6)

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1 A fool, a clumsy person (Yiddish) (8)

2 Stage name of Jewish-American songstress born Ellen Naomi Cohen (1941-1974) (4,4)

3 King Solomon’s African girlriend (3,5,2,5)

5 Disliking work, I must get led astray (4) 6 Jewish-Austrian holocaust survivor and original ‘Nazi Hunter’ (1908-2005) (5,10) 7 Israeli town very near the border with the Gaza Strip (6)

8 Esau’s grandson (Gen. 36:12) (6)

11 Follower of Bar Kokhba or a Jewish international sports competitor (7) 14 Testicles! (Yiddish/Hebrew) (7) 16 Think about the margin, being in credit (8)

17 Jewish-American composer could make her swing! (1898-1937) (8) Wallop, hit, throw (Yiddish) (6) Genuine, authentic, real (Yiddish) (6) Conservative in group - ultraunorthodox or unorthodox bunch? (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

1F Professional marksman. (6)

2C Opening to a loch. (4)

2I Seen opposite the nadir. (6)

2N Orbits round the tavern. (6)

3L Shine like a heavenly body. (7)

6E Am up for catching a similar animal. (6)