CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 The sun went down near here (Judg. 19:14) (6)

9 The totality of Jewish religious laws and ordinances (Hebrew) (8)

10 Done with farm butter, I produce seasoned beef (8)

11 A sign about double parking in Syrian city (6)

12 A ‘holy’ day, Jewish holiday (Yiddish) (6)

13 Affair is true - lady is involved (thou shalt not commit it!) (8)

15 Swedish diplomat who saved many Hungarian Jews then disappeared under the Soviets (1912-c.1947) (5,10) 18 European river with brooks and caves (8)

20 Small pen employed, initially, by biblical character-forming writer (6)

21 She’s an undercover participant (Hebrew) (6)

23 Kibbutz 2km south of Beit Shean (8) 24 Very loud artist interrupts some jazz? Rubbish! (4-4)

25 There was howling here (Is. 15:8) (6)

DOWN

1 ‘Keep the Evil Eye away’ (Yiddish) (8) 2 The Five Books of Moses, The Torah (Greek) (10)

3 Stiff, prim (Yiddish) (6)

4 Yishuv Zionist leader assassinated on the beach in Tel Aviv (1899-1933) (5,10) 5 Going round meadows is unalloyed joy (8)

6 English name for Akko on Haifa Bay (4)

7 Spoil test around end of exam (6)

14 A celebrant moving around in portable sanctuary (10) 16 National lawmen on the move, keeping quiet (8)

17 Air in BBC broadcast about Jewish religious teacher (8) 19 Israeli city, often troubled by Gaza missiles, circa 20km west of Beersheba (6)

20 Tender, relatively speaking (6)

A lot of porridge or just a bowl of cherries? (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

1A Annoyed to be fed from A to Z (5)

2C Japopy (8)

2G A strong desire to make bread (5)

2I Farewell to Real Madrid (5) 3K Cinematic back window (4) 3N Try to sell every thing to the French (4)