CROSSWORD 941

CLUES - ACROSS

1 English newspaper upsetting for Jew or Arab (6)

4 A wedding (Yiddish) (8)

9 King mentioned in Proverbs 31:1 (6)

10 The World to Come (Hebrew) (4,4)

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

13 Behold, David is in the wilderness of ** **** (1 Sam 24:1) (2-4)

15 A Woman of Valour - song written by King Solomon (Hebrew) (6,6)

18 Troubled Jewish World Chess Champion who came to hate Jews (1943-2008) (5,7)

21 Branch of the myrtle tree forming part of Sukkot’s lulav (Hebrew) (6)

22 The Sea of Galilee by its Hebrew name (8)

24 Master of Nebuchadnezzar’s eunuchs (Dan. 1:3) (8)

25 Has followers, we hear - pure and virgin (6)

26 The synagogue’s ‘Everlasting Light’ (Hebrew) (3,5)

27 Trees, older ones (6)

CLUES-DOWN

1 A fool, simpleton, poor shnook (Yiddish) (8)

2 Stage name of Jewish folk singer Ellen Naomi Cohen - ‘Monday, Monday’ (19411974) (4,4)

3 King Solomon’s girlfriend (3,5,2,5)

5 Sacred evergreen with middle pruned (4)

6 World-famous Jewish Nazi-hunter (1908-2005) (5,10)

7 Story returned to editor, puffed up with success (6)

8 Small town 12 km west of Jerusalem (6)

11 The World Union of Jewish International Sports organisation (7)

14 A month, just, in West London (7)

16 Ancient Jewish sectarian hothead occupying capital quarters (8)

17 Jewish bakery products in the shape of a knot (8)

19 Mixture of horseradish and beetroot for gefilte fish (Yiddish) (6)

20 Citizen of a semiautonomous region of Georgia bordering the Black Sea and Turkey (6)

23 German fascist party member of the thirties and forties (4)