CROSSWORD 959

ACROSS 1

Triangular pastries popular at Purim (Yiddish - variant spelling) (12)

10 Biblical form of dress torn, cut by intent (7)

11 Jewish discoverer of Salvarsan - he turned wealthy, gaining Nobel at last (1854-1915) (7)

12 Talmudic tractate explaining the ordeal of the bitter water trial of a woman suspected of adultery (Hebrew) (5)

13 Indeed, Polly altered her name by this (4,4)

15 King Solomon’s naval port (1 Kings 9:26) (5,5)

16 Jacob’s wife in meadow next to hospital (Gen. 29:16) (4)

18 Brand new money-making concern (4)

20 Equip old fellow for Christianity’s ‘final battle’ at Meggido (10)

22 NCO shouldn’t face such punishment in the Army (8)

24 Harris’s uncle returning to the land of Abraham’s birth (5)

26 Able to extend terminal, one located in city area (7)

27 Backward spooks damage a tongue (7)

28 General animosity towards Jews (12)

DOWN 2

Jonah’s father taking aim at it from a new angle (Jonah 1:1) (7)

3 Animal in a net, help to set free (8)

4 Ninth letter of the Aleph Bet offering tithe, name forgotten (Hebrew - variant spelling) (4)

5 Recently deceased long time Palestinian peace negotiator (4,6) 6 King whose ruined palace lies on Masada’s north side (5)

7 Disgusting, no one’s going to love me (7)

8 VIP, a ‘big shot’ (sarcastic) (Yiddish) (7,6)

9 Codification of Jewish law authored by

Joseph Karo in 1563 (8,5)

14 Group name for Abraham, Isaac and Joseph (10)

17 Bulletin - ‘Players support all points’ (8)

19 Joy-riding, initially in a van that’s out of control (7) 21 Is degrading to send me a revised version (7)

23 Musical group and so on, written up in books (5)

25 One of the sons of Caleb (1 Chron. 4:15) (4)