CROSSWORD 999

ACROSS

7 Kosher deli’s sandwich filling makes sailor complain (4,4)

9 Girl has time with leading rabbi - he dies for his beliefs (6)

10 Ralph, after losing lute initially turns to another instrument (4)

11 Our ancestors realise it’s silly (10)

12 Jewish bible that may be rendered in a chant (Hebrew) (6)

14 One of King David’s heroes who joined him at Ziklag (1 Chron. 12:4) (8)

15 As rubbish remains, attempt to collect it (6) 16 Bill put in stir, perhaps, being a bigot (6)

19 False names introducing the other pleb (5,3) 21 Samuel’s mother is unaffected by reversals (1 Sam. 1:2) (6)

23 ‘Why is this night different ...?’ - asked reading Haggadah (Hebrew) (2,8)

24 City of Acre near Haifa by its Hebrew name (4)

25 Neither meat nor dairy - kosher neutral (Hebrew) (6)

26 Breaking the Sixth Commandments with lady, true to form (8)

DOWN

1 Zealots’ fortress above The Dead Sea (6)

2 Quit being second, then first (4)

3 New rabbi’s 5 Down (Hebrew) (8)

4 He is naughty nabbing two maidens put in a trap (6)

5 Admission to rabbinate after row interrupted speech (10)

6 ‘Oh Dear - troubles’ (Yiddish) (2,6)

8 Ban river crossing over centre of Surbiton (6) 13 A man with predatory birds - enemies of the Israelites (10)

15 Traditional annual day of Jewish mourning (Hebrew) (5,1’2)

17 Halachic moral obligation towards others (Hebrew) (8)

18 Conference of South African tribesmen from Ibadan? (6)

20 Jewish composer Lehar confused with Mozart, initially (6)

22 Make the ship secure, d’ye hear? - in Turkey’s capital (6)

24 A lot different from other singers, maybe (4)