CROSSWORD 1000

ACROSS

1 Mary adjusted Luke’s untidy skullcap (Yiddish) (8)

6 Brats behave badly at this time? (Hebrew) (4,7)

12 Element - not alas for gypsy women (4)

13 Arabian revolutionary, hot for a new Kingdom (7) 14 Piyyut sung at Hanukkah (Rock of Ages - Hebrew) (4,4)

15 Leave animal I love in vehicle (8)

16 Book of the Ketuvim showing cake, one as set out (12)

17 Clinic ends telecast with ‘50% reductions for customers’ (9)

19 Ketuvim book society, under pressure, supported by charity donations (6)

21 Bridge player, champ, taking in one of his opponents (4)

23 Decent guy only half mentioned in speech? (Yiddish) (6)

26 Ultra-religious Israeli Jew enjoying share dividend in part (6)

28 Richly-rewarding archaeological dig in port city between Haifa and Nahariya (3,4)

31 1st century CE great tanna who defied The Romans and is buried in Tiberias (50-135 CE) (5,5) 32 Headed east to order: “No fishing here! (3,4,3)

33 Face of incredibly quiet chap, reportedly patriarch’s son (Gen. 16:11) (7)

35 The Mishnah is one part of The Talmud and this is the other (Hebrew) (6)

36 ‘ .... I am thy ****** , thy reward shall be exceeding great...’ (Gen. 15:1) (6)

39 Look, it’s Mark! (4)

41 Masada defender starts to translate early Zola novel (6)

43 See article, initially malicious, about painter’s antisocial behaviour (9) 47 Leave US city he viewed in dark times as strategic territory (5,7)

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50 Jewish movie director is plain-spoken sort, not using pen (8)

51 Middle Eastern citizen, former PM taking day off (7) 52 Jewish politician who served as White House Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2010 (4)

53 Allah’s digit, could be, the IDF soldier imprisoned by Hamas from 2006 to 2011 (5,6)

54 Those making crosswords taking in latestarting colonists (8)

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2 King David’s wife could be a major pain (1 Sam. 25:23) (7)

3 Bar Kokhba’s lot about to live with spiked clubs for protection (9)

4 ‘Bless you’ after a sneeze or salutation ‘To Health’ (Hebrew) (7)

5 Maskil by this Ezrahite (Psalms 89:1) (5)

6 Spring, a.k.a. ‘Ein Umm Ka’ab’ near Kibbutz Sde Boker (2,4)

7 Germaine’s female and Terence’s male and Ashpenaz their gaffer! (7)

8 About end of funeral adjusted my robes in gloomy fashion in Washington (8)

9 Ex-boxer catches Zeus’s lover dressing (5)

10 Hardy heroine, Solomon’s mother (2 Sam. 11:3) (9)

11 Notice put back over old hider of bald facts (7)

18 ‘Here’s to life’ - Israeli drinking toast (Hebrew) (1’5)

20 The capital of Israel? (7) 22 Boxed in, first to escape and make a scene (6)

24 A male involved in weird sex tests (5)

25 Major Israeli daily newspaper (7)

27 ...and Moses sent to call ****** and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said: ‘We will not come up’... (Num. 16:12) (6)

29 Five in film show their delight (Yiddish) (5)

30 A funeral (Hebrew) (6) 34 Ashkenazi soup dumpling (5,4)

37 Bigoted, sick, nasty Beria gets over Lenin’s leadership (9)

38 Tel Aviv district containing government offices and IDF’s Camp Rubin (variant spelling) (8) 40 To extend spike, look in here (7)

42 After forty years of quiet, this Judge and son of Kenaz died (Judg. 3:11) (7)

44 Arty type has incomplete data about speaker’s position (7)

45 Sheep-shearer’s claim to sucess heard broadcasting on Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew - variant spelling) (7) 46/49A The Ten Comandments (Hebrew) (6,2-6)

48 Strictly orthodox Jew can seemigly prove who he is (Hebrew) (5)

49 In Inverness, little bits coming up in Twinings tea? Horrid (5)