CROSSWORD 1002

ACROSS

8 Bale out, having seen off person from Beirut (8) 9 I spoil games, figuratively speaking (6) 10 Central cardinal point of world unrest? (6,4) 11 Emanuel **** , Jewish White House Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2010 (4) 12 A sailor appears in TV quiz about Gulf state (6) 14 The second ‘broken blows’ of the shofar (Hebrew) (8) 15 Enraged, possibly? (7) 17 Bill allows production of medication (7) 20 Israeli coastal town near the Lebanese border (8) 22 Realise when touring, English not required here (6) 24 Accustomed to being exploited, apparently (4) 25 The second prayer which is recited or sung during maariv (Hebrew) (6,4) 27 Beethoven wrote this timeless pornography (6) 28 Eden Vale stirred and proscribed at Passover (8)

DOWN

1 Saudi city, one named in translation (6) 2 Gritty material unlikely to be bought by Arabs! (4) 3 Israeli Jew, originally from the southern Red Sea area (8) 4 One time MP for Pontypool, famed for his flamboyant dress on Parliamentary Budget Day (1917-2008) (3,4) 5 Hat keeps dry just the tiniest part (6) 6 Famous Jewish harmonica mouth-organ player (1914-2001) (5,5) 7 ‘Be quick!, Hurry Up’ (Yiddish) (8) 13 Kiss Adrian, drunk after beer and port (10) 16 Early craft in which all the animals were saved from The Flood (Gen. 7:7) (5.3) 18 Jesse’s second son (1 Chron. 2:3) (8) 19 Biblical allegory is forgivable when fellow is withdrawn (7) 21 Book of the Nevi’im is excellent - a source of happiness (6) 23 “Over the moon”, as reported right away (6) 26 Tanaach measure of grain that’s capital, first to last (Hebrew) (4)