CROSSWORD

1 The ‘Vegetable Greens’ on the Seder Plate (Hebrew) (6)

4 Sweet paste of apples, nuts and wine on the Seder Plate (Hebrew) (8)

9 Kernel of cryptic clue entered in tabloid, sent back (7)

11 Real changes in public transport for former Soviet republic (7)

12 Raising famous public school’s record (4)

13 The primary Bitter Herbs on the Seder Plate (Hebrew) (5)

14 Acting academy returning from a month in 17 Across (4)

17 Middle East’s only democratic nation we support (5,2,6)

19 Essential commentary on the Torah as expounded by the rabbis of Talmudic times (Hebrew) (7,6)

22 Second character mentioned in Ezra 7:4 (4)

23 Witnesses at an halachic wedding (Hebrew) (5)

24 Women’s International Zionist Organisation (acronym) (4)

27 Surprisingly lenient Victorian artist - he drew Alice’s adventures in Wonderland (7)

28 Aaron’s son (Ex. 6:25) (7)

29 Secondary form of Bitter Herbs on the Seder Plate (Hebrew) (8)

30 Ahasuerus’s queen - comes the revolution, she’s in it! (6)

DOWN

1 Benevolence shown by head after class (8)

2 Ritual of ‘Washing The Hands’ the second time at The Seder (Hebrew) (7) 3 Early victim in biblical tower, beheaded (Gen. 4:2) (4)

5 There’s no real alternative to this selection (7,6)

6 Principle of government - draw the line (4)

7 Pastry dessert eaten by most rude lawyers (7)

8 This troubled rabbi completely losing heart for a month in Israel (6)

10 Yam Kinneret (English name) (3,2,8) 15 Grandfather (Yiddish) (5)

16 Wicked Agagite - highly strung from The Book of 30 Across (5)

18 Scrounger (Yiddish) (8)

19 Rarely seen traditional Ashkenazi wedding dance honouring the parents (Yiddish) (7)

20 The hard-boiled egg on the Seder Plate (Hebrew) (7)

21 Rugby club, say, is charmingly bucolic (6)

25 Duck, the first ever on African river (4)

26 In Paris I was gutted to find most JC readers (4) HOW TO PLAY: Use the letter tiles from the game of Scrabble to spell out the answers to the clues below. Do not use the two blank tiles. Place the tiles on the Scrabble board according to the grid references given with the clues. If you successfully complete the puzzle, you will have used all 98 tiles.

ACROSS

1D Was he the fifth child. (7)

2B Have a zeal for leg of antelope. (7) 2F A bad spell of EXH. (3)

2I Vera and friend sat on the terrace. (7) 2L Game for anyone. (6)

2N Sheridan’s opposition. (6)

4G Spot a bard wearing a tank top. (6) 7K Zulus lead with impiety. (4)

8C Hanker after this chicken portion. (8)