CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Nevi - a looker-on or an onlooker? (4)

4 The bottom, posterior (Yiddish - slang) (6)

9 First person to criticise the Muslim world (5)

10 Former Jewish PM departs, joining one from Haifa maybe (8)

12 Man, during Sabbath, fancied Solomon’s mother (9)

13 Odd elements of giant boar one snaps in Florida (5)

14 As Order of Merit I’m backing this plant (6)

16 The myrtle branches of the Arba Minim (Hebrew) (8)

19 One of the Nevi’im who provided dreadful forecasts (8)

20 Zealots were besieged here but “it will not fall again” (6)

23 Pull hard, not quite attaining paradise (5) 25 Runs a gala, could be, this Jewish aristocrat (4,5)

27 Old Jewish sectarian depressed, expected to embrace another religion (8) 28 Pancake landing after take-off killed eight initially (5)

29 Sank, as being out of shape in this state (6)

30 Pass out, seeing snakes (4)

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2 ‘It’s the truth, honestly!’ (Yiddish) (5) 3 By Eilat, lot of water found in endangered seam (3,3)

4 Jewish traditional date of mourning (Hebrew) (5,1’2)

5 Seder song ‘Only One Kid’ (Yiddish) (4,5)

6 Backed story about one Israeli holiday destination (5) 7 Complex Levirite marriage as ordained under Torah Law (Hebrew)... (6)

8 ...and traditional Ashkenazi music as often performed at orthodox weddings (8)

11 Religiously observant (Yiddish) (4)

15 Anglo-Jewish Golden Globe winning stage and film director who directed the James Bond films ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Spectre’ (3,6)

17 A non-Jewish male (Yiddish pejorative slang) (8)

18 Barrier a second copper’s assembled in Assad’s capital (8)

19 Beginnings of journeys everyone hates, under a reckless driver (2 Kings 9:16) (4) 21 One of the Heads of the half tribe of Manasseh, a man of renown (1 Chron. 5:24) (6)

22 Spent time, perhaps, in Israeli coastal town (6)

24 Jordanian port adjacent to 6 (5)

26 Carry heavily, a long walk (Yiddish) (5) 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

1B College shoes. (6)

1G Gad, What an exclamation. (5)

1I It’s Jo who holds things up. (5)

2E Win with this vintage car. (7)

2L Opinion in sight of a decimal. (4,5) 2N A damp and flowing nose. (6)

5H Shut up one after the other. (6) 8C Not just any old loud speaker. (6)