CROSSWORD 965

ACROSS

1 Area above the Western Wall housing the muslim Haram esh-Sharif mosque (6,5)

9 Be quick! (Yiddish) (8)

10 Tel ****** , famous archaeological site of a large Canaanite city in the Upper Galil (6)

11 Wicked thing to light on Friday night (6)

12 Drop-outs vandalise bank site (8)

13 Heavy drinker (Yiddish) (9)

15 Port has an interesting flavour, as beginners found (5)

17 Jordan’s capital affirmation of virility (5)

18 Variable rate more certain to satisfy finance officer (9)

21 Swinger helping to pass the time (8) 22 The reverent orthodox ‘other’ name for God (Hebrew) (2-4)

24 Tear up two articles about dangerous South American fish (6)

25 Synagogue morning service (Hebrew ‘Dawn Star’) (8)

26 I insist help is required to reform Goliath’s people (11)

DOWN

2 The ‘One’ in The Shema (Hebrew) (5)

3 To die (Yiddish) (8)

4 Site of the IDF’s daring rescue raid in 1976 (7)

5 A city of The Children of Benjamin (Josh. 18:23) (6)

6 Joni ********* , Lieutenant-Colonel who died at 4 Down (9)

7 Israel’s sixth Prime Minister (1913-1992) (8,5) 8 Biblical ‘Bereshit’ by its English name (4,2,7)

14 Haimishe dumplings (Yiddish) (9)

16 A son of Jacob described in Gen. 49:21 as ‘a deer let loose’ (8)

19 Egyptian sun-god seems upset with this pharaoh (7)

20 Abitub’s brother (1 Chron. 8:11) (6)

23 This can be used to plough money into an investment (5)