CROSSWORD 970

ACROSS

1 Principle in Jewish law that the preservation of human life overrides all (Hebrew) (7,6)

9 Adam disturbed, ran out fast (Arabic) (7)

10 A Gibeonite who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chron. 12:4) (7)

11 Learning to climb, put name in register (5)

12 Resisting change at home? Later I changed (8)

14 Left flat at Pesach, having a French holiday end in disaster (10)

15 Arkwright’s son the girl married (Gen. 5:32) (4)

17 A son of Jacob little Violet takes to heart (Gen. 29:34) (4)

19 Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate, author of ‘Night’ (1928-2016) (4,6)

21 Endlessly nattering about linked office computers (8)

23 50% off suit and shirts, of course (5) 25 Cut grass and remove weeds, say - Ah Well! (5-2)

26 A Gibeathite mentioned in Chron. 12:3 (7)

27 The shewbread (literally ‘face bread’) which the High Priest took into the Holy of Holies (Hebrew) (6,2-5)

DOWN

1 The ‘Ner Tamid’ by its English name (9,5) 2 Biblical instrument of sound quality left behind (7)

3 Reigning monarch of The State of Jordan (8)

4 Set of cards four inches high (4)

5 Where the Israelites camped in the wilderness (Num. 33:35) (5,5)

6 Ecosystem merits having this wheat planted in it (5)

7 Prepared in the old Ashkenazi culinary fashion (Yiddish) (7)

8 ‘May Peace Be Upon You’ (Hebrew) (6,8)

13 Jewish MP ****** **** -Belisha, UK Minister of Transport from 1934 to 1937 (1893-1957) (6,4)

16 Michael Winner’s 1978 movie starring Robert Mitchum as Chandler’s detective Philip Marlowe (3,5)

18 Chamber group beset by mostly shameful and hostile criticism (7)

20 Support you and me, and Mark if around (7)

22 Just for this purpose - provide more wine, say (2,3)

24 Polish-American writer of stories in Yiddish found in drama school (18801957) (4)