CROSSWORD 887

ACROSS

1 Quiet baby is tattered, poorly dressed (6)

4 Jewish lead actor of the ‘Carry On’ movies (19131976) (3,5)

9 Abroad, place for spending (6)

10 Kosher slaughter (Hebrew) (8)

12 The Tanakh book of ‘Numbers’ (Hebrew) (8) 13 Backside, bum (Yiddish - slightly rude) (6)

15 North London area with a strong Lubavitch presence (8,4)

18 Members of the Zionist alliance founded in 1925 by Jabotinsky (12)

21 One of the sons of Bela (1 Chron. 8:3) (6)

22 Nelson’s column, for example, makes impression underground (8)

24 The tribe descended from Esau (Gen. 36:9) (8)

25 Inclined to be difficult? (6)

26 Ham and a couple of pigs in it, probably (5,3) 27 Charlton ****** who played Moses in ‘The Ten Commandments’ movie (1923-2008) (6)

DOWN

1 Like his nibs - or his nobbs, perhaps (8)

2 A mutual perplexity about first night of the season (8)

3 Main representative body of the British Jewish community (5,2,8)

5 The son of Appaim (1 Chron. 2:31) (4)

6 Cellist who converted to Judaism before marrying Daniel Barenboim (1945-1987) (10,2-3) 7 ***** House - an international organisation of homes serving as hubs for young adult Jews (6)

8 Argue with opposing players being thin on the ground (6)

11 Clever guy owns a hotel in Gulf sheikhdom (7) 14 Evil spirit or ‘The Devil’ in Islamic mythology (Arabic) (7)

16 Fundamental follower of The Koran (8)

17 Ancient city under royal publishing ban (2 Sam. 1:20) (8)

19 About to state name of Clementine’s dwelling (6)

20 Israel’s nuclear research centre (6)

23 Golda **** , Israeli premier from 1969 to 1974 (4)