CROSSWORD 017

ACROSS

8 ‘Sweet ******** ’, song by Neil Diamond released in 1969 (8)

9 Estée ****** , businesswoman born in 1908 who co-founded a cosmetics company (6)

10 Gin, say, without charge for an independentminded type (4,6)

11 Ladies’ fingers seen in book rarely (4)

12 Third-oldest brother of King David (6)

14 Mitzi ******** , US sculptor who designed the theatrical masks used in BAFTA awards (8)

15 Strips of waste metal produced during the manufacture of coins (7)

17 Starchy substance obtained from cassava, a topic analysed by article (7)

20 Author who wrote the book on which Queen jukebox musical ‘We Will Rock You’ is based (3,5) 22 Chaps leading school for a special person with worth and dignity (6)

24 Roseanne **** , US stand-up comedian and actress (4)

25 A cranky sort in Yiddish Ted and Terry’s upset around rear of synagogue (10)

27 A small, close-fitting hat worn on the back of the head (6)

28 Ben ******** , ex-US Federal Reserve Chair and co-winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics (8)

DOWN

1 Amy ****** Fowler, neuroscientist played by Mayim Bialik in sitcom ‘The Big Bang Theory’ (6) 2 Flower considered by some as a symbol of the festival of Shavuot (4)

3 1980 disaster parody film directed by David and Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams (8)

4 Fictional town that is the setting for ‘The

Flintstones’ (7)

5 Gent surprised about essential part of valued protein found in some cereal grains? (6)

6 Singing contest in which Israel made its debut in 1973 (10)

7 Marvellous period largely with opening devoid of extremists (8)

13 Likud politician who served three times as Defense Minister agitated men so about cut (5,5) 16 Concern about choppy sea and a coastal Israeli town with a large Roman amphitheatre (8)

18 Those highly regarding others concocted dreams about Ireland (8)

19 Ugandan city where Israeli hostages were rescued by IDF commandos in 1976 (7)

21 Work with duke characterising an aristocrat? (6)

23 Sound of Eastern Europeans making audits (6) 26 Boy’s name of Hebrew origin that means ‘praise the Lord’ (4)