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Oy...So You Think You Know Yiddish?

Words are spelled phonetically. 
Puzzle created by The Breman Museum
Across
Someone who isn't Jewish.
Chicken fat or grease.
To nibble; a light snack
To explode, or collapse as in aggravation.
Tattered clothing that looks well-worn. A rag.
This noun is synonymous with nerve and is used to describe someone with the utmost confidence and audacity.
Serious troubles, not minor annoyances.
Often used as an insulting word for a self-made fool, but you shouldn’t use it in polite company at all, since it refers to male anatomy.
good luck
Smart person. Literally means “Jewish head.”
To experience pride in someone else, typically one’s children
An expression of disgust or disapproval, representative of the sound of spitting.
Grandmother
Literally “slip,” “skate,” or “nosedive,” which was the origin of the common American usage as “a minor problem or error.”
A jerk, a stupid person
A greeting that means “deep peace”
Family, or someone who is “like family”
A word that means nothing. When you know zip, nada, zilch about a subject matter.
Someone with constant bad luck.
To complain, whine or fret
Down
Female busybody or gossip.
A jerk, or a self-made fool.
An honorable, decent, stand-up person
It's the essence, substance, and practicalities of a matter.
Rear end, bottom, backside, buttocks.
Knick-knack, little toy, collectible or giftware.
To sweat
Literally it means "face." However, you wouldn't use it simply to refer to someone's visage. This Yiddish word is more specifically used, most often by grandparents, to endearingly talk about someone's sweet face.
Chat, make small talk, converse about nothing in particular.
Cheap, shoddy, or inferior
To stand around talking and making wisecracks, and it can also mean to give someone advice and commentary when they are trying to work.
A scandal, embarrassment.
a food that is considered clean or fit to eat by dietary laws, or for OK or correct.
Insanity or craziness.
Adjective describing someone as insane or as a noun to refer to a crazy person.
A good homemaker, a woman who’s in charge of her home and will make sure you remember it.
Exclamation of dismay, grief or exasperation.
To carry or travel with difficulty, as in “We shlepped here all the way from New Jersey.”
Dirt – a little dirt, not serious grime.
A clumsy person.
A non-Jewish woman, all too often used derogatorily.