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1 Referee showing no anger, having looked around what swindler did (8) 6 “Retreat of Hindu a fraud”, claims religious leader (6)

9 Perfect place to hand out opiates, to some extent (6)

10 ‘Good Morning’ (Hebrew) (5,3)

11 Land’s End? (8)

12 Vintage British car using gold singular kind of metal (6)

13 ‘Rest in Peace’ (Yiddish) (4,2,6)

16 Ruins of a royal residence on the side of Masada (6,6)

19 ‘The King’ (Hebrew) (6)

21 Last book of the ketuvim (8)

23 By Romans, river is diverted around a city on Yam Kinneret (8)

24 Country that could trouble USA, sir? (6)

25 ‘Thou shalt not ****** a kid in its mother’s milk’ (Ex. 23:19) (6)

26 Creation, say, a happening nobody could have foreseen (3,2,3)

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2 Dress and become weary after a short time (6)

3 Israeli Hebrew language school (Hebrew) (5)

4 Old Jewish sect playing the harp, one understands (9)

5 Judge in old Israel had robe altered (7)

6 Israeli airline with HQ at Sde Dov, Tel Aviv (5)

7 Chose poor design for star tabloid feature (9)

8 They made many a sortie against old Israel (8)

13 Making good on Yom Kippur, note, meant changes (9)

14 Jewish daily morning prayer (Hebrew) (9)

15 Oriental Israeli immigrant from the area around Aden (8) 17 Failure to remember a name is confusing (7)

18 Sephardic dialect of a besotted boy? (6)

20 Heinrich ***** , German-Jewish poet who converted to Lutheranism in 1825 (1797-1856) (5)

22 The synagogue’s “additional service” (Hebrew) (5) HOW TO PLAY: Use the letter tiles from the game of Scrabble to spell out the answers to the clues below. Do not use the two blank tiles. Place the tiles on the Scrabble board according to the grid references given with the clues. If you successfully complete the puzzle, you will have used all 98 tiles.

ACROSS

1M His finery included a gay tie. (6) 2B Past pupils. (6)

2D he lank ox hooted. (6)

2F Following the quest to the north east. (7)

3H Separate success immediately. (6)

3J Enthusiasm for Peel. (4)