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ACROSS

1 Ritual hand-washing at The Seder (Hebrew) (7)

5 Lubavitch educational outreach (6) 10 Disturbing realities for a descendant of Jacob... (9)

11 ...and his father only partially paying off his Visa account (5)

12 Run off with Ulysses’ wife, freed from confinement (5)

13 A cock bird - no friend to the Israelites (9)

14 Kate ******* - 29’s wife, a convert to Judaism (7)

15 Home-based box for collecting charity money (Yiddish) (6)

19 Noah’s post-diluvial resting-place? (6) 21 Early centre of Christianity, opposed to old church (7)

25 Holiday which occurs on the 18th day of Iyyar (Hebrew) (3,2-4)

27 A descendant of Adam who lived for 365 years, says Genesis 5:23 (5)

28 Head of army reserves welcomed soldiers in major vessel (5)

29 Jewish-American film director whose work includes ‘Schindler’s List’ (9)

30 Medically examined former attack so to speak (1-5)

31 One of the sons of Levi (Gen. 46:11) (7)

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1 Bankrupt regretted having home seized (6)

2 Company board ruined in Moses Maimonides’ home city (7)

3 Eilat’s marine location - not, however, a Communist waterway (3,3,3)

4 Owner of the house to which The Ark was taken (1 Sam. 7:1) (8)

6 German-Jewish poet - he’s at home with English (1797-1856) (5)

7 One of King David’s ‘Mighty Men’ (1 Chron. 12:6) (7)

8 The name of the priestly blessing (Yiddish) (8)

9 King Saul’s elder daughter (1 Sam. 14:49) (5)

16 Israeli television psychic best known for his alleged spoon bending (3,6)

17 German-Jewish seminal communist theoretician buried in Highgate (18181883) (4,4)

18 GI runner shaking, but not missing target (8)

20 Stirring Elgar, very good for uplifting north african country (7) 22 Rosh ******* , the first day of the month in the Hebrew calendar (7)

23 ‘It’s a fact’, ‘it’s true, I swear it’ (Yiddish) (5)

24 Almost fired weapon as ancient Japanese governor (6)

26 Stone for a garden entrance, perhaps (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

1A It’s urgent for an old flame and one man. (7)

1C A beautiful dreamer still has to do it. (5)

1E Argue over an arrow. (7)

2I Standard on a jug of ale. (6)

2K You can’t run a car with this tank. (5)