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1 Beer container kept by non-drinker in trunk (6)

5 Area on the shore of Kinneret traditionally accepted as the place of Christ’s ‘Loaves and Fishes’ (6)

9 ET, perhaps, registering a right in law (5) 10 One entering the lists makes merry (8)

12 Accessory to be executed, admitting bad error (7)

13 ‘How Goodly Are Your Tents’ etc liturgical hymn (Hebrew) (3,4)

14 West African viral disease usually acquired from rats (5)

16 A crazy idea, a stupidity (Yiddish) (9) 18 The fourth river of Paradise (Gen. 2:14) (9)

21 Thanks to sex reversal, the treasurer accumulates these (5)

22 Sanitarium’s jerk is convulsive (7)

24 In Old English poetry, it means ‘superintend’ (7)

26 ‘Lord of The Universe’ etc - liturgical hymn (Hebrew) (4,4)

27 This woman is a bit of a siren evidently (5)

28 Makes fun of as one eats heartedly? (6) 29 Religious ceremony that’s central to spiritualism (6)

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2 Heavenly hunter, gold one, working (5) 3 Occasionally he reshuffled brainy lot (4,5)

4 The ‘citrons’ of Sukkot (Hebrew) (7)

5 In some kibbutzim messmates share a dish (Yiddish) (7)

6 Make a bad job of it dividing the two by a hundred (5)

7 Groucho’s brother who never spoke during performances (‘A Day At The Races’) (5,4)

8 Anglo-Jewish movie actress (The Constant Gardener 2005) (6,5)

11 Jewish-American mobster - one of the most feared of his day (1906-1947) (5,6) 15 Like some Jews, tough in opening of screen blockbuster (9)

17 “X”? “I’m setter, cryptic and radical” (9) 19 The ‘brass tacks’ of a conversation (Yiddish) (7)

20 Watchman, sentry (Yiddish - variant spelling) (7)

23 A little piece of junk (Yiddish) (5) 25 ‘Hear, O Israel..’ — Judaism’s central prayer (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.

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1G Office desk. (6)

2E He has quit the cabinet ages ago. (7) 2I Flown as a safety symbol. (4)

2M Sound without light entertainment. (3)

3B Thesis on the first six days. (9)

4L One gets a buzz here. (6)

4N A little polish frog. (7)