CROSSWORD

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1 Anglo-Jewish star of the movies ‘The Mummy’ and ‘The Constant Gardener’ (6,5)

9 Bit of non-kosher food Adam provided for Eve! (5,3)

10 By a fluke, this catches on (6)

11 One of Bebai’s sons (Ezra 10:28) (6)

12 One royal wife with a new son from Teheran (8)

13 Reckon acute call is unusual (9)

15 Central character from ‘Fiddler’ (5) 17 Where, in Jordan, I’m at my best before noon (5)

18 Mistress caught, nature so wanton (9)

21 Swell watering places! (8)

22 Graduate gets misdirected mail, intended for ancient Semitic gods (Hebrew) (6)

24 ‘Cast off’ wives unable to obtain a halachic divorce (Hebrew) (6)

25 Gave up to get plastered (8)

26 ‘Jewish penicillin’ - a reputed cureall (7,4)

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2 In Capri, luxuriate for a few weeks (5)

3 Nasty cavity around radius bone (8) 4 ‘To Health’ - drinking toast (Hebrew) (7)

5 A son of Ephraim (1 Chron. 7:20 variant spelling) (6)

6 It’s sinful the way Grace lies! (9)

7 Science pupils may be examined in it (13)

8 Retired rabbi of the Belsize Square synagogue (6,7)

14 Ashkenazi wedding (Yiddish) (9) 16 Chicken or goose fat crackling (Yiddish) (8)

19 Extraordinarily verbose remark (7) 20 Fellow caught one short of a century, agitated (6)

23 It is our duty ..... (central prayer in 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

1B He made a union of the car men. (5)

1I Tested at court. (5)

1M Used in a cassette. (4)

2E Sounds like she lost her nail polish. (7)

3G The duty is on us. (4)

5K Lived between this and the sea. (5)