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1 Anglo-Jewish Golden Globe winning movie actress, star of ‘The Mummy’ series (6,5)

9 Archaeological site north-east of Nahariya near route 50 (3,5)

10 One of Hosah’s sons (1 Chron. 26:10) (6)

11 Banter leads to unfortunate arrest -- I’m before Judges (6)

12 Shed - old dilapidated hut overlooking river (8)

13 North Africans eying past construction (9)

15 Israeli port - consume about one litre (5)

17 Cold sponge, toe to head (5)

18 Famous French author of “J’Accuse” about the antisemitic ‘Dreyfus Affair’ (5,4)

21 Civic dignitary getting medal, ran excitedly (Geoffrey, possibly) (8)

22 Up till now, reserving hour for ram’s horn (Hebrew) (6)

24 Robert Louis Stevenson’s better half as physician (6)

25 Hi! Shame I concoct an Ashkenazi type of cooking (Yiddish) (8)

26 Knighted British actor who played the title role in the 1982 movie ‘Gandhi’ (3,8)

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2 “Swamped”, a Shaw play (5)

3 Branches of the myrtle tree bound into the lulav of Sukkot (Hebrew) (8)

4 Abraham, the President from East Anglian city (7)

5 Fake keepers at zoo, well concealed (6)

6 Eastern European ‘plum brandy’ (9) 7 Yam Kinneret by its English NT name (3,2,8)

8 Infamous 1938 Nazi ‘Night of Broken Glass’ (13)

14 One newly converted to the uses of polyester (9)

16 University studies for important horse races (8)

19 Distinguished Jewish violinist putting short clue under restaurant offering (1916-1999) (7)

20 God said to Saul ‘Now go and smite ****** ...’ (1 Sam. 15:3) (6)

23 For source of oil, all were murdered? (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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1K Spanish boat sounds Israeli. (5) 2C Animal has nothing before ten. (2) 2E Repartee you make on cords. (5) 2G Often it belongs to a number. (3) 2L The doctor refused. (2)

5B Dressy but tricky. (6)

5I A sweet daddy. .(5)

5L Lazy Eric. (4)