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1 The king who was jealous of the young David (1 Sam. 21:11) (4)

4 Conforming to Jewish dietary laws, puts the girl out (6)

9 Go back home, having been given a rise (not at Pesach) (8)

10 Emigration moves to Israel or calls to the Bima (Hebrew) (6)

11 Family background, genealogy (Yiddish) (6)

12 People from Tel Aviv ducking unfortunate king up at Oxford? (8)

13 Eat so much stew, something stuck on the lip (9)

15 Jewish-American Michael ***** , author of ‘Fire and Fury - Inside the Trump White House’ (b.1953) (5)

17 Highly decorated Israeli general and 10th Prime Minister from 1999 to 2001 (5) 19 Extremist who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin (5,4)

23 Rosh Hashanah ritual of symbolically casting sins onto flowing water (Hebrew) (8)

24 Sunday (Yiddish) (6)

26 Edict from French-Canadian native (6) 27 Liturgical hymn ‘Lord of The Universe’ (Hebrew) (4,4)

28 Street one may go round, but not too fast (6)

29 Brad, say, last in cabin to be unwell (4)

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2 A chiefdom of one of the descendants of Esau (Gen. 36:40) (5)

3 Local jew originally from the same East European country (Yiddish) (8)

4 Memorial prayer for the dead (Hebrew) (7)

5 Flight which usually ends with a landing (6)

6 French author who wrote “J’Accuse” about the Dreyfus Affair (1840-1902) (5,4)

7 Central American country with its own eleven (6)

8 A thief, scoundrel (Yiddish - variant spelling) (6)

14 Synagogue morning service (Hebrew) (9)

16 Shearer’s success? Get a shofar (4,4) 18 Esau’s grand-son by Timna (Gen. 36:12) (6)

20 Abraham’s son by Hagar - his meal is cooked for him (Gen. 16:15) (7)

21 Prophet is first-class, given a head start (6)

22 Roman orator’s cooler, having to go into business (6)

25 I complain, upsetting Ruth’s motherin-law (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

1J The mason was drunk. (9)

2C See 5D. (3)

2F He got a lift in the car. (4)

2H He knocks you out. (6)

3B It looks like a place for 200. (3) 3N Take a breather with this. (4) 5E Saddle sore cowboy. (7)

6M A palindromic time. (4)