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ACROSS
1 Opera star flips out – white powder implicated (7,2,5)
10 with 22 Across - female Jewish TV personality who presents an early morning show on BBC Radio 2 (b.1962) (5)
11 Anglo-Jewish biophysicist, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (19262018) (5,4)
12 See 19 Across (7)
13 Goods, commodities (Hebrew/ Yiddish) (7)
14 Old Israel had Twelve, all descended from Jacob (5)
16 Hails spot to be developed as NHS centres (9)
19 with 12 Across - Zany Jewish copresenter of TV’s “Strictly” (9)
20 Test for car - alternatively, engine (5) 22 See 10 Across (7)
25 Diabolical and awful act, a sin (7)
27 Teacher’s office or class containing a black container for rubbish (9)
28 Offer a ‘shmear’, a sweetener (5)
29 Group possibly living with Prior commandment? (9,5)
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2 In Latin, a couple of students receive a nought for faulty speech (9)
3 Measured up and prepared for paper hanging (5)
4 National Park spring near Balfurya in Israel’s Northern District (2,7)
5 Being monsters therefore up on selfstarter (5)
6 Religious belief in nature is enshrined in quiet sacred music (9)
7 See 21 Down (5)
8 Seals - has to put name to and re-set (7) 9 Remnant is substandard, needing price reduction (6)
15 Tingles in excitement, joining forces (9)
17 Stress on G for these warblers (9) 18 At temporary shelter, I have to be observant (9)
19 Western state entertains the Queen, an ambivalent person (7)
21 and 7 Down - TV’s Countdown’s Jewish mathematical genius (6)
23 Why phone doesn’t ring, reportedly, for prizegiver? (5)
24 In general, a mournful site of battle (5)
26 Mount ***** , mentioned in Judges 4:6 (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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1F Use this to exit the plane. (7)
1O Come to one’s assistance. (3)
3B The national treasure. (9)
3I Tearing down a stone wall. (7)
3K Mark of proficiency. (5)
3M Speed restriction. (5)
4D Take a cup of this. (8)
9H You would not like this in your ear. (4)