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1. ?Purge me with ------, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.? (6)
5. An elevated platform, as for an orchestra conductor or public speaker. (6)
8. Of Hebrew origin, meaning ?so be it?. (4)
9. A term commonly used to refer to the region of Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. (4,4)
10. The opposite of acidic. (8)
11. ?What ---- it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? Can faith save him?? King James Bible (4)
12. In government they can be 'white' or green'. (6)
14. Relating to the receptacle for baptism. (6)
16. The father of Ham, Shem, and Japheth. (4)
18. An idea that dominates the mind especially for a prolonged period. (e.g. the motif in Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.) (4,4)
20. Site in Japan of the second atom bomb in 1945. (8)
21. An image, such as the golden calf fashioned by Aaron and worshiped by the Israelites. (4)
22. '------ l'oeil'; a French term meaning 'trick the eye'. where an artist gives the appearance of three-dimensions in a flat painting or mural. (6)
23. ?I loved the ------ day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will. Remember not past years!? Hymn (6)
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2. A Jewish skull cap. (aka amyl anagram). (7)
3. Plant whose leaves and pods are used as a laxative. (5)
4. Roman governor of Judaea from 26 to 36 AD. (7,6)
5. Something given to an adversary in the hope of reconciliation, traditionally an olive branch (5,8)
6. Coventry was blitzed in retaliation for the bombing of this German city. (7)
7. Apple-carts are frequently thus, to cause trouble ! (5)
13. ?Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; ------- also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver .? Psalms (7)
15. Uneasy, apprehensive, worried. (7)
17. Very happy, elated; broadcasting live. (2,3)
19. Tuck or Laurence perhaps? (5)