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Prophet dashing first set of tablets? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

moses

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'prophet' is the definition.
(I know that Moses is a prophet)

'dashing first set of tablets?' is the wordplay.
'dashing first set of' becomes 'mos' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tablets?' becomes 'es' (E can refer to an ecstasy tablet).
'mos'+'es'='MOSES'

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(Other definitions for moses that I've seen before include "Hebrew prophet who received the ten commandments" , "Biblical prophet" , "Liberator" , "Mountain climber" , "He led the Jews from captivity in Egypt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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