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39d israeli monetary unit one hundredth of a shekel g----              43a chemical compound used as a sensitive coating on magnetic tape -e---c oxide                                                      

[burnhal]

ferric oxide

[burnhal]

and tother- have you got a dash missing from the front? its agorot

[kosoro]

39 israeli money is  .. Agora

[jedimistress]

agarot is a hundreth of a shekel.

[kosoro]

There are only 5 letters in the clue and my dictionary gives this definition.....Agora ..A former Israeli monetary unit equal to 1/100th of the pound of Israel, perhaps the compiler forgot to mention that it was former money

[juliely]

Definitely, Agora.