LETTER BANK VII

In a letter bank, the letters of one word are used - and repeated as necessary - to spell a longer word or phrase. For example, IMPS is a letter bank for MISSISSIPPI. That is, the only letters in MISSISSIPPI are I, M, P, and S - repeated as necessary.

The two flats below can be answered with letter banks.

1.[adapted] In what Israeli city do you eat cheese, and what kink of cheese is it?

2. [In this letter bank, the longer phrase comes first, and it is repeated in the first two answers.]

The omnipresent, gritty sand
Blows endlessly across the land.
But there's much more than sand in play
Throughout the mammoth
_ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _.
An empty beer can here and there,
And plastic bottles everywhere.
It seems the _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ 's
Been _ _ _ _ _ _ _!
Have US tourists come to call
In Africa, or is the truth
That folks all over are uncouth?

Answers:

1. Tel Aviv - Velveeta
2. SAHARA DESERT - TRASHED

Credit: Both - The Enigma
NPL Magazine - May, 2015
#1: GUYGER 
#2: SCARE E. BYRD