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Title
Bengo Drums
Setter
Arcturus
Series
The Listener
Number
3849
Date
29/10/2005
Grid
12×12 barred grid with 180° symmetry.
Preamble
Sir John provides an explanation.
Chambers Dictionary
(2003) is the primary reference.
Solution Notes
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The puzzle was based on the saying "There is divinity in odd numbers", quoted by Sir John Falstaff in
The Merry Wives of Windsor
. A single letter had to be inserted into odd-numbered clues. The inserted letters spell "there is divinity". The title is "god" in a rearrangement of "numbers".
Keywords
William Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor Sir John Falstaff There is divinity in odd numbers
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