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markbuswell | 14:22 Tue 06th Feb 2007 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Is this priest a god to Royal Engineers? (5)
Think the answer must be PADRE, and I understand the RE for Royal Engineers, but have never come accross a god called PAD! Can anyone please explain?
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It looks very dubious to me! Does this crossword usually have reliable clues?
14:27 Tue 06th Feb 2007
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Yes, it's from the Daily Mail a few days ago!
14:34 Tue 06th Feb 2007
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Maybe it's initials, P for padre, a, D for deus as used in DV, god willing. Bit of a long shot though.......
14:40 Tue 06th Feb 2007
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P (abbreviation for priest) + a + D (abbreviation for god) + RE (royal Engineers)

The whole is a rather fanciful definition of an army priest, so technically it's an '& lit' clue.
14:44 Tue 06th Feb 2007

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