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Divine being in form — demand regularly to be recalled (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

daemon

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'divine' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'in form demand regularly to be recalled' is the wordplay.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'to be recalled' says the letters should be written in reverse (to recall can mean to bring something back).
'in'+'form'+'demand'='informdemand'
The alternating letters of 'informdemand' are 'nomead'.
'nomead' in reverse letter order is 'DAEMON'.

'being' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for daemon that I've seen before include "Evil spirit" , "Spirit in ancient Greek belief" , "guardian spirit" .)

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