Crossword Genius

Fine memory game involving the Bible, starting at Genesis? (4,3,4,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

from the word go

'starting at genesis?' is the definition.
(from the beginning)

'fine memory game involving the bible' is the wordplay.
'fine' becomes 'f' (abbreviation e.g. condition of old coins, books).
'memory' becomes 'ROM' (Read-Only Memory on a computer).
'game' becomes 'go' (go is a board game).
'involving' indicates putting letters inside.
'the bible' becomes 'the word' (the Word can mean the Bible).
'rom'+'go'='romgo'
'romgo' enclosing 'theword' is 'romthewordgo'.
'f'+'romthewordgo'='FROM THE WORD GO'

(Other definitions for from the word go that I've seen before include "Right away" , "with no preliminaries" , "How Monopoly starts" , "Primordially" , "Ab initio" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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