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Revered one table game - 500? (3)

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I believe the answer is:

god

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'revered one' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'table game 500?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'game' could be 'go' (go is a board game) and 'go' is found within the answer.
'500?' could be 'd' (Roman numeral for 500) and 'd' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for god that I've seen before include "Creator of the universe" , "Divinity" , "eg Cupid" , "Anubis?" , "Pan perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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