Continuing numbered Org lists across intervening paragraphs

Org mode numbered lists can mislead when ordinary paragraphs sit between items. This often appears when each numbered item has a short explanatory paragraph. The source can look numbered: 1 1. *[First item]* ... 2 3 Extra notes for the first item. 4 5 2. *[Second item]* ... 6 7 Extra notes for the second item. 8 9 3. *[Third item]* ... but Org emits a fresh enumerate block after each intervening…