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Shakespearean king (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lear

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">shakespearean king</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(King Lear)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for lear that I've seen before include "Tragic king in play" , "troubled king" , "Tragic Shakespearian king" , "British king in play" , "Shakespeare's tragic king (4)" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, The Sun, the Newsday, the Universal, The New York Times, the King Feature Syndicate, The Star Tribune, the USA Today, The Telegraph and The Times.
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