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Pair of kings? You could do better (3-3)

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I believe the answer is:

tut-tut

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'you could do better' is the definition.

'pair of kings?' is the wordplay.
'pair' shows that letters should be duplicated.
'of kings?' becomes 'tut' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tut' doubled is 'TUT-TUT'.

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(Other definitions for tut-tut that I've seen before include "Repetitive exclamation of impatience" , "For shame!" , "Expression of disapproval - a repetitive palindrome" , "Word of disapproval" , "Mild exclamation of disapproval" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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