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Shout of king having row (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roar

'shout' is the definition.
(I know that roar is a type of shout)

'king having row' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'R' (abbreviation for rex, king in Latin).
'having' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'row' becomes 'oar' (oar can mean to row with oars).
'r'+'oar'='ROAR'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for roar that I've seen before include "Make loud angry sound like lion" , "engine noise" , "Noise of lion" , "Make a loud noise" , "Lion's call" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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