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Fail to pay a bill repeatedly at the King's Head (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bilk

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'fail to pay a bill' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'repeatedly at the king's head' is the wordplay.
'repeatedly' becomes 'bil' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'head' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'kings' is 'k'.
'bil'+'k'='BILK'

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(Other definitions for bilk that I've seen before include "Acker --, jazzman" , "Thwart" , "Defraud; Acker --, clarinettist" , "Cheat or defraud" , "Bamboozle" .)

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