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Ancient ruler of the Sun and Moon, maybe (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

solomon

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'ancient ruler' is the definition.
'solomon' can be an answer for 'ruler' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'ancient' bit.

'sun and moon maybe' is the wordplay.
'sun' becomes 'sol' (Latin for 'sun').
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'maybe' indicates an anagram.
'moon' is an anagram of 'omon'.
'sol'+'omon'='SOLOMON'

'of the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for solomon that I've seen before include "Wise man" , "Wise old king of Israel" , "OT king" , "wise guy" , "Biblical wise king" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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