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Celebrity, good person meeting a king (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

star

'celebrity' is the definition.
(a star is a celebrity or famous person)

'good person meeting a king' is the wordplay.
'good person' becomes 'st' (saint).
'meeting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'king' becomes 'R' (abbreviation of Latin rex).
'st'+'a'+'r'='STAR'

(Other definitions for star that I've seen before include "Heavenly light" , "Leading actor in a show" , "Public figure" , "eg The sun" , "Five-pointed celestial body" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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