Crown-wearing literary elephant (5)

I believe the answer is:

babar

(Other definitions for babar that I've seen before include "Fictional elephant" , "Literary elephant" , "Elephant monarch of children's literature" , "subject of French children's book" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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