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Delightful one for the king in lodge (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sweet

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'delightful' is the definition.
(both can mean pleasant or nice)

'one for the king in lodge' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'swee' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for sweet that I've seen before include "Like sugar, honey etc." , "attractive" , "(see 15 across) A Chinese sauce" , "winning" , "It is agreeable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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