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Disengaged and cold Shakespearean king (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clear

'disengaged' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'cold shakespearean king' is the wordplay.
'cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'shakespearean king' becomes 'lear' (I've seen this before).
'c'+'lear'='CLEAR'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for clear that I've seen before include "Jump over without contact" , "beyond doubt" , "Obvious; jump over" , "Open; not cloudy" , "Get net" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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