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Double offence in which king is absorbed (5,2)

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I believe the answer is:

sinks in

'is absorbed' is the definition.
(to sink in is to be absorbed)

'double offence in which king' is the wordplay.
'double' indicates the doubling of some letters.
'offence' becomes 'sin' (a sin is an offence or transgression).
'in which' is an insertion indicator.
'king' becomes 'K' (abbreviation for king in chess).
'sin' duplicated is 'sinsin'.
'sinsin' placed around 'k' is 'SINKS IN'.

(Another definition for sinks in that I've seen is " Becomes understood".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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