English king surrounded by wise men who look for truth maybe? (7)

I believe the answer is:

seekers

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'look for truth maybe?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'english king surrounded by wise men' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'king' becomes 'K' (chess abbreviation).
'surrounded by' indicates putting letters inside.
'wise men' becomes 'seers' (I've seen this before).
'e'+'k'='ek'
'ek' put within 'seers' is 'SEEKERS'.

'who' is the link.

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(Other definitions for seekers that I've seen before include "Religious group" , "Searchers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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