Girls with a misplaced and greedy king (5)
I believe the answer is:
midas
'greedy king' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'girls with a misplaced' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mids' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for midas that I've seen before include "Mythical king with golden touch" , "Mythical king who had the power to turn everything to gold" , "I'm sad (anag) -- king of Phrygia" , "One with a golden touch" , "Everything he touched turned to gold" .)