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Guarantee king’s going to come next (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ensue

'come next' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'guarantee king's going' is the wordplay.
'guarantee' becomes 'ensure' ('ensure' can be a synonym of 'guarantee').
'king' becomes 'r' (r is abbreviation for rex).
'going' is a deletion indicator.
'ensure' with 'r' taken away is 'ENSUE'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ensue that I've seen before include "Follow afterwards" , "Happen - to come later" , "succeed" , "Follow subsequently" , "Result in a particular way" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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