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Hiding tear, convinced King to admit defeat (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

surrender

'admit defeat' is the definition.
(to surrender is to admit defeat)

'hiding tear convinced king' is the wordplay.
'hiding' indicates putting letters inside.
'tear' becomes 'rend' (rending is a kind of tearing).
'convinced' becomes 'sure' (similar in meaning).
'king' becomes 'R' (abbreviation of Latin rex).
'rend' placed into 'sure' is 'surrende'.
'surrende'+'r'='SURRENDER'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for surrender that I've seen before include "Yield to the control of another" , "Capitulation" , "Concede" , "Capitulate, relinquish" , "Cede" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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