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Kept appointment with fate in court (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

camelot

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'court' is the definition.
(I know that Camelot is a court)

'kept appointment with fate' is the wordplay.
'kept appointment with' becomes 'came' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'fate' becomes 'lot' (synonyms).
'came'+'lot'='CAMELOT'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for camelot that I've seen before include "Idyllic place" , "King Arthur's town" , "King Arthur's kingdom - or JFK's" , "Place where King Arthur held court" , "Place of truth and beauty in Arthurian legend" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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