King engulfed by allegations as fighting mounts (8)
I believe the answer is:
chargers
'mounts' is the definition.
(charger is a kind of mount)
'king engulfed by allegations as fighting' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'king' could be 'er' (abbreviation for Edward Rex, various English kings) and 'er' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for chargers that I've seen is " Battery replenishers".)
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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