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King of many a Scandinavian? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cole

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'king' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'many a scandinavian?' is the wordplay.
'many' becomes 'c' (C is the Roman numeral for o00).
'a scandinavian?' becomes 'ole' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'c'+'ole'='COLE'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for cole that I've seen before include "Old English king!" , "died in 2015" , "Cabbage" , "Old nursery rhyme king" , "Elderly monarch" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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