King ousted from fine land (6)

I believe the answer is:

alight

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'land' is the definition.
(I know that alight is a type of land)

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(Other definitions for alight that I've seen before include "staying in?" , "Come to rest, settle" , "Come down - on fire" , "Get down from, bus or plane" , "following action of arsonist?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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