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King won over signora's heart -- that's understood (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

known

'understood' is the definition.
('known' can be similar in meaning to 'understood')

'king won over signora's heart' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'k'.
'over' is a reversal indicator.
'heart' means to look at the middle letters.
The centre of 'signora' is 'n'.
'won' reversed gives 'now'.
'k'+'now'+'n'='KNOWN'

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for known that I've seen before include "In the public domain?" , "Recognised, familiar" , "Noted" , "Apprehended mentally" , "Widely recognised" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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