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Kingdom has king, extraordinary male (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

realm

'kingdom' is the definition.
(kingdom is a type of country or realm)

'king extraordinary male' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'R' (abbreviation of Latin rex).
'extraordinary' indicates anagramming the letters.
'male' anagrammed gives 'ealm'.
'r'+'ealm'='REALM'

'has' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for realm that I've seen before include "Country" , "Peers are possessed by this" , "Province" , "the UK, perhaps" , "Area of influence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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