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Laughed introducing a king? Be careful! (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

take heed

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'be careful' is the definition.
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'laughed introducing a king?' is the wordplay.
'laughed' becomes 'teheed' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'introducing' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters introduced or inserted into others).
'king?' becomes 'K' (abbreviation for king in chess).
'a'+'k'='ak'
'teheed' enclosing 'ak' is 'TAKE HEED'.

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(Other definitions for take heed that I've seen before include "Pay careful attention" , "Beware" , "Listen and pay attention" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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