Legendary king worried maids (5)
I believe the answer is:
midas
'legendary king' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'worried maids' is the wordplay.
'worried' indicates anagramming the letters.
'maids' is an anagram of 'MIDAS'.
(Other definitions for midas that I've seen before include "Greek mythological king with money-making touch" , "One with a golden touch" , "Everything he touched turned to gold" , "Golden-touch king" , "old king" .)