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Managed to meet king, bringing status (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rank

'status' is the definition.
(I know that rank is a type of status)

'managed to meet king' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (both can mean organised or was in charge of).
'to meet' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'king' becomes 'K' (chess abbreviation).
'ran'+'k'='RANK'

'bringing' is the link.

(Other definitions for rank that I've seen before include "Very undesirable" , "position in forces" , "Foul - station" , "Very smelly - position" , "Where taxis wait - foul" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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