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Passable actor going round a one-time king’s hiding-place (3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

oak tree

'one-time king's hiding-place' is the definition.
(Charles II famously hid in an oak tree)

'passable actor going round a' is the wordplay.
'passable' becomes 'ok'.
'actor' becomes 'tree' (Herbert Beerbohm Tree, 19th-century actor).
'going round' is an insertion indicator (some letters go around others).
'ok'+'tree'='oktree'
'oktree' enclosing 'a' is 'OAK-TREE'.

(Other definitions for oak tree that I've seen before include "wood source?" , "Old plant (round which to tie a yellow ribbon?)" , "royal hiding place evidently" , "Source of acorns" , "famous royal hideout" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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