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Pen memoirs about king (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

biro

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'pen' is the definition.
(Biro is a make of pen)

'memoirs about king' is the wordplay.
'memoirs' becomes 'bio' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'king' becomes 'R' (abbreviation for rex, king in Latin).
'bio' going around 'r' is 'BIRO'.

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(Other definitions for biro that I've seen before include "Type of ballpoint pen" , "Pocket item" , "Lazlo -, ballpoint pen inventor" , "writer" , "Laszlo Jozsef -, ballpoint pen inventor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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