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Playing Dutch role, surrounded oneself with admirers (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

held court

'surrounded oneself with admirers' is the definition.
(to hold court is to be surrounded by admirers)

'playing dutch role' is the wordplay.
'playing' is an anagram indicator.
'dutch'+'role'='dutchrole'
'dutchrole' with letters rearranged gives 'HELD COURT'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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