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Resolute old king gets one married (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grim

'resolute' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'old king gets one married' is the wordplay.
'old king' becomes 'GR' (Georgius Rex, Latin for King George).
'gets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'married' becomes 'm'.
'gr'+'i'+'m'='GRIM'

(Other definitions for grim that I've seen before include "Stern and unsmiling" , "Stern, cruel" , "Serious; dour" , "Dour and severe" , "Dour, forbidding" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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