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Stop monarch being mad (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

barking

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

'stop monarch' is the wordplay.
'stop' becomes 'bar' (bar can mean to stop or prevent).
'monarch' becomes 'king' (king is a kind of monarch).
'bar'+'king'='BARKING'

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for barking that I've seen before include "Dog may be" , "Mental" , "Crazy - yapping" , "Mad - town forming a London borough with Dagenham" , "up the pole" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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