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Teacher on staff in ancient kingdom (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

macedon

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'ancient kingdom' is the definition.
'macedon' can be an answer for 'kingdom' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'ancient' bit.

'teacher on staff' is the wordplay.
'teacher' becomes 'don' (don is a kind of teacher).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'staff' becomes 'mace' (mace is a kind of staff).
'don' after 'mace' is 'MACEDON'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for macedon that I've seen before include "Philip's rule" , "Philip's place" , "Alexander the Great's country" , "Kingdom of Alexander the Great" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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