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The legendary king of rock-and-roll (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sisyphus

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This might be a double definition.

'the legendary king' is the first definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'rock-and-roll' is the second definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for sisyphus that I've seen before include "Greek doomed forever to roll a boulder uphill only to see it roll back down" , "Mythical king's" , "Legendary Greek king doomed to forever roll a boulder uphill" , "He kept rolling up" , "Greek king fated ever to roll a stone uphill in Hades" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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