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Wily monarch now imprisoned (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

knowing

'wily' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'monarch now imprisoned' is the wordplay.
'monarch' becomes 'king' (king is a kind of monarch).
'imprisoned' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'king' enclosing 'now' is 'KNOWING'.

(Other definitions for knowing that I've seen before include "Understanding" , "State of awareness" , "Wise" , "Cunning" , "Arch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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