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Wonderful king who wanders around with a rod? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diviner

'who wanders around with a rod?' is the definition.
(someone using a divining rod)

'wonderful king' is the wordplay.
'wonderful' becomes 'divine' (both can mean excellent).
'king' becomes 'R' (abbreviation for rex, king in Latin).
'divine'+'r'='DIVINER'

(Other definitions for diviner that I've seen before include "More sacred" , "He finds water" , "even more delightful" , "one conjectures" , "Expert at finding liquid assets" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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