The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PRIAM
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
P
R
I
A
M
More clues leading to the result PRIAM
- Proper to accommodate a Trojan king
- Proper to welcome a Trojan king
- Wheeled carriage fuelled by current brings dad to Paris
- Mythological king, one being carried like a baby?
- Stiffly formal welcoming a king of Troy
- King pair
- King of Troy married after pair split up
- At the outset Pyrrhus rushed in and murdered Trojan king
- King and his son maybe half cut before noon
- What’s formal and stuffy about a king
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The straight part
We know that "King" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case king = priam.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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