Cryptic crossword clue
US flier‘s disease, one caught by king maybe 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CATBIRD

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The straight part
We know that "US flier" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case us flier = catbird.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CATBIRD mean?

CATBIRD noun
  1. Either of two species of American mockingbird relatives, the grey catbird, Dumetella carolinensis, and the black catbird, Melanoptila glabrirostris.
  2. Any of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopoeetes.
  3. A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, Parophasma galinieri.

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