He was a fool to try to entertain a king (5,6) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% COURTJESTER He was a fool to try to entertain a king (5,6) (11)
7% JESTER King's fool (6) (6) The Sun Mini Dec 28, 2025
6% REDO Try again (4) USA Today Feb 20, 2026
6% RADIO Every so often, try and win on entertainment programmes here (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Feb 18, 2026
6% NIT Fool (3) The Telegraph Quick Feb 17, 2026
6% ONCE "Fool me ___ …" (4) The Atlantic Feb 16, 2026
6% DELUDE Fool (6) New York Times Feb 12, 2026
6% ONTO Not fooled by (4) Wall Street Journal Feb 10, 2026
6% CLOT Fool (4) Puzzler Backwords Feb 7, 2026
6% ROUNDTWO Another try (8) Eugene Sheffer Feb 4, 2026
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