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A strain working for emperor’s wife (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tsarina

'emperor's wife' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a strain working' is the wordplay.
'working' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'strain'='astrain'
'astrain' anagrammed gives 'TSARINA'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tsarina that I've seen before include "Consort" , "Russian empress (S, not Z)" , "Nicholas's wife" , "titled lady" , "Monarch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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