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Andrew initially involved with chit after money — what might the Queen say? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

miaou

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'what might the queen say?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'andrew initially involved with chit after money' is the wordplay.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
'involved with' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'chit' becomes 'iou' (I've seen this in another clue).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'money' becomes 'm' (abbreviation used in economics).
The initial letter of 'andrew' is 'a'.
'a' put inside 'iou' is 'iaou'.
'iaou' put after 'm' is 'MIAOU'.

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(Other definitions for miaou that I've seen before include "the queen has spoken?" , "what comes out of kitty" , "Noise made by (French) cats" , "Noise from Persian" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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