Band Queen in rise (5)
I believe the answer is:
group
'band' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'queen in rise' is the wordplay.
'queen' becomes 'r' (r is abbreviation regina. e.g. in ER ).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'rise' becomes 'goup' (going up is a kind of rising**).
'r' inserted into 'goup' is 'GROUP'.
(Other definitions for group that I've seen before include "Set; band" , "Set; place together" , "Musical band" , "Set, faction" , "A number of elements with something in common (50" .)