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Call from queen to provide food with gold all in the middle (9)

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I believe the answer is:

caterwaul

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'call from queen' is the definition.
'caterwaul' can be an answer for 'call' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'from queen' bit.

'provide food with gold all in the middle' is the wordplay.
'provide food' becomes 'cater' (I've seen this in another clue).
'with' becomes 'w' (short for with).
'gold' becomes 'au' (Au is the chemical symbol for gold).
'in the middle' says to take the centre.
The central letter of 'all' is 'l'.
'cater'+'w'+'au'+'l'='CATERWAUL'

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(Other definitions for caterwaul that I've seen before include "Yowling noise" , "Feline cry" , "Sound catty" , "Make a feline's howling cry" , "Feline shriek - cult aware (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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