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Card before queen ultimately is for ace player? (6,3)

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I believe the answer is:

tennis pro

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'ace player?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'card before queen ultimately is for' is the wordplay.
'card' becomes 'ten' (eg ten of spades).
'before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'queen ultimately' becomes 'n' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'for' becomes 'pro' (as in being 'pro' something).
'ten'+'n'+'is'+'pro'='TENNIS PRO'

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(Other definitions for tennis pro that I've seen before include "sportsperson" , "Racketeer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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