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Charge written up (Queen's bottom pinched) (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drawn

'pinched' is the definition.
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'charge written up queen's bottom' is the wordplay.
'charge' becomes 'ward' (I've seen this before**).
'written up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'bottom' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'queen' is 'n'.
'ward' written backwards gives 'draw'.
'draw'+'n'='DRAWN'

(Other definitions for drawn that I've seen before include "stressed" , "showing signs of strain" , "Represented as" , "Sketched or tied" , "Sketched; pulled" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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