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Church member meeting Queen a hit with the ladies? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charmer

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'a hit with the ladies?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'church member meeting queen' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'member' becomes 'arm' (arm is a kind of member**).
'meeting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'queen' becomes 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'ch'+'arm'+'er'='CHARMER'

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(Other definitions for charmer that I've seen before include "Highly delightful person" , "witch?" , "relied on for a spell?" , "One playing with snake" , "Smooth talker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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