Consider the queen's players (12)
I believe the answer is:
entertainers
'players' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'consider the queen's' is the wordplay.
'consider' becomes 'entertain' (I've seen this in another clue).
'the queen's' becomes 'ER's' (Elizabeth Regina).
'entertain'+'ers'='ENTERTAINERS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for entertainers that I've seen before include "Singers, perhaps" , "Performers" .)