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Cry from male cat going about with queen (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

whimper

'cry' is the definition.
(I know that whimper is a type of cry)

'male cat going about with queen' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'cat' becomes 'whip' (cat o' nine tails or cat is a type of whip).
'going about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'queen' becomes 'ER' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'm' placed within 'whip' is 'whimp'.
'whimp'+'er'='WHIMPER'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for whimper that I've seen before include "Whine" , "Cry weakly or softly" , "Cry feebly or plaintively" , "Complaint" , "Sob" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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