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Did she carry on queening it in movies? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cleo

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'movies?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'did she carry on queening it' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'it' could be 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT') and 'e' is located in the answer.
'she' could be 'clo' and 'clo' is found within the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cleo that I've seen before include "Woman" , "She ruled" , "Ms Laine - one of the 14 films" , "Dame Laine" , "Carry on -- (1964 film)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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