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Draw of Queen appearing in disreputable club (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

derive

'draw' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'queen appearing in disreputable club' is the wordplay.
'queen' becomes 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'appearing in' is an insertion indicator.
'disreputable club' becomes 'dive' (**).
'er' put within 'dive' is 'DERIVE'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for derive that I've seen before include "Arise (from); deduce" , "Infer; originate (from)" , "Get or trace from a source" , "Draw" , "Originate (from something)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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