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Drink raised taking note of a king (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

regnal

'of a king' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'drink raised taking note' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'note' could be 're' (as in do-re-mi) and 're' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

(Other definitions for regnal that I've seen before include "Relating to a monarch's reign" , "about a rule" , "Angler (anag.); of a period in power" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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