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Eastern lawmaker, queen or king of kings? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emperor

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'king of kings?' is the definition.
'emperor' can be an answer for 'king' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'of kings?' bit.

'eastern lawmaker queen or' is the wordplay.
'eastern lawmaker' becomes 'emp' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'queen' becomes 'ER' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'emp'+'er'+'or'='EMPEROR'

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(Other definitions for emperor that I've seen before include "Large richly coloured butterfly" , "Title of sovereignty" , "Kaiser" , "Ruler of large territory" , "Male ruler of a group of countries" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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