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Eg plane orbiting Klingon kingdom identified initially — by one of those? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

trekkie

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'one of those?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'eg plane orbiting klingon kingdom identified initially' is the wordplay.
'eg plane' becomes 'tree' (plane is a type of tree).
'orbiting' indicates putting letters inside.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'klingon kingdom identified' is 'kki'.
'tree' going around 'kki' is 'TREKKIE'.

'by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for trekkie that I've seen before include "Fan of the TV series Star Trek" , "one of his lovers?" , "Sci-fi fan" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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