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

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trekkie

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'one of those?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'eg plane orbiting klingon kingdom identified initially' is the wordplay.
'eg plane' becomes 'tree' (plane is a type of tree).
'orbiting' is an insertion indicator.
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'klingon kingdom identified' is 'kki'.
'tree' placed 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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