English following Queen close in strange Brexit vote? (10)
I believe the answer is:
referendum
'brexit vote?' is the definition.
(the UK's 'Brexit' referendum is an example)
'english following queen close in strange' is the wordplay.
'english following' becomes 'ef' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'queen' becomes 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'close' becomes 'end' (I've seen this before).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'strange' becomes 'rum' (synonyms).
'ef'+'er'+'end'='eferend'
'eferend' placed inside 'rum' is 'REFERENDUM'.
(Other definitions for referendum that I've seen before include "Plebiscite" , "ballot" , "popular vote" , "General vote on a single question" , "Public vote" .)