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Father Ted, entertaining affected queen, may be patronised (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

frequented

'patronised' is the definition.
('frequent' can be a synonym of 'patronize')

'father ted entertaining affected queen' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'fr'.
'entertaining' indicates putting letters inside.
'affected' is an anagram indicator.
'fr'+'ted'='frted'
'queen' anagrammed gives 'equen'.
'frted' going around 'equen' is 'FREQUENTED'.

'may be' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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