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Fellow accompanying queen, working for attendant (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chaperon

'attendant' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'fellow accompanying queen working' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'chap' ('chap' can be a synonym of 'fellow'**).
'accompanying' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'queen' becomes 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'working' becomes 'on'.
'chap'+'er'+'on'='CHAPERON'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for chaperon that I've seen before include "One who accompanies and supervises" , "One accompanies to supervise" , "One accompanies the vulnerable" , "Attendant" , "Car-phone (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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