Festival dislikes including Queen covers (10)
I believe the answer is:
eiderdowns
'covers' is the definition.
(I know this)
'festival dislikes including queen' is the wordplay.
'festival' becomes 'eid' (Muslim festival).
'dislikes' becomes 'downs' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'including' indicates putting letters inside.
'queen' becomes 'ER' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'eid'+'downs'='eiddowns'
'eiddowns' going around 'er' is 'EIDERDOWNS'.
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