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Finally vanquish a queen and aged king (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

harold

'king' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'finally vanquish a queen and aged' is the wordplay.
'finally' suggests the final letters.
'queen' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for regina, e.g. in ER ).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'aged' becomes 'old' (similar in meaning).
The final letter of 'vanquish' is 'h'.
'h'+'a'+'r'+'old'='HAROLD'

(Other definitions for harold that I've seen before include "King of England, January-October, 1066" , "Battle of Hastings loser" , "Last Anglo-Saxon king of England" , "Man's name" , "Maybe Steptoe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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