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Flag ship carries Queen (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

streamer

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'flag' is the definition.
(streamer is a kind of flag)

'ship carries queen' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'queen' could be 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina) and 'er' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'stream' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for streamer that I've seen before include "awful cold?" , "Long 23 ac or ribbon" , "Ribbon flowing in the wind" , "Banner headline; long strip" , "Narrow decorative strip or flag" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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