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Follow dancing queens? Not initially (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ensue

'follow' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'dancing queens? not initially' is the wordplay.
'dancing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'not initially' means to remove the first letter.
'queens' with its initial letter removed is 'ueens'.
'ueens' is an anagram of 'ENSUE'.

(Other definitions for ensue that I've seen before include "Follow as a consequence" , "Transpire" , "Come about, result in" , "Follow afterwards" , "Cultivate plants/vegetables" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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