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Follow headless queens around (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ensue

'follow' is the definition.
(ensue can mean to follow or happen as a result)

'headless queens around' is the wordplay.
'headless' means to remove the first letter.
'around' indicates anagramming the letters.
'queens' with its first letter taken off is 'ueens'.
'ueens' is an anagram of 'ENSUE'.

(Other definitions for ensue that I've seen before include "succeed" , "Transpire" , "Come about, result in" , "Proceed" , "Follow subsequently" .)

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