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Following Rex in and made certain (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ensured

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'made certain' is the definition.
('ensure' can be a synonym of 'make certain')

'following rex in' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'rex' could be 'r' (abbreviation e.g. GR=George Rex, King George) and 'r' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ensued' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ensured that I've seen before include "Made certain, clinched" , "Determined" , "Made certain for end user" , "Saw to it" , "Make certain of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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