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Forced queen, these days to eat fish? Quite the opposite (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coerced

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'quite the opposite' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'forced queen these days to eat fish?' is the wordplay.
'forced queen' becomes 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina. I am not sure about the 'forced' bit.).
'these days' becomes 'ce' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to eat' is an insertion indicator (word on the right has word on the left to eat).
'fish?' becomes 'cod' (cod is a kind of fish).
'er'+'ce'='erce'
'erce' placed into 'cod' is 'COERCED'.

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(Other definitions for coerced that I've seen before include "Compelled" , "Persuaded by force" , "Put pressure on" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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