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Get rid of poor read that is about queen, perhaps (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eradicate

'get rid of' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'poor read that is about queen perhaps' is the wordplay.
'poor' indicates an anagram.
'that is' becomes 'ie' (short for Latin 'id est', 'that is').
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'queen perhaps' becomes 'cat' (a female cat is a queen).
'ie' placed around 'cat' is 'icate'.
'read' with letters rearranged gives 'erad'.
'erad'+'icate'='ERADICATE'

(Other definitions for eradicate that I've seen before include "Completely remove" , "Extinguish, wipe out" , "Destroy completely" , "Kill" , "scratch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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