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Hidden pub, 'The Queen' (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inner

'hidden' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'pub the queen' is the wordplay.
'pub' becomes 'inn' (I've seen this before).
'the queen' becomes 'er' (Elizabeth Regina).
'inn'+'er'='INNER'

(Other definitions for inner that I've seen before include "Region around bullseye" , "personal" , "Opposite of outer" , "Located or occurring closer to a centre" , "closer than magpie" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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