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In base, all I changed is on old Spanish queen (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

isabella

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'spanish queen' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'in base all i changed is' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'base' is an anagram indicator (base can mean impure or corrupt).
'changed' becomes 'sa' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'is' becomes 'be'.
'all' with letters rearranged gives 'lla'.
'i'+'sa'+'be'='isabe'
'lla' enclosing 'isabe' is 'ISABELLA'.

'on old' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for isabella that I've seen before include "A queen of Spain" , "drab colour" , "Spanish queen who was patron of Christopher Columbus" , "Ferdinand V's queen" , "Consort of Edward II" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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