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Indicates the Queen's pulled up trousers (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

records

'indicates' is the definition.
(recording is a kind of indicating)

'the queen's pulled up trousers' is the wordplay.
'the queen' becomes 'er' (Elizabeth Regina).
'pulled up' is a reversal indicator.
'trousers' becomes 'cords' (cords is a kind of trousers).
'er' backwards is 're'.
're'+'cords'='RECORDS'

(Other definitions for records that I've seen before include "Sets down in writing or preserves in sound" , "Files" , "Makes written note" , "unsurpassed performances" , "Annotations of events" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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