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King and Queen worried about a martial activity (6)

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I believe the answer is:

karate

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'martial activity' is the definition.
'karate' can be an answer for 'activity' (karate is a kind of activity). I am unsure of the 'martial' bit.

'king and queen worried about a' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'K' (abbreviation for king in chess).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'queen' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for regina, e.g. in ER ).
'worried' becomes 'ate' (something worrying may eat someone up).
'about' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'r'+'ate'='rate'
'rate' put after 'a' is 'arate'.
'k' put next to 'arate' is 'KARATE'.

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(Other definitions for karate that I've seen before include "method of fighting" , "A taker (anag)" , "Japanese martial art" , "A Jap. martial art" , "fighting system" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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