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King, perhaps, writing payment for Queen? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

royalty

I believe this is a double definition.

'king' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'writing payment for queen?' is the second definition.
(the band Queen get royalties for writing songs)

'perhaps' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for royalty that I've seen before include "Queens, emperors, etc" , "Author's perquisite" , "Sovereign rule" , "Payment for use of work" , "Regal status" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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