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Knight feeding waterbird to queen, say? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bedivere

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'knight' is the definition.
(Sir Bedivere in Arthurian legend)

'feeding waterbird to queen say?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'waterbird' could be 'diver' (I've seen this before) and 'diver' is present in the answer.
'queen' could be 'bee' (queen bee is a type of bee) and 'bee' is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for bedivere that I've seen before include "Arthurian knight" , "knight with one hand" , "Round Tabler" , "Example of chivalry" , "One of Arthur's knights" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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