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Knight for one rook and plan sacrificing a queen (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rider

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

'sacrificing a queen' is the wordplay.
'sacrificing' becomes 'ride' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a queen' becomes 'r' (r is abbreviation regina. e.g. in ER ).
'ride'+'r'='RIDER'

'for one rook and plan' 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 rider that I've seen before include "Legal document's additional clause" , "qualification" , "Added proviso" , "Jury's recommendation" , "Condition added to a legislative bill" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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