Makeshift Italian side win against grand royal entourage (6-2-7)

I believe the answer is:

ladies-in-waiting

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'makeshift italian side win against grand royal entourage' is the definition.
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'makeshift italian side win against grand' is the wordplay.
'makeshift' indicates an anagram.
'against' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'grand' becomes 'g' (G is short for grand as in a thousand).
'italian'+'side'+'win'='italiansidewin'
'italiansidewin' anagrammed gives 'ladiesinwaitin'.
'ladiesinwaitin'+'g'='LADIES-IN-WAITING'

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(Another definition for ladies-in-waiting that I've seen is " Queen's attendants".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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