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Old US politician pashing Queen (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kissinger

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'old us politician' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'pashing queen' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'queen' could be 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina) and 'er' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'kissing' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for kissinger that I've seen before include "Henry --, US diplomat" , "Henry __, US Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford" , "Old statesman" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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