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One of those from The Cars and Queen working in the sound studio (8)

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I believe the answer is:

engineer

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'one of those from the cars' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'queen working in the sound studio' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'queen' could be 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina) and 'er' is found within the answer.
'in' is present in the answer.
'sound' could be 'eng' (I have seen 'phonetic sound' mean 'eng' so perhaps 'sound' could also mean 'eng') and 'eng' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for engineer that I've seen before include "US or Canadian train driver" , "Bring about (an event); technologist" , "Applied technologist" , "Machine designer, maker or operator" , "One who designs/builds" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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