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Ornament queen saved in money box? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trill

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'ornament queen' is the definition.
'trill' can be an answer for 'ornament' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'queen' bit.

'saved in money box?' is the wordplay.
'saved' becomes 'r' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'money box?' becomes 'till' (synonyms).
'r' inserted into 'till' is 'TRILL'.

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(Other definitions for trill that I've seen before include "Shake" , "sing" , "Warbling sound made by a songbird" , "Shrill warble" , "Fast alternation of notes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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