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Perhaps solitary Queen fan? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

royalist

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'queen fan?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'perhaps solitary' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'solitary' anagrammed gives 'ROYALIST'.

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(Other definitions for royalist that I've seen before include "12 (anag)" , "Civil War participant" , "Monarchist" , "For queen" , "One pro-monarchy" .)

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