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Queen depicted upside down? Landlord's no monarchist (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

republican

'no monarchist' is the definition.

'queen depicted upside down? landlord's' is the wordplay.
'queen' becomes 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'depicted upside down?' is a reversal indicator.
'landlord' becomes 'publican' (I've seen this before).
'er' in reverse letter order is 're'.
're'+'publican'='REPUBLICAN'

(Other definitions for republican that I've seen before include "in foreign party" , "anti-monarchist" , "American in party" , "American politician" , "Member of US political party" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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