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Queen interrupting peer, though not right peer (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

equal

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'peer' is the definition.
('equal' can be a synonym of 'peer')

'queen interrupting peer though not right' is the wordplay.
'queen' becomes 'qu'.
'interrupting' indicates putting letters inside.
'peer though' becomes 'ea' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'not right' becomes 'l'.
'qu' put inside 'ea' is 'equa'.
'equa'+'l'='EQUAL'

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(Other definitions for equal that I've seen before include "The same in size, amount or value, etc." , "Numerically identical" , "Uniform" , "On a par" , "Evenly matched" .)

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