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Queen roughly treated in tower, Henry heard (9,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

catherine howard

'queen' is the definition.
(Catherine Howard matches up with the definition queen)

'roughly treated in tower henry heard' is the wordplay.
'roughly' becomes 'ca' (abbreviation for circa).
'treated' indicates anagramming the letters.
'henry' becomes 'H' (symbol for the unit of electrical inductance).
'in'+'tower'+'h'+'heard'='intowerhheard'
'intowerhheard' is an anagram of 'therinehoward'.
'ca'+'therinehoward'='CATHERINE HOWARD'

(Another definition for catherine howard that I've seen is " Henry's fifth".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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