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Queen, say, getting kiss from Douglas? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manx

'from douglas?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'queen say getting kiss' is the wordplay.
'queen say' becomes 'man' (queen is a kind of man).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'kiss' becomes 'x' (X can represent a kiss).
'man'+'x'='MANX'

(Other definitions for manx that I've seen before include "From an isle in the Irish Sea" , "Breed of tailless cat" , "To do with the Isle of Man - say a cat" , "Sort of cat (from Douglas?)" , "Type of cat, of shearwater" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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