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Queen to marry in this decade? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thirties

'decade?' is the definition.
(thirties is a kind of decade)

'queen to marry in this' is the wordplay.
'queen' becomes 'r' (r is abbreviation regina. e.g. in ER ).
'to marry' becomes 'tie' ('tie' can be a synonym of 'marry').
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'r'+'tie'='rtie'
'rtie' inserted within 'this' is 'THIRTIES'.

(Other definitions for thirties that I've seen before include "US Depression era, the ''hungry ... ''" , "Nineteen thirty to nineteen thirty nine" , "The decade described as hungry." .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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