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Queue behind a Parisian who's hooked (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aquiline

'hooked' is the definition.
(aquiline can describe a hooked nose)

'queue behind a parisian who's' is the wordplay.
'queue' becomes 'line' (a line of people).
'behind' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'parisian who' becomes 'qui' (I've seen this in other clues).
'a'+'qui'='aqui'
'line' after 'aqui' is 'AQUILINE'.

(Other definitions for aquiline that I've seen before include "Like an eagle" , "Looking like eagle's beak, say nose" , "like certain birds of prey?" , "Sort of beak" , "regarding eagle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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