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Ruling knocked up, missing a page (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

regnant

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'ruling' is the definition.
(as in a queen regnant, a queen who rules by birth)

'knocked up missing a page' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for regnant that I've seen before include "Current" , "(Queen) in her own right" , "exercising authority" , "On the throne" , "Not like a consort" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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