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See record by Queen, taking note (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

discern

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'see' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'record by queen taking note' is the wordplay.
'record' becomes 'disc' (eg a CD, compact disc).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'queen' becomes 'ER' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'taking note' becomes 'n' (abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'taking' bit.).
'disc'+'er'+'n'='DISCERN'

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(Other definitions for discern that I've seen before include "Recognise, find out" , "Cinders (anag)" , "Pick out" , "Espy" , "Detect" .)

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