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Sovereign getting on within a month (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

monarch

'sovereign' is the definition.
(I know that sovereign can be written as monarch)

'on within a month' is the wordplay.
'within' indicates putting letters inside.
'a month' becomes 'March' (March is an example).
'on' inserted within 'march' is 'MONARCH'.

'getting' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for monarch that I've seen before include "Head of State" , "one over realm?" , "Sole hereditary ruler" , "Not a subject" , "Eg, king, queen, emperor" .)

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