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Take another look at queen with spinning jenny? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reassess

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'take another look at' is the definition.
(to reassess is to look at or evaluate again)

'queen with spinning jenny?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'queen' could be 'r' (abbreviation for regina, e.g. in ER ) and 'r' is present in the answer.
'jenny?' could be 'ass' (jenny is a female ass) and 'ass' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for reassess that I've seen before include "Appraise again" , "Form new opinion" , "Re-evaluate" , "Make a further judgement" , "evaluate anew" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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