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Transport parcel to a queen (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cleopatra

'queen' is the definition.
(Cleopatra was an Egyptian queen)

'transport parcel to a' is the wordplay.
'transport' is an anagram indicator (letters are transported elsewhere).
'parcel'+'to'='parcelto'
'parcelto' with letters rearranged gives 'cleopatr'.
'cleopatr'+'a'='CLEOPATRA'

(Other definitions for cleopatra that I've seen before include "See 5" , "Old queen of Egypt" , "Queen of Egypt, loved by Caesar and Mark Antony" , "beauty of old" , "Film" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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