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Wear down the Queen with poetry (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

erode

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

'the queen with poetry' is the wordplay.
'the queen' becomes 'er' (Elizabeth Regina).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'poetry' becomes 'ode' (I've seen this before).
'er'+'ode'='ERODE'

(Other definitions for erode that I've seen before include "Gradually wear away" , "'Deteriorate, wear away (5)'" , "Eat away" , "Grind down" , "Slowly remove" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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