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Young male wolf, perhaps, meeting a Trojan queen (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hecuba

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

'young male wolf perhaps meeting a trojan' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'young' could be 'cub' (cub is a kind of young) and 'cub' is found in the answer.
'male' could be 'he' (he refers to a man) and 'he' is found in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for hecuba that I've seen before include "Wife of Priam of Troy" , "Trojan queen?" , "one involved in Paris production" , "Wife of Priam (mourned by player in Hamlet)" , "one of mythical status" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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