Deity to judge united match against the queen (7)
I believe the answer is:
jupiter
'deity' is the definition.
(Jupiter is an example)
'judge united match against the queen' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'judge' could be 'j' (abbreviation for judge) and 'j' is located in the answer.
'united' could be 'u' (abbreviation) and 'u' is located in the answer.
'match' could be 'pit' (synonyms) and 'pit' is present in the answer.
'queen' could be 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina) and 'er' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for jupiter that I've seen before include "Piece of Holst" , "Planet - Roman equivalent of Zeus" , "celestial body" , "to which Tom Towers contributed" , "Heavenly body" .)