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Once more beat a sort of queer corn (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reconquer

'once more beat' is the definition.
('conquer' is an answer for 'beat' so perhaps 'reconquer' is OK for 'once more beat')

'a sort of queer corn' is the wordplay.
'a sort of' indicates anagramming the letters.
'queer'+'corn'='queercorn'
'queercorn' is an anagram of 'RECONQUER'.

(Another definition for reconquer that I've seen is " Once more defeat".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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