PM seen in a newspaper with the Queen and now gone, essentially (9)
I believe the answer is:
afternoon
'pm' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a newspaper with the queen and now gone essentially' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'newspaper' could be 'ft' (Financial Times newspaper) and 'ft' is found within the answer.
'queen' could be 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina) and 'er' is found in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'oon' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'seen in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for afternoon that I've seen before include "Post-midday" , "Between noon and evening" , "Post midday" , "Time of day" , "PM includes this" .)