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Supplier seeing Queen before King? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

caterer

'supplier' is the definition.
(caterer is a kind of supplier)

'queen before king?' is the wordplay.
'queen' becomes 'cat' (a queen is a female cat).
'before' becomes 'ere' (usually literary).
'king?' becomes 'r' (r is abbreviation for rex).
'cat'+'ere'+'r'='CATERER'

'seeing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for caterer that I've seen before include "Provision supplier" , "Person who supplies food for social events" , "One providing food and drink" , "Provider of food/drink" , "One providing food and service for a party" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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