The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ELEANOR
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ELEANOR
- Lady first to encourage and tend other ranks
- Old duchess, European, and thin old queen
- Woman beginning to encourage and tend soldiers
- Depend on men to support English girl
- Lady first to encourage and tend soldiers
- English bank as an alternative for Roosevelt say?
- English queen, one Lear got involved with
- Queento depend on gold
- 9’s wife of 14, one real mess
- Novel representation of one real English queen
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