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Queen
captured
by
US
navy
forces
wails
(7)
Queen captured by US navy forces wails (7)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
Look at wails at the end — that's your definition, crying out shrilly. For the wordplay, US navy forces gives you SEALS (as in Navy SEALs), and Queen gives you QU, which gets "captured by" — that is, inserted into — those SEALS, giving you S then QU then EALS.