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Sovereign’s
palace
captured,
we
hear?
(5)
Sovereign’s palace captured, we hear? (5)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
Right, so Sovereign's palace is your definition there — that's the COURT a monarch holds. Then "captured" is doing the work of "caught," and "we hear" is your classic nudge that we're after a homophone — COURT sounds just like "caught."