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43a. Man: regularly he's away close to Perth - that's one side of Scotland (5,2,3,5) - QUEEN OF THE SOUTH (One side of Scotland)

It looks like QUEEN + OFT (Regularly) + HE'S OUT (Away) + (pert)H - but I can't see how 'Man' is 'Queen' - what am I missing?

a man is a chess piece.

the dreaded "definition by example".

Got it, thanks KT.

Isn't that a football team?

torquinian
Yes, "side" (team) is in the clue