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a prince, one in a guardian's care having Balls, perhaps above all (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edward

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'a prince' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'care having balls perhaps above all' is the wordplay.
'care' becomes 'ward'.
'having balls perhaps' becomes 'ed' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'above all' means one lot of letters go next to another (some letters go above others).
'ward' put after 'ed' is 'EDWARD'.

'one in a guardian's' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for edward that I've seen before include "Lear, perhaps" , "Lear, Elgar or Fox" , "I (1239-1307), II (1284-1327), III (1312-77), IV (1442-83), V (1470-83?), VI (1537-53), VII (1841-1910) or VIII (1894-1972)" , "First name of Mr Rochester (Jane Eyre)" , "-- Heath, British PM" .)

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