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Excited expression of character in Hamlet, not king or queen (6)

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I believe the answer is:

yoicks

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'excited expression of character in hamlet not king or queen' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'character in hamlet not king or queen' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'character' could be 'y' and 'y' is located in the answer.
'not' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is present in the answer.
'king' could be 'k' (abbreviation for king in chess) and 'k' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for yoicks that I've seen before include "Foxhunting cry" , "Cry used by fox-hunters to urge on hounds" , "Hunter's call" , "Hunting cry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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