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Guess southern Germany in part should turn to north (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

divine

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'guess' is the definition.
(divining is a kind of guessing)

'southern germany in part should turn to north' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'germany' could be 'd' (vehicle registration code for Deutschland) and 'd' is found in the answer.
'in' is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ive' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for divine that I've seen before include "Predict" , "of a splendid nature" , "Heavenly" , "Holy" , "Godlike or extremely beautiful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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