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Lady scratching bottom attracted prince (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

andrew

'prince' is the definition.
(Prince Andrew is an example)

'lady scratching bottom attracted' is the wordplay.
'lady' becomes 'ann'.
'scratching bottom' means to remove the last letter.
'attracted' becomes 'drew' (I've seen this before).
'ann' with its last letter taken off is 'an'.
'an'+'drew'='ANDREW'

(Other definitions for andrew that I've seen before include "Scotland's patron saint" , "Father of Beatrice and Eugenie" , "Peter's brother" , "Composer of many musicals ..." , "Boy's name" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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