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Prince Andrew, perhaps, probed by northern state (10)

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I believe the answer is:

queensland

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'prince andrew perhaps probed' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'northern state' is the wordplay.
'northern' becomes 'queens' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'state' becomes 'land' (synonyms).
'queens'+'land'='QUEENSLAND'

'by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for queensland that I've seen before include "Australian state" , "NE state of Australia" , "Australian territory" , "part of Australia" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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