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£1000 outstanding? King's called in nobleman (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grand duke

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'nobleman' is the definition.
(I have seen 'European nobleman' mean 'grand duke' so perhaps 'nobleman' could also mean 'grand duke')

'ps1000 outstanding? king's called' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'king' could be 'gr' (short for Georgius Rex, King George in Latin) and 'gr' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for grand duke that I've seen before include "European nobleman" , "prince" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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