Succeeded to reside underneath princess (3,4)

I believe the answer is:

did well

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'succeeded' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I can't see how they can define each other.

'reside underneath princess' is the wordplay.
'reside' becomes 'dwell' (synonyms).
'underneath' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters go under others).
'princess' becomes 'di' (Princess Diana).
'dwell' put after 'di' is 'DID WELL'.

'to' is the link.

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