They say renter has squeaking sound here in NT (7,5)

I believe the answer is:

tennant creek

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'they say renter has squeaking' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'sound here in nt' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'sound' could be 'creek' (I've seen this before) and 'creek' is located in the answer.
'nt' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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