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Warn pet awkwardly in province (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

antwerp

'province' is the definition.
(Dutch province)

'warn pet awkwardly' is the wordplay.
'awkwardly' indicates an anagram.
'warn'+'pet'='warnpet'
'warnpet' is an anagram of 'ANTWERP'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for antwerp that I've seen before include "North Belgian port" , "Busy Belgian port" , "Wrap net around this Belgian city" , "harbour" , "foreign city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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