The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word NEVADA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result NEVADA
- Dean carelessly includes Virginia as a US state
- Democrat gets welcome up in North American state
- State limits of New Hampshire, Virginia and Dakota
- Cameron’s in an upset state
- Nothing to drink here ultimately, very dry state
- State prosecutor found at bottom of Russian river
- Dave turned up in North American state
- Retired chap in an American state
- New TV channel backing a state
- State “going forward”, on the contrary, poster having a short opening
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "state" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case state = nevada.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.