The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ARIZONA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ARIZONA
- State place mostly that song’s about
- Opera song about area mainly in US state
- US state region briefly features in song
- State territory almost breaking into song
- State of region briefly identified in song
- State has endlessly dry area with dam in the middle
- Literally loth to leave a horizontal arrangement in this state
- Endlessly dry region on the easternmost tip of California?
- US state region largely featuring in part of opera
- Criminal heading off for a Nazi state
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The straight part
We know that "Endlessly arid zone as part of US" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case endlessly arid zone as part of us = arizona.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.