The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word LOUISIANA
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More clues leading to the result LOUISIANA
- Uranium and oil developed with Asian state
- Girl touring island, an American state.
- A liaison that's naughty enthralling university somewhere in America
- Climber copping sanctions from the French state
- I must feed a soul in a terrible state
- USA oil in a distilled state
- State girl entraps Scotsman
- Crude oil in a USA state
- Oil in USA misused by American here?
- Obsessive about getting the nod from Paris, Madrid and part of America
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