The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MEXICO
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result MEXICO
- Come round about eleven in country
- Countryside interrupting outcome?
- State in introduction to match: “team wearing green”
- Country setter has 2 briefly after 11
- Male team in green representing this country?
- Country team that’s taken care of, led by this person
- Land and come round about eleven
- Ten mice scurrying around old land of the Aztecs
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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 = mexico.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.