The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PENANG
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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N
A
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G
More clues leading to the result PENANG
- Write in English for George Town
- Write an introduction to governing Asian state
- Open Angela’s case for Malaysian State
- Exercises horse around north of island
- Article that’s no good by author in Far East location
- Write to government about uninhabited Aegean island
- State measure that brings pain all around
- Clip capturing grandma in Malaysian state
- Girl keeping grannie in Malaysia
- Grandma hugged by Margaret in in a state
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Asian state" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case asian state = penang.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.