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Any speech against a district attorney of US state? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nevada

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'us state?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'any speech against a district attorney' is the wordplay.
'any speech' becomes 'neva' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'against' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a district attorney' becomes 'D.A.' (abbreviation).
'neva'+'da'='NEVADA'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for nevada that I've seen before include "US state, capital Carson City" , "Arid US state" , "American state, capital Carson City" , "Western US state" , "US state, NV" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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