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Cars from Georgia and Virginia, say? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

estates

'cars' is the definition.
(estate is a type of car)

'from georgia and virginia say?' is the wordplay.
'from' becomes 'e' (I've seen this in other clues).
'georgia' becomes 's' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'virginia say?' becomes 'state' (virginia is a kind of state).
's' after 'state' is 'states'.
'e'+'states'='ESTATES'

(Other definitions for estates that I've seen before include "People leave them" , "lands for development" , "residential areas" , "Property?" , "Large cars" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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