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Court action to hear witness - a new Statesman (11)

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I believe the answer is:

tennesseean

'statesman' is the definition.
(person from the US state of Tennessee)

'court action to hear witness a new' is the wordplay.
'court action' becomes 'tennis' (game played in a court).
'to hear' shows a homophone (sound like).
'witness' becomes 'see' (I've seen this before).
'a new' becomes 'an' (I've seen this in other clues).
'tennis' sounds like 'tennes'.
'tennes'+'see'+'an'='TENNESSEEAN'

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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