Dean arranged to take Virginia in a state (6)
I believe the answer is:
nevada
'a state' is the definition.
(Nevada is an example)
'dean arranged to take virginia' is the wordplay.
'arranged' is an anagram indicator.
'to take' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'virginia' becomes 'va' (US state abbreviation).
'dean' with letters rearranged gives 'neda'.
'neda' enclosing 'va' is 'NEVADA'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for nevada that I've seen before include "Curiously, Dan and Eva are in the US" , "Southwestern US state" , "US state, NV" , "part of US" , "The Silver State" .)