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English isle over a US state (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iowa

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

'english isle over a' is the wordplay.
'english isle' becomes 'iow' (abbreviation for Isle of Wight. I am not sure about the 'english' bit.**).
'over' says to put letters next to each other.
'iow'+'a'='IOWA'

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(Other definitions for iowa that I've seen before include "Central US state" , "US state, capital Des Moines" , "US state, three vowels" , "'Hawkeye State'" , "American state, capital Des Moines" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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