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Fashionable girl in a state? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

indiana

'state' is the definition.
(US state)

'fashionable girl' is the wordplay.
'fashionable' becomes 'in' (in can mean fashionable or trendy).
'girl' becomes 'diana' ().
'in'+'diana'='INDIANA'

'in a' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for indiana that I've seen before include "Midwestern state" , "Part of US" , "member of 2 [THE STATES]" , "state of America" , "State between Illinois/Ohio" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Irish Independent.
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