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Found in Maine a month before (7)

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augusta

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'found in maine' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'a month before' is the wordplay.
'month' becomes 'August' (August is an example).
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a' after 'august' is 'AUGUSTA'.

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(Other definitions for augusta that I've seen before include "Georgian city, noted for golf tournaments" , "22 [MAINE] 's capital" , "American city" , "US city" , "Algernon's aunt (Importance of Being Earnest)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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