He got into a terrible state in China, for instance (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
the east
'he got into a terrible state in china for instance' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'he got into a terrible state' is the wordplay.
'got into' indicates putting letters inside.
'a terrible' indicates an anagram.
'state' anagrammed gives 'teast'.
'he' put within 'teast' is 'THE EAST'.
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I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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