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Lorry delayed between American states (11)

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I believe the answer is:

articulates

'states' is the definition.
(articulating is a kind of stating)

'lorry delayed between american' is the wordplay.
'lorry' becomes 'artic' (short for 'articulated lorry').
'delayed' becomes 'late' (running late).
'between' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'american' becomes 'US' (United States).
'late' placed within 'us' is 'ulates'.
'artic'+'ulates'='ARTICULATES'

(Another definition for articulates that I've seen is " States clearly".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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