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Maine's not bad for a US state (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

minnesota

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

'maine's not bad' is the wordplay.
'bad' indicates an anagram.
'maines'+'not'='mainesnot'
'mainesnot' is an anagram of 'MINNESOTA'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for minnesota that I've seen before include "US state, capital St Paul" , "Wobegon state (Keillor)" , "Nominates the strange state" , "Nominates, oddly, the US state" , "North Star State" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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