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Meet female model travelling west in state (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

satisfy

'meet' is the definition.
(I know that meet can be written as satisfy)

'female model travelling west in state' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'model' becomes 'sit' (e.g. for a painting).
'travelling west' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'state' becomes 'say' (to state something is to say it).
'f'+'sit'='fsit'
'fsit' written backwards gives 'tisf'.
'tisf' put within 'say' is 'SATISFY'.

(Other definitions for satisfy that I've seen before include "Meet (requirements)" , "Please; comply with" , "Meet the desires of" , "Fulfil, gratify" , "Content" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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