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Name I made up for a US State (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maine

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

'name i made up' is the wordplay.
'made up' is an anagram indicator.
'name'+'i'='namei'
'namei' anagrammed gives 'MAINE'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for maine that I've seen before include "North-easterly US state" , "The USA's Pine Tree State" , "N. US Atlantic state" , "Part of America" , "state of USA" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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