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Native of Louisiana going to California for a month (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cajun

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'native of louisiana' is the definition.
'Cajun' can be an answer for 'native' (Cajun is an example). I'm not certain of the 'of louisiana' bit.

'california for a month' is the wordplay.
'california' becomes 'c'.
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'month' becomes 'jun' (abbreviation for June).
'c'+'a'+'jun'='CAJUN'

'going to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for cajun that I've seen before include "music from New Orleans?" , "Kind of spicy food" , "Native of Louisiana descended from 18th-century Acadian immigrants" , "French dialect of Louisiana" , "One of the 9 [BAYOU] people" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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