Nothing venerable arising from Las Vegas? (7)

I believe the answer is:

nevadan

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'from las vegas?' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for nevadan that I've seen before include "Statesman" , "One coming from Las Vegas, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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