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Oil in USA revived a southern state (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

louisiana

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'southern state' is the definition.
'louisiana' can be an answer for 'state' (Louisiana is an example). I am not certain of the 'southern' bit.

'oil in usa revived a' is the wordplay.
'revived' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'oil'+'in'+'usa'='oilinusa'
'oilinusa' anagrammed gives 'louisian'.
'louisian'+'a'='LOUISIANA'

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(Other definitions for louisiana that I've seen before include "Southern United State on the Gulf of Mexico" , "IOU a snail over in the US state" , "US southern state" , "State named for French king" , "that's near Mississippi" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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