Part of quiz: Australian with hesitation about one of her states (6)
I believe the answer is:
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'one of her states' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'part of quiz australian with hesitation' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'part' could be 'ans' (ANS is an example) and 'ans' is located in the answer.
'with' could be 'w' (abbreviation) and 'w' is located in the answer.
'hesitation' could be 'er' (sound used when hesitating) and 'er' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'about' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for answer that I've seen before include "'Daisy, Daisy, give me your ...... do'" , "Solve - solution" , "Reply or solution" , "Serve" , "Response to a question" .)