Satisfactory American place to live nearly completed in US city and state (8)
I believe the answer is:
oklahoma
'state' is the definition.
(Oklahoma is an example)
'satisfactory american place to live nearly completed in us city' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'satisfactory' could be 'ok' (similar in meaning) and 'ok' is found in the answer.
'american' could be 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names) and 'a' is located in the answer.
'live' could be 'l' (electrical abbreviation) and 'l' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oklahoma that I've seen before include "Look, a ham from the state" , "State between Kansas and Texas" , "Show" , "A holm oak found in the state" , "OK" .)