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Song about endless territory in battleground state (7)

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I believe the answer is:

arizona

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'state' is the definition.
(Arizona is a US state)

'song about endless territory in battleground' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'about' could be 'on' (as in a book 'on' a certain topic) and 'on' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for arizona that I've seen before include "American state with Grand Canyon" , "State of SW USA" , "Dry US state" , "State in south-west US" , "State represented by Senators Barry Goldwater and John McCain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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