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South Carolina, uncommonly nice and picturesque (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scenic

'picturesque' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'south carolina uncommonly nice' is the wordplay.
'south carolina' becomes 'sc'.
'uncommonly' is an anagram indicator.
'nice' is an anagram of 'enic'.
'sc'+'enic'='SCENIC'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for scenic that I've seen before include "Like beautiful landscape" , "This route has pleasing vistas" , "Relating to beautiful view" , "Relating to picturesque countryside" , "Like lovely countryside" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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