Southwestern US state (7)

I believe the answer is:

arizona

(Other definitions for arizona that I've seen before include "US state, capital Phoenix" , "State of southwest USA" , "Dry US state" , "somewhere in America" , "State of SW USA" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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