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State answer in Latin with no struggling (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

national

'state' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'answer in latin with no struggling' is the wordplay.
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'struggling' is an anagram indicator (the letters struggle or wriggle into a new form).
'latin'+'no'='latinno'
'latinno' with letters rearranged gives 'nationl'.
'a' going into 'nationl' is 'NATIONAL'.

(Other definitions for national that I've seen before include "Relating to the state" , "Applying to whole country" , "Of a country and its people" , "State-owned" , "State-controlled" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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