State east of New Hampshire (5)
I believe the answer is:
maine
'state east of new hampshire' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for maine that I've seen before include "The USA's Pine Tree State" , "North-easterly US state" , "NE US state" , "state of USA" , "N. US Atlantic state" .)