State follows cleaner - wonder who's kissing her now! (9)

I believe the answer is:

charmaine

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'wonder who's kissing her now' is the definition.
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'state follows cleaner' is the wordplay.
'state' becomes 'maine' (Maine is an example).
'follows' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cleaner' becomes 'char' (charwoman is a type of cleaner).
'maine' put after 'char' is 'CHARMAINE'.

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