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State in which criminal teen's seen (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tennessee

'state' is the definition.
(Tennessee is an example)

'criminal teen's seen' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'teens'+'seen'='teensseen'
'teensseen' with letters rearranged gives 'TENNESSEE'.

'in which' is the link.

(Other definitions for tennessee that I've seen before include "Famous American playwright . . . . . . . . . Williams" , "Teen sense observed in American state" , "Seen teens in this US state" , "Williams, say" , "US state, capital Nashville" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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