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State of artist coming out of train station (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nation

'state' is the definition.
(I know that state can be written as nation)

'artist coming out of train station' is the wordplay.
'coming out of' is a deletion indicator.
'train'+'station'='trainstation'
'trainstation' with 'artist' taken away is 'NATION'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for nation that I've seen before include "People of common culture or descent" , "Country, state" , "People of a state" , "A federation of tribes, as Native Americans say" , "Anoint (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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