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State of Britain boosted with a victory song (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bavaria

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'state of britain' is the definition.
'Bavaria' can be an answer for 'state' (Bavaria is an example). I am not certain of the 'of britain' bit.

'boosted with a victory song' is the wordplay.
'boosted' becomes 'b' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'victory' becomes 'v'.
'song' becomes 'aria' (piece of music in an opera).
'b'+'a'+'v'+'aria'='BAVARIA'

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(Other definitions for bavaria that I've seen before include "Ludwig's place" , "site of Oktoberfest" , "mountainous state" , "Region of south Germany" , "Southern German state, famous for its beer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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