State of recently purchased garment? (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
new jersey
'state' is the definition.
(New Jersey is an example)
'recently purchased garment?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'recently' could be 'new' (synonyms) and 'new' is found in the answer.
'garment?' could be 'jersey' (jersey is a kind of garment) and 'jersey' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for new jersey that I've seen before include "Newark's state" , "US state; seasonal gift?" , "calf?" , "what might be requirement for scruffy tramp" , "US east coast state" .)