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State, or regularly misread, question (4)

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I believe the answer is:

iraq

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

'regularly misread question' is the wordplay.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'question' becomes 'q'.
The alternate letters of 'misread' are 'ira'.
'ira'+'q'='IRAQ'

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for iraq that I've seen before include "Where no WMD were found" , "Country with WMD once?" , "Baghdad's country" , "where there are no easy answers?" , "Mosul's country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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