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State what's on my mind? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

georgia

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'mind?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

'state what's on my' is the wordplay.
'state' becomes 'IA'.
'what's on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'my' becomes 'georg' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ia' after 'georg' is 'GEORGIA'.

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(Other definitions for georgia that I've seen before include "Country in the Caucasus" , "republic" , "Girl on my mind" , "American state, capital Atlanta" , "Nation state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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