State where a woman ruined by gin after a party (7)
I believe the answer is:
alabama
'state' is the definition.
(Alabama is an example)
'gin after a party' is the wordplay.
'gin' becomes 'ama' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'party' becomes 'lab' (abbreviation for Labour).
'a'+'lab'='alab'
'ama' after 'alab' is 'ALABAMA'.
'where a woman ruined by' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alabama that I've seen before include "State of SE USA" , "Source of cotton" , "SE US state" , "Southern American state" , "US state known as the Heart of Dixie" .)