States dweller finds a jerk with ease (6)
I believe the answer is:
yankee
'states dweller' is the definition.
'Yankee' can be an answer for 'dweller' (Yankee is an example). I'm unsure of the 'states' bit.
'a jerk with ease' is the wordplay.
'a jerk' becomes 'yank' (I've seen this in another clue).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'ease' becomes 'ee' (I've seen this in other clues).
'yank'+'ee'='YANKEE'
'finds' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yankee that I've seen before include "Radio codeword for Y" , "Y in radio alphabet" , "Colloquial American, a doodle dandy" , "American, perhaps a doodle dandy" , "New Englander - type of bet" .)