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States things in a camera incorrectly? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

americana

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'states things' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.

'in a camera incorrectly?' is the wordplay.
'incorrectly?' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'in'+'a'+'camera'='inacamera'
'inacamera' with letters rearranged gives 'AMERICANA'.

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(Other definitions for americana that I've seen before include "Things linked to the US" , "Hollywood stuff, inter alia" , "Objects from the New World" , "Foreign collection" , "Yank stuff" .)

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