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The state a salt lake is in (4)

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utah

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'the state' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for utah that I've seen before include "State of western US" , "Bryce Canyon US state" , "The American Morman state" , "State, Mormon settlement" , "A hut for the Mormons, oddly" .)

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