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The state of sweet Miss Brown? (7)

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georgia

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'the state' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for georgia that I've seen before include "Country in the Caucasus" , "Country on the Black Sea, where Stalin was born" , "Nation state" , "Female" , "A US state; a country" .)

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