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The state of the loos outrageous! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lesotho

'the state' is the definition.
(Lesotho is an African country)

'the loos outrageous' is the wordplay.
'outrageous' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'the'+'loos'='theloos'
'theloos' anagrammed gives 'LESOTHO'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for lesotho that I've seen before include "Trickery" , "Maseru is this Kingdom's capital" , "Kingdom that was formerly Basutoland" , "Southern African country, capital Maseru" , "Landlocked country in southern Africa" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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