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Travelling up to A1 in perfect state (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

utopia

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'perfect state' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'travelling up to a1' is the wordplay.
'travelling' is an anagram indicator.
'ai' becomes 'ia' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'up'+'to'='upto'
'upto' is an anagram of 'utop'.
'utop'+'ia'='UTOPIA'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for utopia that I've seen before include "of limited interest to G&S" , "A perfect place according to Thomas More" , "Ideal realm" , "Supposed ideal land" , "Imaginary ideal place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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