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US state taking a right from another (6)

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I believe the answer is:

kansas

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

'a right from another' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'taking' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for kansas that I've seen before include "The Sunflower US state" , "Central US state" , "Where Dorothy and Toto lived with Aunt Em" , "American state, capital Topeka" , "Corny state?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Telegraph.
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