US state (with a creeper?) (8)

I believe the answer is:

virginia

(Other definitions for virginia that I've seen before include "Woolf and Wade" , "State called after Elizabeth I" , "US East coast state" , "The State capital is Richmond" , "US state; type of tobacco" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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