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Etonian getting mixed up with S&M is a state (9)

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minnesota

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'a state' is the definition.
(US state)

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(Other definitions for minnesota that I've seen before include "American state, capital St Paul" , "North Star State" , "Nominates the strange state" , "Nominates for American state" , "Nominates, oddly, the US state" .)

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