Find half an Australian lizard in an Indian state (3)
I believe the answer is:
goa
'an indian state' is the definition.
(Goa is a state of India)
'find half an australian lizard' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'an' could be 'a' and 'a' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'go' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for goa that I've seen before include "West coast Indian state" , "Indian W. coast state" , "Suitable place in India" , "Region of India" , "Former Portuguese colony on India's west coast" .)