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Not leave time to visit state (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stay

'not leave' is the definition.

'time to visit state' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't'.
'to visit' is an insertion indicator.
'state' becomes 'say' (say is a kind of state**).
't' put into 'say' is 'STAY'.

(Other definitions for stay that I've seen before include "Supporting rope; remain" , "Stanchion" , "Period in one place" , "Postpone" , "Guy rope" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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