She brings a bit of heaven to the States (5)

I believe the answer is:

venus

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'she' is the definition.

'a bit of heaven to the states' is the wordplay.
'a bit of heaven' becomes 'ven' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to the states' becomes 'US' (abbreviation for the United States).
'ven'+'us'='VENUS'

'brings' is the link.

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(Other definitions for venus that I've seen before include "our Neighbour" , "Brightest planet" , "Evening star" , "Next planet in" , "Roman counterpart of Aphrodite" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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