State in which I had been uplifted with love (5)

I believe the answer is:

idaho

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'state' is the definition.
(US state)

'i had been uplifted with love' is the wordplay.
'i had' becomes 'I'd' (contraction).
'been' becomes 'ha' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'uplifted' is a reversal indicator.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'ha' back-to-front is 'ah'.
'id'+'ah'+'o'='IDAHO'

'in which' is the link.

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(Other definitions for idaho that I've seen before include "silver-mining state" , "somewhere in the US" , "North-western state of America" , "US state S. of Montana" , "NW state of USA" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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