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Women disturbed about English team caught in this state (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

new mexico

'this state' is the definition.
(New Mexico is an example)

'women disturbed about english team caught' is the wordplay.
'disturbed' indicates an anagram.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'team' becomes 'xi' (eleven, a football team).
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation**).
'women' with letters rearranged gives 'newmo'.
'e'+'xi'+'c'='exic'
'newmo' enclosing 'exic' is 'NEW MEXICO'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for new mexico that I've seen before include "US state W. of Texas" , "SW US state" , "one of the 13 [UNITED STATES OF AMERICA] ? Not originally" , "US state, capital Santa Fe" , "Southern US state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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