I love pasty-looking chap in a state, perhaps (5)
I believe the answer is:
iowan
'i love pasty-looking chap in a state perhaps' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'i love pasty' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'pasty' becomes 'wan' (synonyms).
'i'+'o'+'wan'='IOWAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for iowan that I've seen before include "One from Des Moines perhaps" , "From Des Moines, say?" , "American" , "Midwesterner" , "Someone from the Midwest - a wino? (anag)" .)