### Clue: States true version up front 'It was one's first abode' (6)
### Answer: UTERUS 
 ### Explanation: Definition: 'It was one's first abode'
 US(abbrev. for the United States) **placed after**(… up front, in a down clue) **anagram of**(… version) TRUE.
Defn: Whimsically, where one is first housed before coming out into the world.