| Rapid City's loc. | 21 |
| Pierre's place, briefly | 27 |
| Pierre's place (Abbr.) | 26 |
| Pierre's home (Abbr.) | 25 |
| Mt. Rushmore's state: Abbr. | 31 |
| Mt. Rushmore's loc. | 23 |
| It's north of Neb. | 22 |
| It's nearly bisected by the Missouri R. | 43 |
| Coyote state, briefly | 21 |
| Black Hills state: Abbr. | 24 |
| Badlands state: Abbr. | 21 |
| Yankton's state: Abbr. | 26 |
| Wounded Knee's locale: Abbr. | 32 |
| Wounded Knee locale: Abbr. | 26 |
| Wind Cave Natl. Pk. setting | 27 |
| Wind Cave Natl. Park locale | 27 |
| Where Wounded Knee is: Abbr. | 28 |
| Where Pierre is the cap. | 24 |
| Where Mt. Rushmore looms | 24 |
| Where Mt. Rushmore is | 21 |
| Where I-90 and I-29 cross: Abbr. | 32 |
| Tom Brokaw's home st. | 25 |
| Tom Brokaw's birthplace (abbr.) | 35 |
| The Big Sioux R. forms part of its border | 41 |
| The 40th state (abbr.) | 22 |
| State west of Minn. | 19 |
| State due south of Man. | 23 |
| State bordering on Neb. | 23 |
| St. whose motto is "Under God, the people rule" | 57 |
| Site of Mt. Rushmore | 20 |
| Sioux Falls is there: abbr. | 27 |
| Sen. McGovern's state | 25 |
| Rushmore address | 16 |
| Place for Pierre: Abbr. | 23 |
| Pierre's place: Abbr. | 25 |
| Pierre's loc. | 17 |
| Pierre's its cap. | 21 |
| Pierre is there: Abbr. | 22 |
| Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. | 86 |
| Neighbor of Wyo. and Ia. | 24 |
| Mt. Rushmore's st. | 22 |
| Mt. Rushmore's place: Abbr. | 31 |
| Mt. Rushmore's place (abbr.) | 32 |
| Mt. Rushmore's locale: Abbr. | 32 |
| Mt. Rushmore's locale | 25 |
| Mt. Rushmore's home: Abbr. | 30 |
| Mt. Rushmore state | 18 |
| Mt. Rushmore st. | 16 |
| Mt. Rushmore location | 21 |
| Mt. Rushmore is here | 20 |
| Mount Rushmore's state (abbr.) | 34 |
| Mount Rushmore's st. | 24 |
| Mount Rushmore's site: Abbr. | 32 |
| Mount Rushmore site: Abbr. | 26 |
| Mount Rushmore site | 19 |
| Mount Rushmore locale: Abbr. | 28 |
| McGovern's state: Abbr. | 27 |
| Loc. of Mt. Rushmore | 20 |
| Its state sport is rodeo: Abbr. | 31 |
| Its slogan is "Great Faces. Great Places.": Abbr. | 59 |
| Its motto is "Under God, the people rule": Abbr. | 58 |
| Its highest pt. is Harney Peak | 30 |
| Its cap. is pronounced "peer" | 39 |
| Its cap. is Pierre | 18 |
| It's W of Minn. | 19 |
| It's bisected by the Missouri R. | 36 |
| Home to Wall Drug: Abbr. | 24 |
| Home to Ellsworth A.F.B. | 24 |
| Home of Wind Cave Natl. Park | 28 |
| Home of the Black Hills (abbr.) | 31 |
| Home of Sioux Falls: Abbr. | 26 |
| Home of Rapid City: Abbr. | 25 |
| Ellsworth AFB locale | 20 |
| Crazy Horse Memorial st. | 24 |
| Coyote State: Abbr. | 19 |
| Coyote State for short | 23 |
| Cheyenne R. state | 17 |
| Black Hills locale: abbr. | 25 |
| Black Hills loc. | 16 |
| Belle Fourche, in this state, is about 20 mi. south of the U.S.'s geographic center | 87 |
| Badlands Natl. Park's state | 31 |
| Badlands location (abbr.) | 25 |
| Badlands locale: Abbr. | 22 |
| Admission of 1889: Abbr. | 24 |
| Aberdeen's state: Abbr. | 27 |
| 40th st. | 8 |
| "Under God the people rule" is its motto: Abbr. | 57 |
| "Great Faces. Grace Places." st. | 42 |
| "Deadwood" setting: Abbr. | 35 |
| Where to see Mt. Rushmore | 25 |
| Mt. Rushmore's location | 27 |
| Entry in a spaceship log | 24 |
| 1965 Beach Boys album | 21 |
| Parcel carrier's abbreviation | 33 |
| Take wild chances | 17 |
| Shakespearean oath | 18 |
| Euphemistic oath of old | 23 |
| Electrician's alloy | 23 |
| Cuts apart | 10 |
| Surface on a bldg. wall | 23 |