| State or play | 13 |
| State or river | 14 |
| State or river in Brazil | 24 |
| State or river name | 19 |
| State or sect starter | 21 |
| State or Station | 16 |
| State or theme follower | 23 |
| State or trade | 14 |
| State oratorically | 18 |
| State park employees | 20 |
| State peremptorily | 18 |
| State personified by Eris | 25 |
| State point-blank | 17 |
| State pointblank | 16 |
| State police officer | 20 |
| State policeman | 15 |
| State policeman: Abbr. | 22 |
| State positively | 16 |
| State prefix | 12 |
| State prisons | 13 |
| State prisons, briefly | 22 |
| State proposed by the Mormons: 1849 | 35 |
| State prosecutors, for short | 28 |
| State purposefully | 18 |
| State quarters? | 15 |
| State ranking 30th in population | 32 |
| State religion under Emperor Julian | 35 |
| State rep. | 10 |
| State repeatedly | 16 |
| State represented by Sen. Sessions | 34 |
| State reps., of sorts | 21 |
| State revenue booster | 21 |
| State revenue generator | 23 |
| State revenue source | 20 |
| State river of Indiana | 22 |
| State runners: Abbr. | 20 |
| State s. of Washington | 22 |
| State sch. | 10 |
| State sch. in Athens | 20 |
| State sch. in Kingston | 22 |
| State sch. in the smallest state | 32 |
| State Sch. of Mines and Metallurgy, now | 39 |
| State school Neil Young sang about | 34 |
| State second: Abbr. | 19 |
| State secrets | 13 |
| State secrets? | 14 |
| State section | 13 |
| State separated by Bangladesh | 29 |
| State short forms strung together in 12 long answers in this puzzle | 67 |
| State since '48 | 19 |
| State since 1820 | 16 |
| State since 1863: Abbr. | 23 |
| State since 1864: Abbr. | 23 |
| State since 1889 (Abbr.) | 24 |
| State since 1889: Abbr. | 23 |
| State since 1890 | 16 |
| State since 1896 | 16 |
| State since 1948 | 16 |
| State since 8/21/1959 | 21 |
| State since Dec. 14, 1819 | 25 |
| State since Jul. 3, 1890 | 24 |
| State site at the Miss America pageant | 38 |
| State site of the Miss America pageant? | 39 |
| State slogans, e.g. | 19 |
| State so. of Queensland | 23 |
| State socialism | 15 |
| State solemnly | 14 |
| State sometimes baked? | 22 |
| State song of Connecticut | 25 |
| State song of Kansas | 20 |
| State song of the Granite State | 31 |
| State south of Arizona | 22 |
| State south of B.C. | 19 |
| State south of Bhutan | 21 |
| State south of Ga. | 18 |
| State south of Ky. | 18 |
| State south of Manitoba: Abbr. | 30 |
| State south of Mass. | 20 |
| State south of S. Dak. | 22 |
| State south of Sask. | 20 |
| State south of Va. | 18 |
| State south of Wyo. | 19 |
| State sport of Wyoming | 22 |
| State starter | 13 |
| State starter? | 14 |
| State stat | 10 |
| State straddling two time zones: Abbr. | 38 |
| State strongly | 14 |
| State surely | 12 |
| State surrounded by Lower Saxony | 32 |
| State symbol | 12 |
| State symbol of Massachusetts | 29 |
| State symbol of Utah | 20 |
| State symbols of Indiana | 24 |
| State symbols of North Dakota and Massachusetts | 47 |
| State that borders Bangladesh | 29 |
| State that borders Chiapas | 26 |
| State that borders Chihuahua | 28 |
| State that borders Colo. | 24 |
| State that borders eight others: Abbr. | 38 |