| Dale Evans, by birth | 20 |
| Corpus Christi native | 21 |
| Character in "The Last Picture Show," e.g. | 52 |
| Certain pro football player | 27 |
| Carol Burnett, by birth | 23 |
| Brownsville boy | 15 |
| Bentsen, for one | 16 |
| Arlington resident | 18 |
| Arian Foster, e.g. | 18 |
| 50's TV western, with "The" | 41 |
| '60s Dallas gridder | 23 |
| Singing cowboy and son | 22 |
| Ones from Waco | 14 |
| Newest NFLers | 13 |
| Natives of Paris and Odessa | 27 |
| Lone Star Staters | 17 |
| Waco natives | 12 |
| Team with its first-ever winning season in 2009-10 | 50 |
| Reliant Stadium team | 20 |
| Reliant Stadium players | 23 |
| Reliant Stadium NFL team | 24 |
| One-star people | 15 |
| Odessa residents | 16 |
| Odessa natives | 14 |
| NFL team whose mascot is Toro | 29 |
| NFL team since 2002 | 19 |
| Natives of Jim Hogg County, e.g. | 32 |
| More than 14 million Americans | 30 |
| Molly Ivins and George Bush, for two | 36 |
| Lyndon Baines Johnson Day celebrants | 36 |
| Lyndon and Lady Bird | 20 |
| Lone Star State residents | 25 |
| Lone Star State natives | 23 |
| Houston football team | 21 |
| Gridders of Houston's Reliant Stadium | 41 |
| Bushes, e.g. | 12 |
| Beyoncé and Meat Loaf, for two | 33 |
| Austin residents | 16 |
| Alamo rememberers | 17 |
| Game in 2006's "Casino Royale" | 44 |
| Southern border city | 20 |
| "Smokey and the Bandit" city | 38 |
| Ross Perot's birthplace | 27 |
| Portmanteau region between Dallas and Little Rock | 49 |
| Either of two cities that share a state border | 46 |
| City where "Smokey and the Bandit" begins | 51 |
| South-central border town portmanteau | 37 |
| Lone Star State | 15 |
| Where the Rangers play | 22 |
| Paris locale | 12 |
| Second-largest state | 20 |
| Crawford's setting | 22 |
| Its motto is "Friendship" | 35 |
| Alamo setting | 13 |
| Where Irving is | 15 |
| State whose motto is "Friendship" | 43 |
| State number 28 | 15 |
| Paris site | 10 |
| Oklahoma neighbor | 17 |
| Michener bestseller | 19 |
| Largest of the lower 48 | 23 |
| Largest of the 48 | 17 |
| It joined the Union in 1845 | 27 |
| Houston's home | 18 |
| Home of Big Bend National Park | 30 |
| Amarillo's home | 19 |
| 28th state | 10 |
| 28th of 50 | 10 |
| -- hold 'em | 15 |
| Where's Irving? | 19 |
| Where to find Katy and Austin | 29 |
| Where to find Denton and Tyler | 30 |
| Where Rangers range | 19 |
| Where bluebonnets bloom | 23 |
| Where Austin is capital | 23 |
| Waco's state | 16 |
| Waco locale | 11 |
| U.S.S. ___, first battleship to become a state shrine | 53 |
| Tower's territory | 21 |
| State whose highest point is Guadalupe Peak | 43 |
| State that was once a republic | 30 |
| State that was once a nation | 28 |
| State that was once a country | 29 |
| State on the Rio Grande | 23 |
| Site of Jim Hogg County | 23 |
| Short-lived republic founded in 1836 | 36 |
| Second largest of 50 | 20 |
| Sam Houston was its president | 29 |
| Sam Houston served as its president, senator and governor | 57 |
| Republic under Sam Houston | 26 |
| Republic that became a state | 28 |
| Rangers' home | 17 |
| Rangers run home here | 21 |
| Rangers chase flies here | 24 |
| Odessa's home | 17 |
| Molly Ivins' home | 21 |
| Midland's state | 19 |
| Michener best-seller | 20 |
| Lubbock's home | 18 |
| Louisiana neighbor | 18 |