| State flower of New Hampshire | 29 |
| State flower of Nevada | 22 |
| State flower of Nebraska | 24 |
| State flower of N.M. | 20 |
| State flower of N.H. | 20 |
| State flower of N. H. | 21 |
| State flower of Montana | 23 |
| State flower of Mississippi | 27 |
| State flower of Maryland | 24 |
| State flower of La. and Miss. | 29 |
| State flower of La. | 19 |
| State flower of Indiana | 23 |
| State firmly | 12 |
| State featured in this puzzle | 29 |
| State Farm's business: Abbr. | 32 |
| State Farm's business (abbr.) | 33 |
| State Farm rival | 16 |
| State Farm competitor | 21 |
| State Farm alternative | 22 |
| State fair structure | 20 |
| State fair prize | 16 |
| STATE FAILS BID FOR FEDERAL FUNDING | 35 |
| State expos | 11 |
| State execs. | 12 |
| State exec. | 11 |
| State emphatically | 18 |
| State embracing part of the Bad Lands | 37 |
| State east of Wash. | 19 |
| State east of the Sierras | 25 |
| State east of Omaha | 19 |
| State east of New Hampshire | 27 |
| State east of Nevada | 20 |
| State east of Mont. | 19 |
| State east of Md. | 17 |
| State east of Colo. | 19 |
| State E. of South Australia | 27 |
| State E of Wash. | 16 |
| State due south of Man. | 23 |
| State Donny and Marie hail from | 31 |
| State dividers | 14 |
| State dissolved after perestroika: Abbr. | 40 |
| State dispute section of America's first constitution | 57 |
| State dinner, often | 19 |
| State dinner wear | 17 |
| State differently | 17 |
| STATE DESTROYED BY MOUNTAIN LIONS | 33 |
| State Dept. worker | 18 |
| State Dept. official | 20 |
| State dept. figure | 18 |
| State Dept. endorsement | 23 |
| State Dept. divisions | 21 |
| State Department's purview | 30 |
| State Department group | 22 |
| State Department employees | 26 |
| State Department employee | 25 |
| State Department department | 27 |
| State definitely | 16 |
| State defense organization headed by Washington | 47 |
| State created in 1948 | 21 |
| State cop | 9 |
| State cooperation | 17 |
| State confidently to | 20 |
| State confidently | 17 |
| State college at Ogden, Utah | 28 |
| State collections | 17 |
| State collection | 16 |
| State clearly | 13 |
| State celebrating its 50th anniversary in January 2009 (and a hint to the three theme entries) | 94 |
| State categorically | 19 |
| State capital? | 14 |
| State capital, once called New Helvetia | 39 |
| State capital with Yeager Airport | 33 |
| State capital with the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum | 50 |
| State capital with just 42,000 people | 37 |
| State capital with just 14,000 people | 37 |
| State capital with just 13,000 people | 37 |
| State capital whose site was visited by Lewis and Clark | 55 |
| State capital whose name comes from the French for "wooded area" | 74 |
| State capital whose main street is named Last Chance Gulch | 58 |
| State capital whose main street is Last Chance Gulch | 52 |
| State capital that succeeded Kingston | 37 |
| State capital that means "sheltered bay" | 50 |
| State capital since 1959 | 24 |
| State capital since 1889 | 24 |
| State capital since 1797 | 24 |
| State capital originally known as Pig's Eye | 47 |
| State capital originally called Smithfield | 42 |
| State capital originally called Crabtown | 40 |
| State capital or its river | 26 |
| State capital on the Tietê River | 35 |
| State capital on the Pearl River | 32 |
| State capital on the Missouri River | 35 |
| State capital on the Mississippi | 32 |
| State capital on the Hudson | 27 |
| State capital on the Colorado River | 35 |
| State capital on I-580 | 22 |
| State capital on Budd Inlet | 27 |
| State capital nicknamed "The City of Four Lakes" | 58 |
| State capital near the Comstock Lode | 36 |
| State capital near the Big Belt Mountains | 41 |