| State E. of South Australia | 27 |
| State east of New Hampshire | 27 |
| State east of the Sierras | 25 |
| State Farm alternative | 22 |
| State featured in this puzzle | 29 |
| State flower of Indiana | 23 |
| State flower of La. and Miss. | 29 |
| State flower of Maryland | 24 |
| State flower of Mississippi | 27 |
| State flower of Montana | 23 |
| State flower of Nebraska | 24 |
| State flower of Nevada | 22 |
| State flower of New Hampshire | 29 |
| State flower of New Mexico | 26 |
| State flower of Tennessee | 25 |
| State flower of West Virginia | 29 |
| State follower, sometimes | 25 |
| State founded in 1948 (abbr.) | 29 |
| State free of caprice? | 22 |
| State home to a space camp | 26 |
| State how much you'll pay | 29 |
| State in no uncertain terms | 27 |
| State in northeast India | 24 |
| State in northwest Mexico | 25 |
| State in southwest India | 24 |
| State in the Corn Belt | 22 |
| State in the Great Basin | 24 |
| State in the Sierra Madre | 25 |
| State induced by Svengali | 25 |
| State known for its caucuses | 28 |
| State known for its taters | 26 |
| State known for potatoes | 24 |
| State lyrics confidently | 24 |
| State made of two peninsulas | 28 |
| State military volunteers | 25 |
| State name adopted in '37 | 29 |
| State neighboring Fla. | 22 |
| State next to Cal. and Ariz. | 28 |
| State nicknamed Deseret | 23 |
| State north of Arizona | 22 |
| State north of Mexico City | 26 |
| State north of New Mexico | 25 |
| State of a bottle-fed baby? | 27 |
| State of a flapping flag | 24 |
| State of a Jazz player | 22 |
| State of being in control | 25 |
| State of being not allowable | 28 |
| State of being turned outward | 29 |
| State of being twisted [1933] | 29 |
| State of being undivided | 24 |
| State of being: Suffix | 22 |
| State of bliss, figuratively | 28 |
| State of calm passivity | 23 |
| State of commotion and noise | 28 |
| State of concentration | 22 |
| State of constant change | 24 |
| State of deep unconsciousness | 29 |
| State of delusory happiness | 27 |
| State of Deseret, today | 23 |
| State of disconnection | 22 |
| State of economic decline | 25 |
| State of extreme anger | 22 |
| State of extreme confusion | 26 |
| State of French affairs? | 24 |
| State of full legal age | 23 |
| State of Grant and Taft | 23 |
| State of great comfort | 22 |
| State of increased quantity | 27 |
| State of mental confusion | 25 |
| State of Muslim V.I.P.? | 23 |
| State of nervous tension | 24 |
| State of northeast India | 24 |
| State of northern Brazil | 24 |
| State of perfect happiness | 26 |
| State of social anarchy | 23 |
| State of social isolation | 25 |
| State of some weightlifters | 27 |
| State of southern Mexico | 24 |
| State of the art, briefly | 25 |
| State of the Boilermakers | 25 |
| State of the Chicxulub crater | 29 |
| State of the Salt Flats | 23 |
| State of the union address | 26 |
| State of the union address? | 27 |
| State of the Union, e.g. | 24 |
| State of the Union, for one | 27 |
| State of the Union, say | 23 |
| State of tumultuous confusion | 29 |
| State of turning: Comb. form | 28 |
| State of Uinta Mountains | 24 |
| State of unconsciousness | 24 |
| State of W.J.C.'s mom? | 26 |
| State on Lake Michigan | 22 |
| State on the Arabian Sea | 24 |
| State on the Bay of Campeche | 28 |
| State on the Gulf of Mexico | 27 |
| State on the Miss. River | 24 |
| State on the Pacific coast | 26 |
| State on the Persian Gulf | 25 |
| State on the Rio Grande | 23 |