| State north of Arizona | 22 |
| State nicknamed Deseret | 23 |
| State nicknamed "Small Wonder" | 40 |
| State nicknamed "El Estado Grande" | 44 |
| State next to Miss. | 19 |
| State next to Cal. and Ariz. | 28 |
| State neighboring Fla. | 22 |
| State near Russia | 17 |
| State name often mispronounced by East Coasters | 47 |
| State name meaning "people of the mountains" | 54 |
| State name adopted in '37 | 29 |
| STATE motto: Part III | 21 |
| STATE motto: Part II | 20 |
| STATE motto: Part I | 19 |
| State motto of Wash. | 20 |
| State moneymaker | 16 |
| State money-maker | 17 |
| State military volunteers | 25 |
| State map feature | 17 |
| State made of two peninsulas | 28 |
| State lyrics confidently | 24 |
| State lines? | 12 |
| State legislature | 17 |
| State legislator | 16 |
| State legal VIPs | 16 |
| State leader: Abbr. | 19 |
| State leader, briefly | 21 |
| State leader (Abbr.) | 20 |
| State known for skiing and Jazz fans | 36 |
| State known for potatoes | 24 |
| State known for its taters | 26 |
| State known for its cheese: Abbr. | 33 |
| State known for its caucuses | 28 |
| State Janis Joplin got her start, for short | 43 |
| State it's not good to be in | 32 |
| State induced by Svengali | 25 |
| State induced by certain pills | 30 |
| State indicator | 15 |
| State included in the Red River Valley, briefly | 47 |
| State in which the Golden Spike was driven | 42 |
| State in which the first transcontinental railroad was joined | 61 |
| State in which Obama didn't even think about campaigning in 2012 | 68 |
| State in which Eisenhower was born | 34 |
| State in which Craters of the Moon monument is located | 54 |
| State in west Brazil | 20 |
| State in W. Germany | 19 |
| State in the Sierra Madre | 25 |
| State in the Great Basin | 24 |
| State in the Corn Belt | 22 |
| State in southwest India | 24 |
| State in SE Mexico | 18 |
| State in NW Brazil | 18 |
| State in northwest Mexico | 25 |
| State in northeast India | 24 |
| State in no uncertain terms | 27 |
| State in NE India | 17 |
| State in NE Brazil | 18 |
| State in Mexico | 15 |
| State in Malaya | 15 |
| State in India | 14 |
| State in French | 15 |
| State in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 | 34 |
| State in Elysium | 16 |
| State in E India | 16 |
| State in Brazil | 15 |
| State in Austl. | 15 |
| State in a Springsteen album title: Abbr. | 41 |
| State in a "State Fair" song title | 44 |
| State identifier at the Miss America pageant | 44 |
| State how much you'll pay | 29 |
| State houses | 12 |
| State House worker | 18 |
| State home to a space camp | 26 |
| State highway | 13 |
| State head? | 11 |
| State head: Abbr. | 17 |
| State greeting | 14 |
| State games | 11 |
| State game | 10 |
| State gambling games | 20 |
| State further | 13 |
| State fundraisers | 17 |
| State fundraiser | 16 |
| State fund-raiser | 17 |
| State from which the Utah Territory was formed | 46 |
| State free of caprice? | 22 |
| State frankly | 13 |
| State founder William | 21 |
| State founder | 13 |
| State founded in 1948 (abbr.) | 29 |
| State formed from the Northwest Territory | 41 |
| State formed by two rectangles | 30 |
| State formally | 14 |
| State forcefully | 16 |
| State for which a Springsteen album is named: Abbr. | 51 |
| State for which "Animal Farm" is an allegory | 54 |
| State for the record | 20 |
| State for sure | 14 |
| State for Snowflake, a town founded by Mormon pioneers E. Snow and W.J. Flake | 77 |
| State follower, sometimes | 25 |