| State neighboring Fla. | 22 |
| State name adopted in '37 | 29 |
| State military volunteers | 25 |
| State made of two peninsulas | 28 |
| State lyrics confidently | 24 |
| State known for potatoes | 24 |
| State known for its taters | 26 |
| State known for its caucuses | 28 |
| State induced by Svengali | 25 |
| 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 northwest Mexico | 25 |
| State in northeast India | 24 |
| State in no uncertain terms | 27 |
| State how much you'll pay | 29 |
| State home to a space camp | 26 |
| State free of caprice? | 22 |
| State founded in 1948 (abbr.) | 29 |
| State follower, sometimes | 25 |
| State flower of West Virginia | 29 |
| State flower of Tennessee | 25 |
| State flower of New Mexico | 26 |
| State flower of New Hampshire | 29 |
| State flower of Nevada | 22 |
| State flower of Nebraska | 24 |
| 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 Indiana | 23 |
| State featured in this puzzle | 29 |
| State Farm alternative | 22 |
| State east of the Sierras | 25 |
| State east of New Hampshire | 27 |
| State E. of South Australia | 27 |
| State due south of Man. | 23 |
| State Dept. endorsement | 23 |
| State Department group | 22 |
| State Department employees | 26 |
| State Department employee | 25 |
| State Department department | 27 |
| State college at Ogden, Utah | 28 |
| State capital since 1959 | 24 |
| State capital since 1889 | 24 |
| State capital since 1797 | 24 |
| State capital or its river | 26 |
| State capital on the Hudson | 27 |
| State capital on I-580 | 22 |
| State capital on Budd Inlet | 27 |
| State capital near Princeton | 28 |
| State capital near Los Alamos | 29 |
| State capital before Lincoln | 28 |
| State bordering Veracruz | 24 |
| State bordering Thuringia | 25 |
| State bordering on Neb. | 23 |
| State bordering on Canada | 25 |
| State bordering Lower Saxony | 28 |
| State bordering Chiapas | 23 |
| State bordering Canada | 22 |
| State bordering Calif. | 22 |
| State bordering Bavaria | 23 |
| State bordering Austria | 23 |
| State bordering Arizona | 23 |
| State bordering a panhandle | 27 |
| State bordered by the Red R. | 28 |
| State bird of the 50th | 22 |
| State bird of Minnesota | 23 |
| State bird of Maryland | 22 |
| State bird of Louisiana | 23 |
| State bird of California | 24 |
| State between Miss. and Ga. | 27 |
| State between Minn. and Mont. | 29 |
| State below Lower Saxony | 24 |
| State auto requirement | 22 |
| State as one's view | 23 |
| State and Market: Abbr. | 23 |
| State always on standard time | 29 |
| State along the Sea of Cortez | 29 |
| State along the Rio Grande | 26 |
| State admitted in 1803 | 22 |
| State admitted after Texas | 26 |
| State abbr. following N or S | 28 |
| State "Not guilty" | 28 |
| State "Not guilty!" | 29 |
| Stat. subject to delay | 22 |
| Stat. for Steve Carlton | 23 |
| Stat. for Roger McDowell | 24 |
| Stat. for Re, La or Ti | 22 |
| Stat. for Pedro Martinez | 24 |
| Stat. for George Foster | 23 |
| Stat! : MD :: __! : CEO | 23 |
| Stat that's good when low | 29 |
| Stat that concerns pitchers | 27 |
| Stat or globin starter | 22 |
| Stat on old vitamin bottles | 27 |
| Stat on an ATM receipt | 22 |
| Stat on a speeding ticket | 25 |
| Stat on a college transcript | 28 |