| Memorable battleship | 20 |
| It became the 23rd of 50 in 1820 | 32 |
| Down East state | 15 |
| "Murder, She Wrote" locale | 36 |
| Union member since 1820 | 23 |
| The Pine Tree State | 19 |
| Setting for many King novels | 28 |
| Senator Snowe's state | 25 |
| Portland's state | 20 |
| Mount Katahdin's setting | 28 |
| It sank in Havana Harbor | 24 |
| Belfast setting | 15 |
| Battleship to remember | 22 |
| Augusta's home | 18 |
| A ship to remember | 18 |
| Stephen King writes here | 24 |
| Stephen King story locale | 25 |
| Stephen King has set many of his novels here | 44 |
| Ship sunk in Havana harbor | 26 |
| Ship sunk in 1898 | 17 |
| Quebec's neighbor | 21 |
| Place known for lobsters | 24 |
| Only state bordered by just one other | 37 |
| Only one-syllable state name | 28 |
| Northeast state | 15 |
| Neighbor of Quebec | 18 |
| Memorable warship | 17 |
| L.L.Bean's home state | 25 |
| King's state | 16 |
| Kennebunkport state | 19 |
| It was given statehood in 1820 | 30 |
| It was admitted as a free state as part of the Missouri Compromise | 66 |
| Home to a well-known King | 25 |
| Home of Acadia National Park | 28 |
| Historic ship to be remembered | 30 |
| Easternmost state | 17 |
| Caribou locale | 14 |
| "As ___ goes . . . " | 30 |
| Winslow Homer's home | 24 |
| Where to find Augusta | 21 |
| Where the Kennebec River flows | 30 |
| Where Mt. Katahdin towers | 25 |
| Where Mt. Desert Island is | 26 |
| Where Casco Bay is | 18 |
| Where Bangor is | 15 |
| Where "ayuh" is an affirmative | 40 |
| Voting bellwether | 17 |
| U.S. battleship: 1898 | 21 |
| U.S. 1's northern terminus | 30 |
| The Pemaquid Point Light is on its state quarter | 48 |
| The only one-syllable state name | 32 |
| The chickadee is its state bird | 31 |
| Summercaters' state | 23 |
| Subject of an 1898 slogan | 25 |
| Stephen King territory | 22 |
| State with the longest tidal shoreline on the Atlantic | 54 |
| State that divides its Electoral College votes | 46 |
| State since 1820 | 16 |
| State east of New Hampshire | 27 |
| Something to remember, with "the" | 43 |
| Site of many Stephen King novels | 32 |
| Site of Loring A.F.B. | 21 |
| Site of Kineo and Katahdin | 26 |
| Site of a Bush retreat | 22 |
| Ship to be remembered | 21 |
| Ship that's remembered | 26 |
| Ship in 1898 headlines | 22 |
| Ship destroyed in Havana's waters in 1898 | 45 |
| Setting of many Stephen King novels | 35 |
| Setting of many a Stephen King novel | 36 |
| Sen. Snowe's state | 22 |
| Seal Harbor site | 16 |
| Rudy Vallee's alma mater | 28 |
| Remembered ship | 15 |
| Portland's home | 19 |
| Pop-punk band from Phoenix, actually (with "The") | 59 |
| Poland Spring's home | 24 |
| Place known for good lobster | 28 |
| Pine Tree (or 23d) | 18 |
| Penobscot's place | 21 |
| Part of New England | 19 |
| Orono campus | 12 |
| Only state with homonyms | 24 |
| Only one-syllable state | 23 |
| Only monosyllabic state | 23 |
| Northern terminus of U.S. 1 | 27 |
| Normandy neighbor | 17 |
| Muskie's home state | 23 |
| Mount Katahdin's locale | 27 |
| Mount Desert's state | 24 |
| Moosehead Lake location | 23 |
| Monosyllabic state | 18 |
| Major blueberry-producing state | 31 |
| Locale for many Stephen King tales | 34 |
| Lobster state | 13 |
| Lobster source | 14 |
| Lobster locale | 14 |
| Lobster capital | 15 |
| Largest New England state | 25 |
| L.L. Bean's home | 20 |