| State east of Omaha | 19 |
| State east of the Sierras | 25 |
| State east of Wash. | 19 |
| State embracing part of the Bad Lands | 37 |
| State emphatically | 18 |
| State exec. | 11 |
| State execs. | 12 |
| State expos | 11 |
| STATE FAILS BID FOR FEDERAL FUNDING | 35 |
| State fair prize | 16 |
| State fair structure | 20 |
| State Farm alternative | 22 |
| State Farm competitor | 21 |
| State Farm rival | 16 |
| State Farm's business (abbr.) | 33 |
| State Farm's business: Abbr. | 32 |
| State featured in this puzzle | 29 |
| State firmly | 12 |
| State flower of Indiana | 23 |
| State flower of La. | 19 |
| 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 N. H. | 21 |
| State flower of N.H. | 20 |
| State flower of N.M. | 20 |
| 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 NM | 18 |
| State flower of Ohio | 20 |
| State flower of S. C. | 21 |
| State flower of Tenn. | 21 |
| State flower of Tennessee | 25 |
| State flower of Tex. | 20 |
| State flower of Texas | 21 |
| State flower of Utah | 20 |
| State flower of West Virginia | 29 |
| State flowers of Conn. and Pa. | 30 |
| State flowers of Md. | 20 |
| State flowers of Utah | 21 |
| State flowers of Va. and N. C. | 30 |
| State follower | 14 |
| State follower, sometimes | 25 |
| State for Snowflake, a town founded by Mormon pioneers E. Snow and W.J. Flake | 77 |
| State for sure | 14 |
| State for the record | 20 |
| State for which "Animal Farm" is an allegory | 54 |
| State for which a Springsteen album is named: Abbr. | 51 |
| State forcefully | 16 |
| State formally | 14 |
| State formed by two rectangles | 30 |
| State formed from the Northwest Territory | 41 |
| State founded in 1948 (abbr.) | 29 |
| State founder | 13 |
| State founder William | 21 |
| State frankly | 13 |
| State free of caprice? | 22 |
| State from which the Utah Territory was formed | 46 |
| State fund-raiser | 17 |
| State fundraiser | 16 |
| State fundraisers | 17 |
| State further | 13 |
| State gambling games | 20 |
| State game | 10 |
| State games | 11 |
| State greeting | 14 |
| State head: Abbr. | 17 |
| State head? | 11 |
| State highway | 13 |
| State home to a space camp | 26 |
| State House worker | 18 |
| State houses | 12 |
| State how much you'll pay | 29 |
| State identifier at the Miss America pageant | 44 |
| State in a "State Fair" song title | 44 |
| State in a Springsteen album title: Abbr. | 41 |
| State in Austl. | 15 |
| State in Brazil | 15 |
| State in E India | 16 |
| State in Elysium | 16 |
| State in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 | 34 |
| State in French | 15 |
| State in India | 14 |
| State in Malaya | 15 |
| State in Mexico | 15 |
| State in NE Brazil | 18 |
| State in NE India | 17 |
| State in no uncertain terms | 27 |
| State in northeast India | 24 |
| State in northwest Mexico | 25 |
| State in NW Brazil | 18 |
| State in SE Mexico | 18 |
| State in southwest India | 24 |
| State in the Corn Belt | 22 |
| State in the Great Basin | 24 |
| State in the Sierra Madre | 25 |
| State in W. Germany | 19 |