| State Janis Joplin got her start, for short | 43 |
| State it's not good to be in | 32 |
| State included in the Red River Valley, briefly | 47 |
| State in which the Golden Spike was driven | 42 |
| State in which Eisenhower was born | 34 |
| State in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 | 34 |
| 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 from which the Utah Territory was formed | 46 |
| State formed from the Northwest Territory | 41 |
| State Farm's business: Abbr. | 32 |
| State Farm's business (abbr.) | 33 |
| STATE FAILS BID FOR FEDERAL FUNDING | 35 |
| State embracing part of the Bad Lands | 37 |
| State dissolved after perestroika: Abbr. | 40 |
| STATE DESTROYED BY MOUNTAIN LIONS | 33 |
| State defense organization headed by Washington | 47 |
| State capital, once called New Helvetia | 39 |
| State capital with Yeager Airport | 33 |
| State capital with just 42,000 people | 37 |
| State capital with just 14,000 people | 37 |
| State capital with just 13,000 people | 37 |
| State capital that succeeded Kingston | 37 |
| State capital originally known as Pig's Eye | 47 |
| State capital originally called Smithfield | 42 |
| State capital originally called Crabtown | 40 |
| State capital on the Tietê River | 35 |
| State capital on the Pearl River | 32 |
| State capital on the Missouri River | 35 |
| State capital on the Mississippi | 32 |
| State capital on the Colorado River | 35 |
| State capital near the Comstock Lode | 36 |
| State capital near the Big Belt Mountains | 41 |
| State capital named for a French fur trader | 43 |
| State capital in Lewis and Clark County | 39 |
| State capital home to the Xcel Energy Center | 44 |
| State capital founded in 1847, for short | 40 |
| State capital founded by William Penn | 37 |
| State capital about 60 miles from Manhattan | 43 |
| State bordering the Pacific: Abbr. | 34 |
| State bordering the Pacific, informally | 39 |
| State bordering the Gulf of Mexico: Abbr. | 41 |
| State bordering eight others: Abbr. | 35 |
| State bordering Canada for 45 miles | 35 |
| State bordering British Columbia | 32 |
| State bordered by the Colorado River | 36 |
| State at the Four Corners Monument | 34 |
| State at the "Heart of Dixie" | 39 |
| State admitted to the union Nov. 16, 1907 | 41 |
| State admitted during the Civil War | 35 |
| STATE (100th anniversary: 11/2/89) | 34 |
| State ''Not guilty,'' e.g. | 42 |
| State ''not guilty'' | 36 |
| Stat that's good when under 3.00 | 36 |
| Stat that's good when it's low | 38 |
| Stat that's better when lower | 33 |
| Stat that's better if it's lower | 40 |
| Stat that's amazing in the twos | 35 |
| Stat that may be "adjusted" | 37 |
| Stat that is generally lower in the NL | 38 |
| Stat that figures in the Cy Young Award | 39 |
| Stat that a QB doesn't want to be high: Abbr. | 49 |
| Stat sometimes called a "ribby" | 41 |
| Stat in baseball's Triple Crown | 35 |
| Stat for which Cecil Fielder once led the A.L. | 46 |
| Stat for Babe Ruth, but only early on | 37 |
| Stat factored into a QB's rating | 36 |
| Stat considered more useful than batting average | 48 |
| Stassen's "___ Stand" | 35 |
| Stassen's "___ I Stand" | 37 |
| Starving English band's pay? | 32 |
| Starving artist's net worth, slangily | 41 |
| Starving artist might do graveyard one | 38 |
| Starts up like a really old computer? | 37 |
| Starts to skydive, with "out" | 39 |
| Starts to like, with "to" | 35 |
| Starts to climb an oak when seeking apples? | 43 |
| Starts the frame over, in bowling | 33 |
| Starts telling a different story | 32 |
| Starts strongly, with "in" | 36 |
| Starts seeing things out of balance | 35 |
| Starts of many spelunking explorations | 38 |
| Starts of many Quebec place names | 33 |
| Starts of long drives, hopefully | 32 |
| Starts a turn on "Wheel of Fortune" | 45 |
| Starts a paragraph, electronically | 34 |
| Starts a family, gets a job, etc. | 33 |
| Startled response to an accusation | 34 |
| Starting words, after "Ready" | 39 |
| Starting words at many a sporting event? | 40 |
| Starting up a digital stopwatch? | 32 |
| Starting to actually file things | 32 |
| Starting spot for a toboggan ride | 33 |
| Starting point of the Freedom Trail | 35 |
| Starting point of the Chisholm Trail | 36 |
| Starting point of the Baja 1000 race | 36 |
| Starting point in decision making | 33 |
| Starting point for a space traveler | 35 |
| Starting point for a long drive? | 32 |