| LONGISLAND | Part of New York south of Connecticut |
| TENNYSON | Poet in timber joint round New York (south) (8) |
| LONGISLANDSOUND | Body of water south of Connecticut . . . or what the starts of 17-, 25-, and 40-Across combine to make? |
| SEN | Filibusterer Chris Murphy of CT, Ted Cruz of TX, Robert Byrd of WV, or Huey Long of LA |
| UTAH | Part of Connecticut, a hospitable US state |
| CUTE | Part of Connecticut especially is very attractive (4) |
| HARTFORD | State capital of Connecticut, birthplace of financier J. P. Morgan and actress Katharine Hepburn (8) |
| ORIENTAL | Light blue partner of Connecticut and Vermont |
| YANKEEDOODLE | The state song of Connecticut |
| ELLA | Grasso of Connecticut politics |
| EASTERNER | Resident of Connecticut, perhaps, always keeping at the back (9) |
| NUTMEG | A nickname of Connecticut (6,5) |
| STATE | A nickname of Connecticut (6,5) |
| SWEATSHOP | Factory providing poor pay makes stopwatches out of Connecticut (9) |
| JAIL | Neighbor of Connecticut Avenue and St. Charles Place |
| NED | ___ Lamont, governor of Connecticut since 2019 |
| NUTMEGSTATE | The - - - - - -, nickname for the US state of Connecticut (6,5) |
| REACT | Answer concerns area north of Connecticut |
| NATHANHALE | American patriot officially designated the state hero of Connecticut in 1985 |
| EUROPEANMANTIS | Startling state insect of Connecticut |
