| HOLYOKE | "The Paper City" of Massachusetts |
| SALEM | City of Massachusetts. famous for its witchcraft trials of 1692 (5) |
| PLYMOUTHROCK | Boulder on the coast of Massachusetts traditionally thought to be the landing place of the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620 |
| ADULTS | The A of MA - the rating and banning of films in Australia has continued for a hundred years since they first banned a showing of The Kelly Gang |
| HAMPSHIRE | One of the "Five Colleges" of Massachusetts |
| ELM | The American ___ is the state tree of Massachusetts |
| BOSTON | Capital of the US state of Massachusetts (6) |
| UNOPPOSED | Like 23 members of congress in the 2000 elections, including half of Massachusetts' 10 representativ |
| NANTUCKET | Island in the Atlantic south of Cape Cod, a part of Massachusetts since 1692 (9) |
| AMHERST | US town, host to one campus of the University of Massachusetts (7) |
| MARTHASVINEYARD | Island south of Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts that is a popular holiday resort (7,8) |
| CAPE | Peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeast of Massachusetts, _ Cod (4) |
| BATES | Squadron-leader-turned-novelist who follows the rural adventures of Ma and Pop Larkin and their progeny, including Mariette, Petunia, Primrose and Zinnia, in his comedy of country manners The Darling |
| BAY | The ___ State (nickname of Massachusetts) |
| RWANDA | Central African country about the size of Massachusetts |
| PLUMISLAND | Summer resort off the coast of Massachusetts |
| JOHNWINTHROP | The custodian of Massachusetts religious orthodoxy |
| GOVERNOR | The title of Massachusetts Bay Colony's elected leader |
| ASS | The beast of Massachusetts |
| CAPECOD | Better green salad in the east part of Massachusetts |
