| HINDENBURG | Airship that caught fire and crashed in New Jersey in 1937 (10) |
| SKYLAB | It burned and crashed in 1979 |
| NOTRE | ___-Dame medieval cathedral that caught fire in 2019 |
| REICHSTAG | Historic Berlin building that caught fire on February 27, 1933 (9) |
| COOKEDTHEBOOKS | "This print shop is the worst! When we tried to print novels, our machines caught fire and ___" |
| DAVEELLETT | He and Doug Gilmour were dealt from Toronto to New Jersey in 1997 |
| CONNIE | ****** Francis, actress and singer born in Newark, New Jersey in 1937 (6) |
| THEHINDENBURG | Airship which caught fire while docking at Lakehurst, New Jersey in 1935, causing the death of 35 crew and passengers (3,10) |
| FRANKSINATRA | U.S. singer and film actor born in Hoboken in New Jersey in 1915 (5,7) |
| EXCITEMENT | Old stick, when it's caught fire |
| CONNECTICUT | Partner of New York and New Jersey in the Tri-State Area |
| AVE | New York or New Jersey in D.C. |
| DRIVEIN | What type of cinema had its first showing in Camden, New Jersey, in 1933? (5-2) |
| NETS | NBA team that moved from New Jersey in 2012 |
| PRINCETON | Fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded as the College of New Jersey in 1746 (9) |
| SASH | It might say "New Jersey" in Atlantic City |
| NINJA | Martial artist from New Jersey in northern Iowa (5) |
| AIRFORCEONE | Where President Trump took a three-minute call from "Sen. Bob Menendez" of New Jersey in 2018; it was really a local podcaster |
| BLIMP | What is the airship that was formerly used for surveillance and now used for advertising? (5) |
| ARROW | Posh school in East End that caught king's eye? (5) |