| NOME | Center of the Alaskan gold rush |
| INTOTHEWILD | 2007 film starring Emile Hirsch based on a book of the same name by Jon Krakauer set in the Alaskan wilderness: 3 wds. |
| ATTU | Alaskan island closer to Russia than to the Alaskan mainland |
| ALEXANDER | Archipelago of over 1,000 islands along the Alaskan coast (9) |
| ASK | Seek to be informed about the Alaskan centre |
| KODIAK | Another name for the Alaskan brown bear |
| JUNEAU | A month from Quebec to the Alaskan port |
| ALEUTIAN | ___ Islands, archipelago stretching west from the Alaskan mainland (8) |
| HUSKY | Dog breed closely related to the Alaskan malamute |
| YUKON | "This is the Alaskan river? You con!" (5) |
| MALAMUTE | Arctic sled dog, the Alaskan ... |
| APE | Sea ___ (mythical human-like creature said to live off the Alaskan coast) |
| FROSTYRECEPTION | What the Alaskan couple had when their wedding venue's heater broke? |
| ARNE | ___ Saknussemm, discoverer of the center of the earth in "Journey to the Center of the Earth" |
| CIA | Org. at the center of the 2007 memoir "At the Center of the Storm" |
| NOMORE | Gold found in Alaskan gold rush city, but not any longer (2,4) |
| ANTHEM | Oh, say can you see?: At the beginning of every football game, a singer stands in the center of the field and sings the national ___ |
| FORMATION | Following the nine black squares in the center of the grid, a hint to five pairs of answers in this |
| WELLSFARGO | Financial institution in the name of the sports center of the NBA's Philadelphia team: 2 wds. |
| BALL | "I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done." She was at the center of the TV show I Love Lucy. |
