| UPNORTH | In Canada, from any state but Alaska |
| DAVIDFIFE | Scottish-born Ontario farmer who with his wife Jane (nee Beckett) developed Red Fife Wheat, the dominant wheat grown in Canada from 1860 to 1910 ...which today is a Canadian heritage wheat popular wit |
| LOWERFORTYEIGHT | Alabama is in it, but Alaska is not |
| ANARCHY | Roguish in any state of chaos (7) |
| BATONROUGE | In a state, but Oregon possesses a state capital |
| INDEPENDENCEDAY | Free to celebrate it in any state, or just watch it on the box? (12,3) |
| ESSES | Mississippi has the most of any state |
| EAST | Cardinal direction that doesn't start any state's name |
| ESSAY | Yes! It's in a state but I wrote it (5) |
| LATEST | First loaf in bad state but fresher than the rest |
| EASED | Dee is in the same state but is easily comforted (5) |
| BARE | In a natural state, but only just |
| ASTUTE | You are in a state but remain shrewd (6) |
| BATTLEBUS | Election vehicle in a defective state but stable (9) |
| PROTECTORATE | Territory partly controlled by a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs (12) |
| WARSAW | Capital city used to be in its natural state, but suffering reversal (6) |
| BENIGN | Force invading state, but meaning no harm (6) |
| PLIGHT | A sorry state, but showing promise |
| ALASKA | Generally cold state, but one may be baked |
| ENNOBLES | Raises to a higher state, but some given no blessing |
