| TALLAHASSEE | Interstate 10, the US's southernmost cross-country highway, links three state capitals - Phoenix, Baton Rouge and ____ |
| ITEN | Southernmost cross-country U.S. highway |
| SLEEVE | Links three-pack |
| PHOENIXGULFPORTMOBILE | . . . on Interstate 10 |
| ALCAN | "Cross-country" highway built in 1942 |
| INTERSTATE | Cross-country highway |
| TEE | The earliest era is where to start, at the links (3) |
| TRUST | Faith - guardianship - after 10, the owners of the Guardian (5) |
| GREAT | and 10 "The ... ...", 1940 Preston Sturges film comedy starring Brian Donlevy in the title role (5,7 |
| LOBE | Part of the 10 the norm, that is unlikely to be scalped (8,4) |
| PARIETAL | Part of the 10 the norm, that is unlikely to be scalped (8,4) |
| PEA | In "10", the gnat got it bothered in the garden (3) |
| ARIZONA | American state, capital Phoenix (7) |
| DECEMBER | From "ten", the 10th month of the Roman year but the 12th of ours (8) |
| BISON | Animal on the backs of three state quarters |
| CHRISTIAN | Three-state allrounder featured men's national white-ball teams 2010-17 (9) |
| WELLHAM | Three-state Sheffield Shield captain scored century in Ashes debut Test 1981 (7) |
| MALAWI | African land whose name consists of three state postal abbreviations |
| DEAN | From the Latin meaning "chief of ten", the head of a university faculty; or, an actor in Rebel Without a Cause, one of only three films during his career (4) |
| EMPEROR | and 10 "The ... ...", 1920 stage play by Eugene O'Neill (7,5) |
