| VISASTATUE | Sandra Bullock's character's concern as a Canuck working in The States in "The Proposal" (2009): 2 w |
| PROPOSAL | Ryan Reynolds romantic comedy in which Sandra Bullock's character is Canadian, "The ___" (2009) |
| INDY | A famous five-hundred-mile motor race in the States, in short. (4) |
| REYNOLDS | Canadian actor Ryan of "The Proposal" (2009) |
| OFFENDER | Having broken the law, he'll not go on in the proposal he makes (8) |
| CENTRE | Minimal change in US in relation to moderate position (6) |
| ROUGE | Bat on continuously before this in US in cover? |
| DREWCAREY | "The Price Is Right" host who appears as himself in the 2001 video game "The Sims: House Party": 2 w |
| ESCHEAT | The aces oddly revert to the state in the absence of legal heirs |
| KAISERSLAUTERN | City in southwest Germany, in the Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate, that became the largest US garrison outside the United States in the late 1940s |
| OTTOMAN | Created in Anatolia (Asia Minor), this empire grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world during the 15th and 16th centuries. It came to an end in 1922, when it was replaced by the Turkish |
| HAWAII | A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands. |
| MARIOLEMIEUX | Hockey Hall of Famer who scored 5 goals in a single game four times for the Pittsburgh Penguins: 2 w |
| ESAI | Morales who played the President of the United States in the HBO comedy "The Brink" |
| CHRYSTIA | Ms. Freeland, Canada's trade negotiator with The States in headlines over the past year |
| SEESAW | Sees the state in the playground (6) |
| JERRYLEWIS | The Nutty Professor star who received the Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2009: 2 wds. |
| KATHYGRIFFIN | My Life on the D-List star who received the GLAAD Vanguard Award in 2009: 2 wds. |
| JOEYLOGANO | 2018 and 2022 NASCAR Cup Series champion who was also the NASCAR Rookie of the Year in 2009: 2 wds. |
| NEILGAIMAN | Author whose YA novel "The Graveyard Book" won the Newbery Medal in 2009: 2 wds. |
