| MAHARASHTRA | State with Mumbai as its capital (11) |
| RAMANDEEP | Indian all-rounder who made his IPL debut with Mumbai Indians in 2022 and later contributed to Kolkata Knight Riders' title-winning campaign in 2024.?(First Name) (9) |
| MISSISSIPPI | US state which has Jackson as its capital (11) |
| AFGHANISTAN | Country with Kabul as its capital (11) |
| HESSE | German state with Wiesbaden as its capital |
| MINN | US state with Saint Paul as its capital: Abbr. |
| NSW | Australian state with Sydney as its capital: Abbr. |
| NAGALAND | Indian state with Kohima as its capital |
| PENANG | Malaysian state with George Town as its capital (6) |
| IOWA | U.S. state with Des Moines as its capital |
| IDAHO | US state with Boise as its capital |
| ARIZONA | US state with Phoenix as its capital (7) |
| BAHRAIN | What is the oil-rich state in the Persian Gulf with Manama as its capital? (7) |
| HIDALGO | Central Mexican state with Pachuca de Soto as its capital city (7) |
| TREATY | see 24ac, 1929 agreement by which the papacy recognised the state of Italy, with Rome as its capital, and Italy in return recognised papal sovereignty over the Vatican City |
| LOUISIANA | Which US state, nicknamed 'the Pelican State,' has Baton Rouge as its capital? (9) |
| ARUBA | Which island, off the coast of Venezuela, is an autonomous division of the Netherlands, has Dutch as its national language and Oranjestad as its capital? (5) |
| LATERAN | and 31ac, 1929 agreement by which the papacy recognised the state of Italy, with Rome as its capital, and Italy in return recognised papal sovereignty over the Vatican City |
| UMBRIA | Landlocked Italian region with Perugia as its capital (6) |
| MISSOURI | American state that has Jefferson City as its capital (8) |
