| ALASKA | The largest state in the United States, separated from the contiguous U.S. states by the Canadian province of British Columbia. (6) |
| ISLE | Australian state separated from the mainland by Bass Strait, Tasmania is also called the Apple ... |
| OKLAHOMA | State of the south central US separated from Texas to the south and west by the Red River (8) |
| INSET | Feature of a U.S. map which disguises just how far Hawaii is from the Contiguous Forty-Eight |
| BAVARIAN | Native of the largest state in Germany |
| STANDARDTIME | *It's divided into four zones in the contiguous U.S. states |
| CENTRAL | Alphabetically first time zone in the contiguous U.S. |
| OREGON | US state separated from Washington to the north by the Columbia River (6) |
| LOUISIANA | The western part of this state on the Mississippi was acquired by the United States by the purchase in 1803 which included a huge area of the Midwest |
| ANI | What the names of three contiguous U.S. states begin with |
| THELOWERF | Contiguous U.S. states, colloquially |
| SSR | Former state "separated" in seven puzzle answers: Abbr. |
| BANJO | African in origin, this instrument was popularized in the United States by enslaved people in the 19th century. It has a tambourine-like body with a hoop and a screw that secure the vellum belly to th |
| TEXAS | Largest state in the U.S. prior to Alaska's 1959 admission |
| HAWAII | A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands. |
| ABU | Largest state in the United Arab Emirates, ... Dhabi |
| OKEECHOBEE | Second-largest freshwater lake wholly within the contiguous United States, in Florida at the northern edge of the Everglades (10) |
| ANCHORAGE | The largest city in the largest state gets a place to park the boat (9) |
| EASTERNSHORE | Part of Maryland separated from the rest of the state by the Chesapeake Bay (2 wds.) |
| NEVADA | Driest state in the United States, with rainfall on only 21 days a year in its largest city (6) |
