| STATE | "Empire ___ of Mind" (Jay-Z and Alicia Keys song) |
| STATE | "Enemy of the ___," 1998 American action thriller film starring Will Smith as Robert Clayton Dean |
| STATE | "Enemy of the ___," movie starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman |
| STATE | "Garden ___" (2004 Zach Braff film) |
| STATE | "Garden ___" (Zach Braff film set in New Jersey) |
| STATE | "Garden ___" (movie starring Zach Braff set in New Jersey) |
| STATE | "Garden ___," 2004 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Zach Braff that stars Natalie Portman |
| STATE | "Garden ___," 2004 romantic comedy-drama film in which Jim Parsons played Tim |
| STATE | "Red" or "blue" election area |
| STATE | "Swing" election area |
| STATE | "Swing" or "safe" election area |
| STATE | "There's no need to ___ the obvious" |
| STATE | "___ and Main" (William H. Macy film set in a small town) |
| STATE | "___ of Wonder" (Ann Patchett novel) |
| STATE | "___ your name for the record, please" |
| STATE | "____ Fair" |
| STATE | & 15A 1932 novel by Phil Stong adapted for the cinema and as a Broadway musical |
| STATE | & 20D 1932 novel by Phil Stong adapted for the cinema and as a Broadway musical |
| STATE | & 7D 2005 novel by Douglas Kennedy |
| STATE | 12a is one |
| STATE | 16-Across, for example |
| STATE | 1962 film musical starring Pat Boone as Wayne Frake |
| STATE | 19-Across, for example |
| STATE | 29-Down, for one |
| STATE | 5-Across or 8-Across, if you change the T's in this answer |
| STATE | 9-Down or Idaho |
| STATE | A star may represent it |
| STATE | Affirm |
| STATE | Agitated condition |
| STATE | Alabama or Alaska |
| STATE | Alabama, e.g. |
| STATE | Alagoas or Arizona |
| STATE | Alaska or Arkansas |
| STATE | Alaska or Florida |
| STATE | Alaska or Hawaii |
| STATE | Alaska or Nebraska, e.g. |
| STATE | Alcorn __: HBCU in Mississippi |
| STATE | Altered ___ |
| STATE | American counterpart to a Canadian province |
| STATE | American geographical area |
| STATE | Announce |
| STATE | Any member of a dropdown list that starts AL, AK, AZ |
| STATE | Any of Mexico's 31 |
| STATE | Assert |
| STATE | Assert, allege |
| STATE | Aver |
| STATE | Barbary or buffer follower |
| STATE | Big Brother, to Orwell |
| STATE | Billy Joel song, New York __ of Mind |
| STATE | Billy Joel's "New York ___ of Mind" |
| STATE | Cabinet department |
| STATE | California or New Hampshire, for example |
| STATE | California or Oaxaca |
| STATE | California or Texas, e.g. |
| STATE | California, Ohio, or New York |
| STATE | California, e.g. |
| STATE | California, for example |
| STATE | California, for one |
| STATE | Chihuahua in Mexico, e.g. |
| STATE | Chihuahua is a Mexican one |
| STATE | Chihuahua or Colorado |
| STATE | Chihuahua or Oaxaca, for example, in Mexico |
| STATE | Chihuahua or Sonora, in Mexico |
| STATE | Chihuahua, e.g. |
| STATE | Chihuahua, for one |
| STATE | City-__ |
| STATE | Clinton's former department |
| STATE | Coin for Colorado or Connecticut |
| STATE | Colorado or California |
| STATE | Colorado or Missouri, e.g. |
| STATE | Colorado or Oregon, e.g. |
| STATE | Colorado or Washington, e.g. |
| STATE | Colorado, e.g. |
| STATE | Comment |
| STATE | Condition |
| STATE | Condition of part of USA |
| STATE | Condition of second gallery |
| STATE | Condition of small gallery |
| STATE | Condition of specific type |
| STATE | Condoleezza Rice's department |
| STATE | Connecticut, e.g. |
| STATE | Convey opinion |
| STATE | Counties comprise it |
| STATE | Country division |
| STATE | Country or territory |
| STATE | Country part that might have a capital? |
| STATE | Country, republic |
| STATE | Declare |
| STATE | Declare condition |
| STATE | Declare formally |
| STATE | Declare formerly |
| STATE | Delaware or Alaska, for example |
| STATE | Democratic stronghold |
| STATE | Department nicknamed "Foggy Bottom" |
| STATE | Department of ___ |
| STATE | Division of Mexico or Brazil |
| STATE | Divisions politiques |
| STATE | Domain of a governor |
| STATE | Each has two senators |
| STATE | Each star on the American flag represents one |
| STATE | Electoral map division |
| STATE | Empire ___ Building, (landmark in New York City) |
| STATE | Empire ___ Building, New York City |
| STATE | Empire ___ Building, New York City landmark |
| STATE | Empire ___ Building, New York City landmark in front of which one could have posed in 1931 |
| STATE | Empire ___ Building, New York City landmark in front of which you can pose in 1931 |
| STATE | Empire ___ Building, real-life NYC landmark that's often featured in Spider-Man movies |
| STATE | Envelope's two letters |
| STATE | Express |
| STATE | Express clearly |
| STATE | Express verbally |
| STATE | Federation |
| STATE | Federation member |
| STATE | Florida, e.g. |
| STATE | Florida, for example |
| STATE | Frame of mind |
| STATE | Georgia or Virginia, for example |
| STATE | Georgia or Washington |
| STATE | Georgia, e.g. |
| STATE | Give voice to |
| STATE | Go, more formally |
| STATE | Golden ___ Warriors, Kevin Durant's NBA team for close to three seasons |
| STATE | Golden ___ Warriors, NBA team with a 28-game winning streak in the regular seasons between 2014 and 2016 |
| STATE | Golden ___ Warriors, team against which LeBron James led Cleveland Cavaliers to a win in the 2016 NBA finals |
| STATE | Government department |
| STATE | Governmental |
| STATE | Governor's domain |
| STATE | Hawaii or Alaska |
| STATE | Hawaii or Alaska, for example |
| STATE | Hawaii or California, for one |
| STATE | Hawaii or Missouri |
| STATE | Hawaii, e.g. |
| STATE | Hillary Clinton's department from 2009-13 |
| STATE | Hillary's department, once |
| STATE | Idaho or Iowa |
| STATE | Illinois or California |
| STATE | Illinois or Indiana |
| STATE | Indiana or Idaho |
| STATE | Iowa or Idaho |
| STATE | Iowa or Ohio |
| STATE | It goes between the city and zip code in an American address |
| STATE | It has a bird, flower, and tree |
| STATE | It was Clinton's department |
| STATE | It's called in a political convention roll call |
| STATE | John Kerry's department |
| STATE | Kansas or Arkansas |
| STATE | Kansas or California |
| STATE | Kansas or Kentucky, e.g. |
| STATE | Karnataka or Kansas |
| STATE | Kelantan or Kentucky |
| STATE | Kentucky or Illinois, for example |
| STATE | Kerry's department, 2013-17 |
| STATE | Kind of fair |
| STATE | Kind of pen |
| STATE | Kingdom |
| STATE | Kingdom, country |
| STATE | LA or MI, but not DO or RE |
| STATE | Lead-in to "of mind" or "of war" |
| STATE | MA or MS, but not BA or BS |
| STATE | MA or PA |
| STATE | Madeleine Albright's bailiwick, once |
| STATE | Maine or Michigan, e.g. |
| STATE | Maine or Michigan, for example |
| STATE | Maine or Montana |
| STATE | Maine or Texas, for one |
| STATE | Map area |
| STATE | Map division |
| STATE | Maryland or Hawaii |
| STATE | Maryland, e.g. |
| STATE | Michigan or Alaska |
| STATE | Michigan or Minnesota, e.g. |
| STATE | Michigan or Minnesota, for example |
| STATE | Michigan, Alaska, or Georgia |
| STATE | Michigan, Missouri, or Montana |
| STATE | Minnesota or Maryland |
| STATE | Miser or Missouri |
| STATE | Miser or Missouri, e.g. |
| STATE | Misery or Missouri |
| STATE | Mississippi or Missouri, for example |
| STATE | Mississippi, e.g. |
| STATE | Mississippi, for one |
| STATE | Missouri or Colorado |
| STATE | Missouri or Mississippi, for example |
| STATE | Montana or Maine |
| STATE | Mood, frame of mind |
| STATE | Morelos or Minnesota |
| STATE | Name hidden in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| STATE | Nation |
| STATE | Nation or territory |
| STATE | Nation with common rule |
| STATE | Nation, territory |
| STATE | Nevada or Nebraska, for example |
| STATE | New Jersey, New Mexico, New Hampshire, or New York |
| STATE | New South Wales or New Jersey, e.g. |
| STATE | New South Wales, for one |
| STATE | New York or California, for example |
| STATE | New York or New Jersey |
| STATE | New York or New Jersey, e.g. |
| STATE | New York or New Jersey, for example |
| STATE | New York or New Mexico |
| STATE | New York or New Mexico, for example |
| STATE | New York, but not Seattle |
| STATE | New York, for one |
| STATE | North Carolina or South Carolina, e.g. |
| STATE | North Dakota or North Carolina, for example |
| STATE | North Dakota, South Carolina, or West Virginia |
| STATE | North or South Carolina |
| STATE | North or South Dakota |
| STATE | Oaxaca or Ohio |
| STATE | Ohio or Colorado, for example |
| STATE | Ohio or Florida |
| STATE | Ohio or Indiana |
| STATE | Ohio or Iowa |
| STATE | Ohio or Maine |
| STATE | Ohio or Oregon, for example |
| STATE | Ohio, Iowa, or Utah |
| STATE | Ohio, e.g. |
| STATE | Ohio, for one |
| STATE | Oklahoma or Oregon, for example |
| STATE | Oklahoma, for example |
| STATE | Oldest Cabinet department |
| STATE | Oldest cabinet department |
| STATE | One of 26 in Brazil, or 31 in Mexico |
| STATE | One of 31 in Mexico |
| STATE | One of 50 |
| STATE | One of America's 50 |
| STATE | One of Australia's six |
| STATE | One of Brazil's 26 |
| STATE | One of Mexico's 31 |
| STATE | One of fifty |
| STATE | One of fifty in the US |
| STATE | One of six in Australia |
| STATE | One of the 50 in America |
| STATE | One of the 50 stars on the USA flag |
| STATE | Only one bears the name of a U.S. president |
| STATE | Orally report |
| STATE | Oregon or Colorado, e.g. |
| STATE | Oregon or Ohio |
| STATE | Oregon or Oklahoma |
| STATE | Part of 41-Across |
| STATE | Part of SOTU |
| STATE | Part of a country that has a capital |
| STATE | Part of a mailing address |
| STATE | Part of many university names |
| STATE | Part of the electoral college |
| STATE | Part of the name Hannah Montana or Denzel Washington |
| STATE | Particular condition |
| STATE | Perturbed condition |
| STATE | Plasma, for one |
| STATE | Pompeo's department |
| STATE | Proclaim |
| STATE | Propound |
| STATE | Province |
| STATE | Put forth |
| STATE | Put forward view |
| STATE | Put into words |
| STATE | Red or blue area of an election map |
| STATE | Red, blue, or purple place |
| STATE | Report, express in words |
| STATE | Saxony, e.g. |
| STATE | Say |
| STATE | Say aloud |
| STATE | Secretary of ___ (Condoleezza Rice's position, 2005-2009) |
| STATE | See 12-Across |
| STATE | See 13 Across |
| STATE | See 1-Across |
| STATE | See 34-Across |
| STATE | See 44-Across |
| STATE | See 4-Down |
| STATE | See 5-Down |
| STATE | See 8 Across |
| STATE | Senator's constituency |
| STATE | Set forth, in a way |
| STATE | Set out facts |
| STATE | Situation |
| STATE | Situation, condition |
| STATE | Solid or liquid, to physicists |
| STATE | Spell out, expound |
| STATE | Start of many criminal case names |
| STATE | Tabasco or Tasmania |
| STATE | Tabasco, for one |
| STATE | Tennessee or Texas, for instance |
| STATE | Territory under one government |
| STATE | Territory with a government |
| STATE | Testify, declare |
| STATE | Texas or Tabasco |
| STATE | Texas or Tennessee |
| STATE | The "S" in 36-Across |
| STATE | The "S" of L.S.U. |
| STATE | The "S" of M.S.U. |
| STATE | The Aloha ___ (Hawaii's nickname) |
| STATE | The N.B.A.’s Golden ___ Warriors |
| STATE | The body politic |
| STATE | Tillerson's department |
| STATE | Tizzy |
| STATE | U.S. department headed by Antony Blinken |
| STATE | US province |
| STATE | Union member |
| STATE | Union member? |
| STATE | Union representative |
| STATE | Union unit |
| STATE | Utah or Oklahoma |
| STATE | Utah or Texas |
| STATE | Utah, for one |
| STATE | Utter |
| STATE | Verbalize |
| STATE | Vermont or Virginia |
| STATE | Victoria or Tasmania, for Australia |
| STATE | Virginia or Georgia |
| STATE | Virginia or Vermont, for example |
| STATE | Virginia, for one |
| STATE | Washington _____ |
| STATE | Washington flip side |
| STATE | Washington is the only one named for a president |
| STATE | Washington or Alaska, e.g. |
| STATE | Washington or Colorado, e.g. |
| STATE | Washington or Hawaii, e.g. |
| STATE | Washington or Wyoming, for example |
| STATE | Washington, but not Adams |
| STATE | Washington, but not Jefferson |
| STATE | Washington, but not Washington, D.C. |
| STATE | Washington, but not Washington, D.C. (yet!) |
| STATE | Washington, e.g. |
| STATE | Washington, for one |
| STATE | Western Australia, for example |
| STATE | What "taxes," "wonkery" and "I mean" are each anagrams of |
| STATE | What a governor governs |
| STATE | What a governor rules |
| STATE | What a star may represent |
| STATE | What a star may stand for |
| STATE | What a star on a U.S. flag represents |
| STATE | What a star on a flag may signify |
| STATE | What a star on the American flag represents |
| STATE | What a star represents on the US flag |
| STATE | What each star on the American flag represents |
| STATE | What each star on the American flag stands for |
| STATE | What each star on the U.S. flag represents |
| STATE | What each star on the U.S. flag symbolizes |
| STATE | What each star on the US flag symbolizes |
| STATE | What each star represents |
| STATE | What's often separated from church |
| STATE | Where a governor is the highest elected official |
| STATE | Wisconsin or Wyoming |
| STATE | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| STATE | With 54-Across, the theme of this puzzle [hint: New Hampshire] |
| STATE | With 59-Across, necessary substitutions, phonetically, for understanding the answers to the starred clues |
| STATE | With 61-Across, under government control |
| STATE | With 70-Across, what the first word of each long Across answer is vis-à-vis the bracketed place in its clue |
| STATE | Word before "of mind" or "of emergency" |
| STATE | Word before and after "of the" |
| STATE | Word before or after police |
| STATE | Word in many a public university's name |
| STATE | Word in many public university names |
| STATE | Word in many university names |
| STATE | Word in university names |
| STATE | Wyoming or Maine |
| STATE | Wyoming or West Virginia |
| STATE | Wyoming or Wisconsin, for example |
| STATE | ___ Department |
| STATE | ___ Fair |
| STATE | ___ [13-Across] (contests for governors and attorneys general) |
| STATE | ___ of matter (something indirectly referenced in 17-, 38- and 62-Across) |
| STATE | ___ of mind |
| STATE | ___ of the Union |
| STATE | ___ of the Union (US president's speech) |
| STATE | ___ of the Union (presidential speech) |
| STATE | ___ of the art (modern) |
| STATE | ____ Fair |
| STATE | — |