| 100% | QUI | 3 | ___ Transtulit Sustinet (motto of Connecticut) |
| 100% | QUI | 3 | "___ transtulit sustinet" (motto of Connecticut) |
| 46% | DODD | 4 | Former Senator Chris of Connecticut |
| 45% | LIVEFREEORDIE | 13 | Motto of New Hampshire |
| 44% | MUSHTOBEDESIRED | 15 | Motto of a romance novelist? |
| 44% | LESSISMORE | 10 | Motto of a 58-Across |
| 44% | DOMEORDIE | 9 | Motto of indoor stadium advocates? |
| 44% | SILENTC | 7 | Center of Connecticut |
| 43% | ICHDIEN | 7 | Motto of the Prince of Wales |
| 43% | ELLA | 4 | Grasso of Connecticut politics |
| 43% | RHODE | 5 | ___ Island (neighbor of Connecticut) |
| 43% | NED | 3 | Governor of Connecticut Lamont |
| 43% | STORRS | 6 | University of Connecticut city |
| 43% | SHAD | 4 | State fish of Connecticut |
| 43% | CREDO | 5 | Short motto of belief |
| 42% | ILIKEIKE | 8 | Motto of a 1950s grass-roots movement |
| 42% | STRONGER | 8 | Motto of the Olympic games: Faster, Higher, __ |
| 42% | ORIENTAL | 8 | Partner of Connecticut and Vermont |
| 42% | HARTFORD | 8 | State capital of Connecticut, US |
| 42% | ULTRA | 5 | Plus ___ (national motto of Spain) |
| 41% | NIL | 3 | Motto of the state of Colorado: ___ sine numine |
| 41% | NED | 3 | ___ Lamont, governor of Connecticut since 2019 |
| 41% | CARPE | 5 | With 11-Down, motto of Horace |
| 41% | SPIRO | 5 | "Dum ___ Spero," motto of South Carolina |
| 41% | ORO | 3 | “___ y plata” (state motto of Montana) |
| 41% | ORO | 3 | "___ y plata" (state motto of Montana) |
| 40% | INGODWETRUST | 12 | Motto of 26-Across found on the 8-Across |
| 40% | ICH | 3 | "___ dien," motto of the Prince of Wales |
| 40% | ICHDIEN | 7 | German motto of the Prince of Wales |
| 40% | ORIENTAL | 8 | Light blue partner of Connecticut and Vermont |