| 100% | MASS | 4 | Boston is the Capital of this US State in the northeastern U.S. |
| 63% | TENN | 4 | "Music City" is the nickname of this US state's capital |
| 63% | HAWAII | 6 | Honolulu is the capital of this US state |
| 58% | CAL | 3 | Sacramento is the capital of this western US state |
| 53% | DELAWARE | 8 | Dover is the capital of this American state |
| 53% | HESSE | 5 | Wiesbaden is the capital of this German state |
| 51% | IOWA | 4 | Des Moines is the capital of this state |
| 51% | FLAGDAY | 7 | June 14 celebration in all 50 U.S. states, which is hinted at in the names of the state trees in this puzzle (2 wds.) |
| 50% | WISCONSIN | 9 | The largest city of this US state is Milwaukee |
| 49% | COLUMBIASC | 10 | This capital is home to the Army's Ft. Jackson in the Palmetto state |
| 49% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 48% | CITY | 4 | Last word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 48% | MONTPELIER | 10 | This US State Capital has the smallest population of them all and doesn't even have a McDonald's |
| 46% | ERR | 3 | Say "New York is the capital of the U.S.," say |
| 46% | BRIDES | 6 | There are more of these in the U.S. in October than any other month, surprisingly |
| 46% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 46% | ATM | 3 | Installation of October 1997 in Canada's capital was the world's first talking one of these |
| 45% | SDAK | 4 | Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. |
| 45% | SALEM | 5 | Capital of the U.S. state of Oregon |
| 45% | SLEEP | 5 | According to Nas in "N.Y. State of Mind" this is the cousin of death |
| 45% | EDO | 3 | State in Nigeria where Benin City, center of the rubber industry, is capital |
| 44% | STEPHENCOLBERT | 14 | Author of a satirical book whose title consists of five U.S. state abbreviations (and is hidden in this puzzle) |
| 44% | PAKISTAN | 8 | Islamabad is the capital of this country |
| 44% | UGANDA | 6 | Kampala is the capital of this country |
| 44% | PORTUGAL | 8 | Lisbon is the capital of this country |
| 44% | DENMARK | 7 | Copenhagen is the capital of this country |
| 44% | GREECE | 6 | Athens is the capital of this country |
| 44% | MOROCCO | 7 | Rabat is the capital of this country |
| 44% | BELGIUM | 7 | Brussels is the capital of this country |
| 44% | HONDURAS | 8 | Tegucigalpa is the capital of this country |