| 100% | SEVENTH | 7 | Like Maryland, in order of states admitted to the Union |
| 53% | THIRD | 5 | Like New Jersey among states admitted to the Union |
| 51% | IOWA | 4 | State admitted to the Union after Texas |
| 48% | AMORE | 5 | "We the people of the United States, in order to form ___ perfect union ...": 2 wds. |
| 43% | SAILON | 6 | Order to the "Ship of State" |
| 41% | OREGON | 6 | State revealed to be home of The Simpsons in 2012 |
| 40% | DEWIER | 6 | Like grass in the morning, compared to other times of day |
| 40% | AFL | 3 | ___-CIO (largest federation of unions in the United States) |
| 40% | NDAK | 4 | One of two sts. admitted to the Union 11/2/1889 |
| 40% | UTAH | 4 | 45th state admitted to the US |
| 40% | ODIN | 4 | Mythical figure who sacrificed an eye in order to drink from the well of knowledge |
| 39% | HORATIO | 7 | To whom it is said "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" |
| 39% | DEL | 3 | First state admitted to the US: Abbr. |
| 39% | ALEXANDERHAIG | 13 | Secretary of State who suggested a "nuclear warning shot" in Europe would deter the Soviet Union |
| 39% | OVAL | 4 | Shape of the office that Joe Biden would like to work in |
| 39% | IMMUNE | 6 | Like Ellie, to the cordyceps infection, in "The Last of Us" |
| 39% | TYLER | 5 | President when Texas was admitted to the Union |
| 38% | APT | 3 | Like the anagramming of A DECIMAL POINT to make I'M A DOT IN PLACE |
| 38% | IOWA | 4 | In 1869, this state admitted the first female lawyer, Arabella Mansfield, to the bar |
| 38% | AHOPSKIPANDAJUMP | 16 | Trivial distance, or what can be paired, in order, with the starts of the answers to the starred clues |
| 38% | APT | 3 | Like the name of Justice Mary Yu, officiant of the first same-sex marriages in Washington State |
| 37% | SWEAR | 5 | Alternate to "affirm" in the oath of office of the President of the United States |
| 37% | ALPHABETIZATION | 15 | One way of ordering things, like all the consonants in rows three, six and nine |
| 37% | SKUNK | 5 | Florida ___ Ape, mysterious semi-human cryptid said to dwell in the swamps of southeastern US states |
| 37% | SCUD | 4 | Name of a missile used in the gulf war, which means to move quickly like clouds |
| 36% | AVID | 4 | Like those fans who camp out all night in ticket lines just to ensure they get one of the best seats |
| 36% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 35% | ZEN | 3 | Kind of state in the East |
| 35% | TIL | 3 | Until, to the likes of Tennyson |
| 35% | SLEEP | 5 | According to Nas in "N.Y. State of Mind" this is the cousin of death |