- STATE
- Mississippi, for one
- Part of LSU
- Secretary Powell's Department
- Washington, but not Jefferson
- Cabinet post
- Condition
- Declare
- Speak one's mind
- Union member
- Washington, for one
- Articulate
- One of 31 in Mexico
- Chihuahua or Tabasco
- Washington, e.g.
- Garden ___
- One of India's 28
- See 30-Across
- What the second letter in 52-Across stands for
- Announce
- Member of a quadrennial convention
- Pronounce
- Say out loud
- Ohio __
- Put into words
- Governor's domain
- Kerry's department
- One of a set of 50
- Street near Faneuil Hall
- MBTA Blue Line stop
- Solid or liquid, e.g.
- Present
- With 47 Down, the entirety of this puzzle's perimeter
- Part of 58-Down
- Word with house or secret
- It may be democratic
- 53-Across, for one
- Orange Free ___
- Texas or Tamil Nadu
- Maine or Maharashtra
- Uttar Pradesh or Utah
- Commemorative quarter honoree
- Michener title word, at times
- Part of FSU
- Cabinet department
- Enunciate
- Washington or Victoria
- Alaska, after 1959
- Chihuahua, for one
- Washington, but not Lincoln
- New South Wales, for one
- Alabama or Kansas
- License plate datum
- Wyoming or Colorado
- Alaska, since January 3, 1959
- New York or New Hampshire, but not New England
- See 18-Down
- A star may represent it
- Georgia or Virginia
- New York or Washington
- North Dakota or South Dakota
- One of Australia's six
- Part of some university names
- Washington, not Lincoln
- Perturbed condition
- Hillary Clinton's department
- Assert
- Proclaim
- What a star represents on the US flag
- Assam or Victoria
- Governor's realm
- Governor's constituency
- New York or New Jersey, but not New England
- Attest
- SOTU part
- Ohio or Iowa
- Union unit
- Albright's bailiwick
- Georgia, for one
- ___ of the art
- Word with hood or house
- Georgia, e.g.
- Powell's department
- Say
- Utter
- 107 or 114 Down
- Affirm
- One of America's 50
- Express
- Hawaii or Alaska
- Michigan or Minnesota
- With 70-Across, subtle components of 20-, 27-, 48- and 56-Across
- Country place?
- Condoleezza's department
- Rice's department
- Condi's cabinet post
- Clinton's department
- Virginia, for one
- Country division
- Present, as one's case
- Put forward
- Country
- Hillary's department
- Mississippi, e.g.
- One of 50
- 2-Down, for one
- Aver
- Cal __
- Kind of secret represented by each two-letter puzzle clue?
- Word in many university names
- Zip preceder
- Any one of New England's six
- 52-Down, for one
- Iowa or Ohio, e.g.
- One of Mexico's 31
- Speak
- __ of the Union address
- Nation
- Hawaii, e.g.
- Orally report
- City-__
- Georgia or Washington
- Alcorn __: HBCU in Mississippi
- Kansas or Arkansas
- New York, for one
- Washington, but not Washington, D.C.
- Chihuahua or Veracruz
- Put forth
- One of fifty
- Maine or Montana
- Chihuahua or Sonora
- Give an opinion
- 12 Down, for example
- Alaska or Assam
- Diplomat's department
- Senator's constituency
- 39 Across, e.g.
- Maine or Michigan
- 68 Across, for one
- Quarter honoree
- Vermont or Virginia
- __ visit
- Put out there
- Alabama or Alaska
- Iowa or Indiana
- Land
- New Jersey, e.g.
- Convey
- Idaho or Iowa
- Oregon or Oklahoma
- Texas or Tennessee
- Connecticut or Colorado
- Oldest Cabinet department
- Oregon or Florida
- Tabasco, for one
- Bavaria or Saxony
- Wyoming or Washington
- Queensland, for one
- Chihuahua or Oaxaca
- Illinois or Iowa
- Iowa or Ohio
- Kansas or California
- Alaska or Arkansas
- Union representative
- Washington, for example.
- Oregon or Ohio
- Utah or Oklahoma
- With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is
- Colorado or California
- Montana or Maine
- Texas or Tabasco
- Indiana or Idaho
- Solid or liquid, to physicists
- Frame of mind
- Wisconsin or Wyoming
- Church's counterpart
- Department that oversees the Foreign Service
- Victoria, e.g., to an Aussie
- What each star on the American flag represents
- Cabinet department whose secretaries can be found at the ends of 21-, 38-, and 53-Across and 3- and 29-Down
- Federation member
- Chihuahua in Mexico, e.g.
- See 51-Down
- Word in many public university names
- Word with tree or trooper
- Miss America contestant's designation
- Department that Hurley criticized.
- ___ of the Union.
- High rank.
- Alaska may be one.
- Affairs of ___. nyt 1951 STATE Department of ___. nyt 1951 STATE ___ Department. nyt 1951 STATED Set forth formally. nyt 1951 STATEDEPARTMENT Foggy Bottom."
- American commonwealth.
- Government department.
- The President's "ship."
- What Alaska wants to be.
- An excited condition: Colloq.
- Body politic.
- Department of the Government.
- Dignity.
- Province or canton.
- Any one of 13 originals.
- ___ Department.
- Ceremonial.
- Situation.
- Ceremonious pageantry.
- Michigan ___.
- Alaska.
- Nature.
- New York, for example.
- Chicago street.
- Commonwealth.
- Dignity and pomp.
- Member of a union.
- Old Colony or Old Dominion.
- Alaska, for one.
- Pomp.
- Washington.
- Hawaii.
- Ship of ___
- Rogers's domain
- U. S. department
- Part of O.S.U. or M.S.U.
- Predicament
- Hesse or Ohio
- Montana
- Mysore, for one
- Fair or trooper
- Governor's bailiwick
- Penn or ship of
- Type of secret
- See 45 Down
- Kind of hood
- Subdivision of India
- Vance's department
- Madras, e.g.
- Kind of highway
- Specify
- Dept. headed by Muskie
- Gujarat, in India, is one
- Kind of craft
- Kind of secret
- Muskie's Department
- ___ of bliss
- Welfare ___
- Hawaii, for one
- Dept. Haig quit
- Virginia, e.g.
- Plight
- Big Brother, to Orwell
- Propound
- Assam or Oaxaca
- Tripura or Orissa
- Assam or Orissa
- Place for affairs?
- Social position
- U.S. unit
- Verbalize
- Governmental
- Union members
- Washington _____
- Part of many university names
- Kind of fair
- Start of many criminal case names
- What a star may stand for
- What each star represents
- Word before and after "of the"
- Ohio, e.g.
- Barbary or buffer follower
- Kind of pen
- Each one is represented by two senators
- Washington flip side
- Madeleine Albright's bailiwick, once
- With 54-Across, the theme of this puzzle [hint: New Hampshire]
- Condoleezza Rice's department
- Each has two senators
- The "S" of M.S.U.
- Name hidden in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 28-Down
- Department of ___
- Chihuahua, e.g.
- It's called in a political convention roll call
- Maryland or Hawaii
- Western Australia, for example
- Part of 41-Across
- Only one bears the name of a U.S. president
- 29-Down, for one
- Washington, but not Adams
- Saxony, e.g.
- What a star on a U.S. flag represents
- Misery or Missouri
- The "S" in 36-Across
- Electoral map division
- With 59-Across, necessary substitutions, phonetically, for understanding the answers to the starred clues
- Plasma, for one
- What a star on the American flag represents
- Chihuahua is a Mexican one
- With 70-Across, what the first word of each long Across answer is vis-à-vis the bracketed place in its clue
- Lead-in to "of mind" or "of war"
- Part of a political convention roll call
- The "S" of L.S.U.
- Washington, but not Washington, D.C. (yet!)
- Word before "of mind" or "of emergency"
- Democratic stronghold
- Association on a Miss America sash
- Put in words
- Iowa, for one
- See 45-Across
- Stevie Ray Vaughan is from the Lone Star ___
- The Jacksons hit "___ of Shock"
- ___ of Love and Trust
- Empire ___ of Mind
- Belle and Sebastian "The ___ I Am In"
- Grammy winning soundtrack "Garden ___"
- Important department
- One of six in Australia
- With 61-Across, under government control
- Colorado, e.g.
- Part of a mailing address
- 16-Across, for example
- California, for one
- Connecticut, e.g.
- Guanajuato or California
- Hawaii or Missouri
- Maryland, e.g.
- A star stands for it
- Part of the Union
- It's represented by a star
- Kind of presidential dinner
- A star stands for it in America
- Senator's U.S. constituency
- Envelope's two letters
- Republic
- Member of a very large union
- Word in some university names
- Texas or New York, e.g.
- Mode of being
- Oregon or New York
- It can be altered
- A star stands for it on the flag
- Kansas, e.g.
- New York ___ of Mind
- Alaska or Texas, e.g.
- 4-Down, for one
- Express verbally
- Make comments
- Rhode Island is the smallest one
- With 52-Down, catchphrase such as Indiana's "Crossroads of America"
- International relations department
- One of 50 in America
- Amazonas or Arizona
- California, for Berkeley
- Ohio or Oregon
- Minnesota or Missouri
- Washington <P>e.g.
- ____ of the art
- Maine for one
- Province
- Maine or Missouri, e.g.
- New York or confusion, e.g.
- White House dinner
- 1 of 31 in Mexico
- Side in many criminal cases
- A star represents it
- Place represented by a star
- Word with "your name"
- Chihuahua or Maryland
- Maryland or Oklahoma
- It was Clinton's department
- Uttar Pradesh or Maryland
- Alaska or Florida
- Chihuahua or Connecticut
- Maryland, for one
- Washington, but not D.C.
- Red or blue area of an election map
- Tillerson's department
- Red or "blue" election area
- Swing or "safe" election area
- What a star on a flag may signify
- ___ of matter (something indirectly referenced in 17-, 38- and 62-Across)
- Swing election area
- Any of Mexico's 31
- Hillary's department, once
- Kerry's department, 2013-17
- Pompeo's department
- 19-Across, for example
- 9-Down or Idaho
- Michigan or Minnesota, for example
- Missouri or Mississippi, for example
- Oaxaca or Ohio
- Victoria or Tasmania, for Australia
- Illinois or Indiana
- There's no need to ___ the obvious
- Karnataka or Kansas
- Alagoas or Arizona
- California or Oaxaca
- Kelantan or Kentucky
- Ohio or Indiana
- First department
- Oldest department
- With 64 Down, Sitka spruce or Douglas fir
- Albright headed it
- Fair place?
- Political entity
- See 25-Across
- Star's symbolic meaning, perhaps
- Swing ___
- ___ government
- Agitated condition
- Tizzy
- Counties comprise it
- California, for example
- Department nicknamed "Foggy Bottom"
- Word before or after police
- Tabasco or Tasmania
- Coin for Colorado or Connecticut
- Gas, e.g.
- Map division
