Referring Clues

• Kent's state
• Toledo's home
• Athens's home
• Louisville's river
• Mississippi feeder
• The Buckeye State
• Birthplace of seven Presidents
• Oberlin locale
• Home to Columbus
• Wheeling's river
• See 63-Across
• Cairo's river
• Not-so-lazy river
• Where Lima is
• West Virginia border river
• ___ Valley Conference
• "The Drew Carey Show" setting
• Where Ivory soap and the pop-top can were invented
• ___ State (Big Ten school)
• Buckeye's home
• Where Canton is
• Buckeye State
• Ulysses Grant's birthplace
• Where the Reds and the Browns play
• See 9-Across
• Home of the First Ladies National Historic Site
• Where Athens and Dublin are
• Cincinnati's home
• The "O" in B&O
• Akron's home
• Columbus's home
• It beaches on Lake Erie
• Home for Ulysses G. Grant
• John Glenn's state
• Kent State state
• Birthplace of seven U.S. presidents
• State with a five-sided flag
• Perennial battleground state
• Canton's home
• So-called Birthplace of Aviation
• One of the rivers near Three Rivers Stadium
• Kent State's state
• Home to Athens
• Baltimore partner
• Where John Glenn was senator
• Miami River's outlet
• Xenia's state
• Mid-American Conference team
• Grant's birthplace
• Athens's setting
• Allegheny + Monongahela
• One of the states touched by 15-Across
• Kentucky border river
• One of the Three Rivers
• One of Pittsburgh's three rivers
• The Bobcats of the Mid-American Conference
• Its license plates say "Birthplace of Aviation"
• River into which the Big Sandy flows
• Cincinnati's river
• Song written by Neil Young about Kent State
• Youngstown's state
• Home of Dean Martin and Freddy Martin
• Home of Orville Wright and John Glenn
• Xenia's locale
• Senator Voinovich's home
• Where the Miami flows
• Ashtabula's state
• State shouted by Drew Carey each week
• Allegheny-Monongahela confluence
• River from Pittsburgh
• Taft's birth state
• Football Hall of Fame's state
• Columbus' home
• View from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Its quarter depicts an astronaut
• Canton locale
• Pittsburgh river
• Lake Erie state
• Birthplace of Doris Day, Ruby Dee, and Phyllis Diller
• Evansville's river
• Cincinnati river
• Home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Cincinnati's state
• Columbus's state
• 1970 hit by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
• Mississippi tributary
• River fed by the Wabash
• Baltimore & ___ Railroad
• Home of Columbus
• Home of the Reds and the Browns
• West Virginia neighbor
• State where the folding step ladder was invented
• Indiana neighbor
• Home of Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland
• Its state quarter features an astronaut
• State formed from the Northwest Territory
• Birthplace of 11-Down
• Three Rivers river
• "Birthplace of Aviation" state
• Home of the Browns and the Reds
• Only U.S. state with a pennant-shaped flag
• Buckeye's state
• State with area codes 216, 440, and 614
• Where Buckeyes hail from
• State with a swallowtail flag
• "Wonderful Town" song
• Akron's state
• Title locale in a Leonard Bernstein song where "life was so cozy"
• 1970 hit by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
• Its quarter says "Birthplace of Aviation Pioneers"
• Neighbor of West Virginia
• River of Cairo
• Setting of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Kent State setting
• Only U.S. state whose flag isn't rectangular
• B&O part
• See 19-Across
• One of the rivers of Three Rivers Stadium
• Miami University setting
• It has a five-sided flag
• Home to Oberlin College
• Home to the Browns and the Reds
• Taft's birthplace
• Birth state of seven presidents
• River that forms at Pittsburgh
• Kent State locale
• First state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory
• Cincinnati's airport isn't in it
• State, or river that forms its southern border
• Euclid's home
• Sandusky Bay site
• "Winesburg, ___": Sherwood Anderson novel
• Oberlin's state
• It was once part of the Northwest Territory
• River into which the Kentucky flows
• River from Pittsburgh to the Mississippi
• Kentucky neighbor
• It was part of the Northwest Territory
• It's east of Indiana
• Cleveland's state
• Dayton's home
• Where Chillicothe is
• Toledo's locale
• Canton's state
• Pennsylvania neighbor
• Where Dayton is
• Oberlin's home
• "Mother of Presidents"
• Senator Voinovich's state
• Dayton's state
• Where Cleveland is
• Roy Rogers' home state
• Lima's home
• Edison's birthplace
• "Mother of Modern Presidents"
• Sandusky's state
• State of the union
• 17th state
• Golden Triangle river
• Spot for Columbus
• Baltimore and ___ Railroad
• Part of B&O
• River that begins in Pittsburgh
• Place for Reds and Browns
• River or state
• Mother of Modern Presidents
• Cuyahoga Falls locale
• Another 29-Down
• Football Hall of Fame locale
• OSU segment
• Home for Reds and Browns
• Where Miami is
• Only U.S. state without a rectangular flag
• State with a pennant-shaped flag
• Kentucky abutter
• All-Amerian Soap Box Derby state
• 2004 presidential election swing state
• U.S. Grant's home state
• State or river name
• State of Xenia
• Its cities include Columbus, Athens and Marietta
• Glenn's state
• 17th of 50
• Klinger's state
• Allegheny plus Monongahela
• Union joiner of 1803
• River of Pittsburgh
• November 2004 battleground
• Pro Football Hall of Fame state
• Dennis Kucinich's state
• River that joins the Mississippi
• New addition of 1803
• 1970 Neil Young protest song
• Its postal abbreviation is an exclamation
• River that ends at Cairo
• Its quarter reads "Birthplace of Aviation Pioneers"
• Where Cincinnati is
• Soap Box Derby championship state
• Part of B%26O
• Where Rubbermaid was started
• Buckeye home
• "Birthplace of Aviation"
• Canton's locale
• Wright Brothers' home
• Neil Young song about Kent State
• Columbus setting
• Home of "The Rubber Capital of the World"
• Steubenville's state
• Lake Erie neighbor
• Home of Kent State
• River forming the borders of parts of five states
• Toledo's state
• River formed at Pittsburgh
• One of Pittsburgh's rivers
• Neil Armstrong's home state
• Miami University state
• Part of band o
• Columbus, ___
• Where the Browns play
• Part of B
• "Winesburg, ___": Sherwood Anderson novel
• The O in B&O
• Lima's locale
• "Mother of Presidents"
• "Mother of Modern Presidents"
• So-called Mother of Presidents
• Home of Goodyear's headquarters
• Midwestern swing state
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's home
• River through Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, among others
• Antarctic mountain range
• Site of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Cincinnati's place
• River to Cairo
• Soap Box Derby state
• Mississippi River's largest tributary
• Home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Home of the Buckeyes
• Its state bird is the cardinal
• Indiana's neighbor
• Elyria's state
• Elyria's state
• Elyria's state
• State on Lake Erie
• Indiana/Kentucky border river
• River through Louisville
• Where the Wabash River begins
• River through Wheeling
• Oberlin College's state
• Midwestern state
• Buckeyes' home
• Parma's place
• River to the Mississippi
• Canton setting
• Toledo setting
• Columbus is there
• Cleveland's place
• 'Birthplace of Aviation'
• Its three largest cities start with C
• 15-Across' state
• 11-Down's state
• Its three largest cities all start with C
• Columbus' place
• Major U.S. river
• Midwest state
• Cleveland's home
• Part of B.&O.
• Xenia is there
• Home of Oberlin
• Columbus's place
• 48-Across' state
• Where to find Lima beings
• Part of B. & O.
• Home of Lima beings
• Pittsburgh's river
• Akron site
• Akron locale
• Parma locale
• Xenia locale
• Toledo site
• Paducah's river
• Indiana's smallest county or the river it touches
• Place for Columbus?
• "Mother of Presidents" claimant
• Great lakes state
• Miami River locale
• Canton's place
• 2012 Romney primary prize, barely
• Home of Miami University
• State with a large Amish population
• Answer to the old riddle "What's round on the sides and high in the middle?"
• 2012 Obama campaign kickoff state
• Its motto is "With God, all things are possible"
• Where to find Athens and Cairo
• American gothic setting
• Home of Lima and Toledo
• What the French once called "la Belle Rivière"
• Kent State's home
• The Allegheny and Monongahela join to form it
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame locale
• The Wright brothers' home
• State with a non-rectangular flag
• Seventeenth state
• State where Paul Newman was born
• Michigan neighbor
• Toledo locale
• Home of Kent State University
• Where to find Canton, Toledo, Lima, Medina, Dublin, and Athens
• Home of the U.S.'s largest cities whose names start with X and Z
• River into which the Great Miami flows
• Miami or Lima location
• State or river
• ___ Drive, thoroughfare by the Lincoln Memorial in Washington
• Its state quarter bears an image of an astronaut
• Where to find Cairo and Athens
• Where to see Browns and Reds
• Its first capital was Chillicothe, 1803-10
• One of 50
• River through Pittsburgh
• River that starts at Pittsburgh
• Lima's place
• "Birthplace of Aviation Pioneers"
• Answer to the riddle, "What is round at both ends and high in the middle?"
• 35-Down's state
• Birthplace of Joel Grey, Macy Gray, and Zane Grey
• Home for the College of Wooster
• Cleveland's locale
• Closely watched state on election night
• Youngstown's location
• Dayton's locale
• Buckeyes' state
• College sports' ___ Valley Conference
• Start of the Babbitts' journey in "Rain Man"
• "Family Ties" state
• Birthplace of six presidents
• Where Columbus is capital
• Governor Kasich's home
• Home of the first full-time automobile service station
• Neighbor of Kentucky
• Its postal abbreviation is also an exclamation
• Answer to the old riddle "What's round on the ends and high in the middle?"
• It streams through Wheeling
• Baltimore's railroad partner
• Kasich's state
• John Kasich's state
• University about an hour from Columbus
• 1970 song about Kent State
• Only state with a nonrectangular flag
• River into which the Big Sandy and the Little Sandy flow
• Largest Mississippi River feeder by volume
• State of Grant and Taft
• Home of Wright State University
• 2016 GOP convention locale
• Columbus' state
• Home to Bowling Green
• Governor Kasich's state
• State called the "Mother of Presidents"
• State after North Dakota, alphabetically
• River in Pittsburgh
• State in which LeBron James was born
• Northwest Territory state
• Its state quarter displays the Wright Flyer
• One of the three rivers of three rivers stadium
• River above Kentucky
• Home to 18 congressmen
• Where Ashtabula is
• Where John Kasich governs
• State added in 1803
• State that is the birthplace of seven Presidents
• Columbus is its capital
• State that begins and ends with the same letter
• U.S. river or state
• River that flows into the Mississippi River
• Senator Glenn's state
• Classic Neil Young song
• Etch A Sketch makers ___ Art
• 2004 swing state
• Xenia and Zanesville are there
• Its state drink is tomato juice, for some reason
• River into which Ali threw his gold medal
• Athens is there
• Only U.S. state with a non-rectangular flag
• Peter Bradley Adams song about state?
• "Four dead in ___" CSN&Y lyric
• CSN&Y smash
• "Love Rollercoaster" The ___ Players
• Neil Young-penned song about midwest university
• '70s band ___ Players
• Black Keys song about midwestern state
• Afghan Whigs' home state
• Peter Bradley Adams song about midwestern state
• Neil Young song about the Buckeye state?
• CSNY line "Four dead in ___"
• CSNY song about a state
• Bowling for Soup "___ (Come Back to Texas)"
• "Fire" ___ Players
• Miranda Lambert "Look at Miss ___"
• "Four dead in ___" CSN&Y
• Midwest US state
• US state, joined in 1803
• US state
• State "I'm surprised, over the moon"
• Largest tributary of the Mississippi
• Its biggest county is Ashtabula
• River past Cairo
• Kasich's domain
• The first letter of 28-Across stands for it
• 981-mile river
• Its first capital was Chillicothe
• Mississippi's biggest tributary
• Midwestern US state
• State of old house one inhabits
• State greeting in castle
• Euclid setting
• River that forms much of Kentucky's border
• Easternmost part of the Northwest Territory
• Perennial swing state
• Plain Dealer's state
• Where eight U.S. presidents were born
• The "O" in B&O Railroad
• Birthplace of McKinley, Taft and Harding
• Home state of the NFL mascot Chomps
• William McKinley’s home state
• Sherwood Anderson's "Winesburg, ___"
• Frequent swing state
• Its commemorative quarter depicts an astronaut
• Athens university
• State where John Legend and Halle Berry were born
• River which joins the Mississippi at Cairo
• 30 initially and one other state
• President Taft's birthplace
• Garfield's birth state
• State between Indiana and Pennsylvania
• 1970 protest song about Kent State
• Where Kasich governs
• CSN&Y song about Kent State shootings
• River forming the border between Kentucky and Indiana
• Where to find Columbus
• State 17
• Akron's location
• Buckeye's locale
• ___ State University (school whose team nickname is the Buckeyes)
• Where I-70 meets I-75
• Home to the Browns and Reds
• Lima's location
• State there's nothing but a hothead at Number Ten!
• 1971 song about Kent State
• Interstates 70 and 71 cross in its capital
• It has Lake Plains and Appalachian Plateaus
• River that formed an extension of the Mason-Dixon line
• The Wabash flows into it
• State with a nonrectangular flag
• Most of its 981-mile course forms state borders
• Big swing state
• Cuyahoga Valley National Park locale
• Toledo's site
• Only state with a non-rectangular flag
• Vowel-rich state
• US state and river
• Wright Brothers' home state
• River originating in Pittsburgh
• 1803 Union admission
• State said to be "high in the middle"
• State that's also a river
• River at Pittsburgh
• Baltimore's partner
• Miami University's state
• Columbus location
• Separator of Indiana and Pennsylvania
• Cuyahoga's state
• Easternmost four-letter state
• State outcry at Number Ten
• Neighbor of Pennsylvania
• Sherrod Brown's state
• Browns' and Bengals' state
• Ashtabula County's state
• State by Lake Erie
• University in Athens
• Wheeling’s river
• Home to Xenia and Zanesville, the most populous U.S. cities starting with "X" and "Z"
• Sandusky’s state
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's state
• Pro Football Hall of Fame locale
• See 12-Across
• US state and major river
• State east of Indiana
• State that had a boundary dispute with Michigan
• Home of the first man to walk on the moon, the first American to orbit Earth and the first American woman to walk in space
• North/South divide, with "the"
• Another state of the Union
• Wilberforce University's state
• State whose three largest cities' names start with "C"
• Neighbor of Indiana
• Major Midwestern river
• Lima locale
• Lima's state
• The "O" of B&O Railroad
• State that's said to be "high in the middle"
• State with a greeting in its name
• Most populous four-letter state
• Birth state of Toni Morrison
• Bowling Green State University's state
• Indiana-Kentucky separator
• Cleveland is there
• Cuyahoga River's state
• State that starts and ends with the same letter
• State bordering Lake Erie
• Only state with a swallowtail flag
• Home to the Cedar Point amusement park
• Kenyon College's state
• School in Athens
• Bellwether state in many elections
• An Illinois water border
• Where the Cleveland Rockers played
• State whose name contains a greeting
• State where seven presidents were born
• Smallest four-letter state
• State northwest of West Virginia
• Seventh most populous state
• Where Athens and Lima are
• Its state flag has 17 stars
• Lorain's state
• "Little Fires Everywhere" state
• Its state native fruit is the pawpaw
• Birthplace of 35-Across
• I Promise School's state
• River that starts in Pittsburgh
• Home of Miami University, strangely
• Reds state?
• It has a same-named river on its southern border
• Home of the Polka Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Home of Cincinnati
• River past Louisville
• Where I-70 meets I-71
• State that's home to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
• State northeast of Kentucky
• Toledo's location
• State where Halle Berry was born
• Where I-70 and I-75 cross
• Simone Biles' birth state
• Home to Athens and Dublin
• Its state flag features a white circular O
• Where is Columbus?
• Ashland's state
• Answer to the old riddle "What's round on the ends and high in the middle?"
• Youngstown's home
• State where "Glee" was set
• Toni Morrison's birth state
• Home of Kenyon College
• Cedar Point's state
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's state
• River past Cincinnati
• State whose three largest cities all start with C
• Where Lake Erie reaches its southernmost point
• Home of Denison University
• Buckeye Chuck's state
• Place whose state quarter features an astronaut
• State whose highest point is Campbell Hill
• Cuyahoga Valley National Park setting
• See 20-Across
• Home to the Cedar Point amusement park, a mecca for roller-coaster enthusiasts
• Birth state of Halle Berry
• "Hot in Cleveland" state
• State with Blue Jackets
• Home state of the Reds and the Browns
• Arsenio Hall's birth state
• Home to Dublin and Toledo
• Reds state
• Michigan's neighbor
• Akron is there
• Pro Football Hall of Fame location
• Where Life Savers and pop-top cans were both invented
• Cleveland is plotted there
• Rust Belt state
• Only U.S. state with a nonrectangular flag
• Cleveland is in it
• State with an astronaut on its quarter
• Columbus' home?
• State whose first and last syllables sound the same
• Home to Cleveland's Detroit Shoreway
• Maya Lin's birth state
• One of the Three Rivers Stadium rivers
• Geographical locale whose name resembles a tractor when written in upper- and lowercase
• State with a triangular swallowtail flag
• Place-name that comes from the Seneca for "good river"
• Vanessa Bayer's home state
• Cuyahoga Valley's state
• State home to Cuyahoga Valley National Park
• Midwestern state in many memes
• Home to Cedar Point
• Home of Cuyahoga Valley National Park
• Lake Erie border state
• Home to Cuyahoga Valley National Park
• Home of Oberlin College
• Halle Berry's home state
• Kings Island's state
• Home of Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
• Weird or cringe, in Gen Alpha slang
• Birthplace of Halle Berry and Simone Biles
• State home to Cornhenge
• State where five U.S. presidents are buried
• River that ends in Cairo
• Red state?
• Home of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
• Cedar Point state
• Home of Xenia, the U.S.'s largest city whose name starts with "X"