Clues for the word "STATE"
We've had 367 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 700 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on December 16, 2024.
Definition of state
- n. - The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.
- n. - Rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor.
- n. - Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
- n. - Appearance of grandeur or dignity; pomp.
- n. - A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
- n. - Estate, possession.
- n. - A person of high rank.
- n. - Any body of men united by profession, or constituting a community of a particular character; as, the civil and ecclesiastical states, or the lords spiritual and temporal and the commons, in Great Britain. Cf. Estate, n., 6.
- n. - The principal persons in a government.
- n. - The bodies that constitute the legislature of a country; as, the States-general of Holland.
- n. - A form of government which is not monarchial, as a republic.
- n. - A political body, or body politic; the whole body of people who are united one government, whatever may be the form of the government; a nation.
- n. - In the United States, one of the commonwealth, or bodies politic, the people of which make up the body of the nation, and which, under the national constitution, stands in certain specified relations with the national government, and are invested, as commonwealth, with full power in their several spheres over all matters not expressly inhibited.
- n. - Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.
- a. - Stately.
- a. - Belonging to the state, or body politic; public.
- v. t. - To set; to settle; to establish.
- v. t. - To express the particulars of; to set down in detail or in gross; to represent fully in words; to narrate; to recite; as, to state the facts of a case, one's opinion, etc.
- n. - A statement; also, a document containing a statement.
Referring Clues
- Start of many criminal case names
- Kind of fair
- Word before and after "of the"
- What each star represents
- What a star may stand for
- Condition
- Say
- Express
- Ohio, e.g.
- Union member
- Kind of pen
- Barbary or buffer follower
- Senator's constituency
- Utter
- Orange Free ___ (province of South Africa)
- Affirm
- Washington flip side
- "I Love New York" (a ___ song)
- Madeleine Albright's bailiwick, once
- Washington, for one
- With 54-Across, the theme of this puzzle [hint: New Hampshire]
- Governor's domain
- ___ Department
- The "S" of M.S.U.
- Each has two senators
- Condoleezza Rice's department
- Name hidden in 17- and 56-Across and 11- and 28-Down
- Cabinet department
- Department of ___
- Western Australia, for example
- Chihuahua, e.g.
- Maryland or Hawaii
- It's called in a political convention roll call
- Washington, but not Lincoln
- Part of LSU
- Michener title word, at times
- Part of FSU
- Commemorative quarter honoree
- Enunciate
- Washington or Victoria
- Alaska, after 1959
- Chihuahua, for one
- New South Wales, for one
- Alabama or Kansas
- North Dakota or South Dakota
- One of Australia's six
- Part of some university names
- Wyoming or Colorado
- License plate datum
- Georgia or Virginia
- Articulate
- A star may represent it
- New York or Washington
- Washington, not Lincoln
- Perturbed condition
- Hillary Clinton's department
- What each star on the American flag represents
- Federation member
- Virginia, for one
- Present, as one's case
- Cabinet department whose secretaries can be found at the ends of 21-, 38-, and 53-Across and 3- and 29-Down
- Governor's constituency
- Chihuahua in Mexico, e.g.
- Word with tree or trooper
- Word in many public university names
- See 51-Down
- Miss America contestant's designation
- Clinton's department
- Condi's cabinet post
- Condoleezza's department
- Rice's department
- Country place?
- Michigan or Minnesota
- With 70-Across, subtle components of 20-, 27-, 48- and 56-Across
- ___ visit
- Vermont or Virginia
- Land
- Put out there
- Announce
- Alabama or Alaska
- New Jersey, e.g.
- Iowa or Indiana
- 68 Across, for one
- Quarter honoree
- Kind of pen?
- Republic
- Envelope's two letters
- A star stands for it in America
- Word in many university names
- Washington, but not Washington, D.C.
- Senator's U.S. constituency
- Chihuahua or Maryland
- Word with "your name"
- Place represented by a star
- A star represents it
- One of fifty
- 1 of 31 in Mexico
- Washington, e.g.
- Side in many criminal cases
- Proclaim
- Idaho or Iowa
- Oregon or Oklahoma
- Declare
- Solid or liquid, e.g.
- Texas or Tennessee
- Country division
- Divisions politiques
- What a star represents on the US flag
- Put forward
- Texas or New York, e.g.
- Part of 41-Across
- Assert
- Convey
- Put into words
- Assam or Victoria
- Governor's realm
- Only one bears the name of a U.S. president
- ___ visit
- See 25-Across
- Star's symbolic meaning, perhaps
- Utah or Ohio
- One of 50
- Hillary's department
- Mississippi, e.g.
- Arkansas or Utah
- Word in some university names
- Country
- Member of a very large union
- Utah, for one
- Map division
- Map area
- Aver
- Put in words
- Oregon or New York
- Washington, but not Adams
- Oldest Cabinet department
- 29-Down, for one
- Cal ___
- Mode of being
- Connecticut or Colorado
- 2-Down, for one
- Maryland or Oklahoma
- Kind of secret represented by each two-letter puzzle clue?
- Zip preceder
- Declare definitely
- Kind of presidential dinner
- Any one of New England's six
- It can be altered
- Uttar Pradesh or Maryland
- See 45-Across
- Part of many university names
- What a star on a U.S. flag represents
- One of America's 50
- Iowa, for one
- New York or New Jersey, but not New England
- Kerry's department
- Minnesota or Maine
- Saxony, e.g.
- Kansas, e.g.
- It was Clinton's department
- Misery or Missouri
- One of Mexico's 31
- 52-Down, for one
- Orange Free ___
- A star stands for it on the flag
- The "S" in 36-Across
- Maine or Montana
- "___ of Grace"
- Iowa or Ohio, e.g.
- "New York ___ of Mind"
- Alaska or Texas, e.g.
- Alaska, since January 3, 1959
- Electoral map division
- Set forth
- Michigan, e.g.
- Speak
- Washington, but not D.C.
- ___ Fair
- Maryland, for one
- Any one of the fifty
- Queensland, for one
- Alaska or Florida
- Chihuahua or Connecticut
- Illinois or Iowa
- Propound
- Alabama or Arkansas
- An American star represents it
- Electoral map part
- Washington ___
- ___ of the Union address
- ___ of the art
- Chihuahua or Oaxaca
- With 59-Across, necessary substitutions, phonetically, for understanding the answers to the starred clues
- Vermont or Maine
- 4-Down, for one
- Situation
- Oregon or Florida
- Plasma, for one
- Red or blue area of an election map
- Tillerson's department
- Alabama, e.g.
- Georgia, e.g.
- Illinois or Texas
- Ohio or Iowa
- See 23-Across
- One of fifty in the United States
- Ohio is one
- Maryland or Ohio
- It's abbreviated with two letters
- Durango or Delaware
- Condition, say
- "808:88:98" techno group 808 ___
- Winnemac, in Sinclair Lewis novels
- India's Telangana, as of June 2014
- Declare formally (5)
- Maryland or Arizona
- Declare formally
- Iowa or Ohio
- The Jacksons hit "___ of Shock"
- Stevie Ray Vaughan is from the Lone Star ___
- Chihuahua or Veracruz
- Belle and Sebastian "The ___ I Am In"
- Kinks "___ of Confusion"
- "Empire ___ of Mind"
- Grammy winning soundtrack "Garden ___"
- "___ of Love and Trust"
- Billy Joel "New York ___ of Mind"
- What Unkle is "In"
- See 18
- Set down a condition
- Declare in bad taste
- Declare the taste funny
- Declare to be in bad taste
- Government report
- See 3
- Declare to be in doubtful taste
- Lay down a condition
- Declare a saintly brew of tea!
- Postulate a condition
- Miss Del or Cal, say, or maybe Mo?
- Virginia's condition, perhaps?
- Modern British setting for Rodin's lovers in gentle symbol of love
- A terrible one, say?
- Nation, say
- Declare a test to be rigged
- Good man consumed by power
- Condition with bad taste
- See 2
- Tizzy
- See 27
- Declare - political unit
- Condition made by the civil power
- See 12
- Me, say
- Condition of the country
- Place such as New York or Washington, say
- Rigging a test, say
- Make clear the condition
- What a two-letter abbreviation may denote
- ___ of matter (something indirectly referenced in 17-, 38- and 62-Across)
- New South Wales or Victoria
- Declare; affirm
- Good man worried Victoria for one
- See 16
- Land report
- Declare: condition
- Kansas or California
- Governmental, like the law in Delaware
- Speak for the nation?
- Michigan, Missouri, or Montana
- Country, say
- Hesse of Germany, e.g.
- Washington, but not Jefferson
- Declare formerly
- What a star on a flag may signify
- Nation
- Make comments
- One of 16 in Germany
- Speak for the nation
- "Swing" or "safe" election area
- Hawaii or Alaska
- Vermont, e.g.
- Stipulate the condition
- "Red" or "blue" election area
- Express verbally
- Any of Mexico's 31
- With 52-Down, catchphrase such as Indiana's "Crossroads of America"
- What a star on the American flag represents
- Specify the condition
- California, for example
- Payer of pensions, say
- Specify a condition
- Union representative
- Pompeo's department
- "Swing" election area
- Word before or after police
- Bad taste, say
- Department nicknamed "Foggy Bottom"
- Speak for the people
- Say something in bad taste
- Alaska or Arkansas
- Hillary's department, once
- Taste for exploring New York, for instance
- Say there's a short way to brew tea
- Rhode Island is the smallest one
- Kerry's department, 2013-17
- Maine, e.g.
- Condition of the nation?
- Michigan or Minnesota, for example
- One of a well-known 50
- With 70-Across, what the first word of each long Across answer is vis-à-vis the bracketed place in its clue
- Comment
- Victoria or Tasmania, for Australia
- Orally report
- Missouri or Mississippi, for example
- Hawaii, e.g.
- Mississippi, for one
- Declare in doubtful taste
- With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is
- Iowa, e.g.
- International relations department
- Oregon or Ohio
- 19-Across, for example
- Utah or Oklahoma
- Oaxaca or Ohio
- Indiana, for one
- Chihuahua is a Mexican one
- 9-Down or Idaho
- Connecticut, e.g.
- Washington is one
- Georgia or Washington
- Part of a political convention roll call
- Tabasco, for one
- Texas or Tabasco
- Montana or Maine
- Colorado or California
- Maryland, e.g.
- 16-Across, for example
- California, for one
- Lead-in to "of mind" or "of war"
- City-___
- Indiana is a beautiful one
- The "S" of L.S.U.
- Washington, but not Washington, D.C. (yet!)
- Word before "of mind" or "of emergency"
- -
- Illinois or Indiana
- In public ownership, say
- Kansas or Arkansas
- Alcorn ___: HBCU in Mississippi
- Part of a mailing address
- "There's no need to ___ the obvious"
- New York, for one
- Clinton's former department
- Miss Del or Cal, say, or maybe Mo?
- Virginia's condition, perhaps?
- Say aloud
- A terrible one, say?
- Karnataka or Kansas
- ___ of the Union
- Verbalize
- California or Oaxaca
- Utah or Texas
- Alagoas or Arizona
- Kelantan or Kentucky
- Ohio or Indiana
- With 8-Across, the sources of the 31-Down in this puzzle's reviews
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - December 16, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - December 13, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - December 11, 2024
- Daily American - November 26, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 24, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 21, 2024
- New York Times - November 13, 2024
- LA Times - November 07, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 29, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 28, 2024
- Daily American - October 15, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 12, 2024
- Daily Quick - September 24, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 14, 2024
- USA Today - September 11, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 11, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 22, 2024
- USA Today - August 13, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 10, 2024
- USA Today - August 09, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 05, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 01, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 22, 2024
- USA Today - July 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 19, 2024
- Daily American - July 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 03, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 27, 2024
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