Answer: NATION
NATION is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 52 times.
Referring Clues:
- Political journal since 1865, with "The"
 - Republic
 - Turkey, e.g.
 - One with a flag
 - Land
 - American Indian organization
 - Colbert ___ (Comedy Central show audience)
 - Country
 - Mali, but not Bali
 - Zambia or Gambia
 - Most-favored-___
 - Tribe of Native Americans, e.g.
 - "Fast Food ___" (2006 Richard Linklater film)
 - Georgia or Chad
 - China, for example
 - "... one ___, under God ..."
 - "Pledge of Allegiance" word
 - Stephen Colbert's term of address for his viewers
 - Part 6 of today's quote
 - Word after First
 - Republic or monarchy
 - Political unit
 - Pledge of Allegiance word
 - State
 - Baseball, in America
 - People of a state
 - Turkey, for one
 - Map area
 - Sovereign state
 - Seal adopter
 - Saloon buster Carrie
 - Georgia, but not Florida
 - Temperance crusader Carrie
 - Reformer Carrie
 - Choctaw, for one
 - Saloonkeeper's nemesis
 - Carry or cat
 - Republic, e.g.
 - See 94-Across
 - "alien ___"
 - South Korea or South Sudan
 - A country's people
 - Cherokee ___
 - One with an anthem
 - With 20-Across, constructing a country's identity ... or what's happening in the starred answers? (Note: Read the extra letters in order for a bonus)
 - Chad, but not Jeremy
 - Georgia, e.g.
 - South Sudan or South Korea
 - Guatemala or Guinea
 - *Outrage
 - The Navajo ___
 - Niger or Nigeria
 
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - June 03, 2025
 - USA Today - May 14, 2025
 - USA Today - July 08, 2024
 - New York Times - August 03, 2023
 - USA Today - May 19, 2023
 - USA Today - December 14, 2022
 - New York Times - May 15, 2022
 - LA Times - May 09, 2021
 - LA Times - March 18, 2021
 - Universal - February 27, 2021
 - LA Times - February 26, 2021
 - USA Today - December 23, 2020
 - New York Times - April 26, 2020
 - Universal - March 21, 2020
 - LA Times - December 30, 2018
 - Universal - October 12, 2018
 - Netword - December 02, 2017
 - Universal - February 23, 2017
 - LA Times - November 29, 2016
 - Netword - August 13, 2016
 
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