Answer: STATE
STATE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 271 times.
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
 - Kansas or California
 - Place for affairs?
 - It's represented by a star
 - Iowa or Ohio
 - Washington, but not Jefferson
 - Union unit
 - Express clearly
 - What a star on a flag may signify
 - Nation
 - Make comments
 - Tripura or orissa
 - "Swing" or "safe" election area
 - Hawaii or Alaska
 - Big brother, to Orwell
 - "Red" or "blue" election area
 - Any of Mexico's 31
 - What a star on the American flag represents
 - Union representative
 - "Swing" election area
 - Alaska or Arkansas
 - Rhode Island is the smallest one
 - With 70-Across, what the first word of each long Across answer is vis-à-vis the bracketed place in its clue
 - Victoria or Tasmania, for Australia
 - Orally report
 - Missouri or Mississippi, for example
 - Hawaii, e.g.
 - With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is
 - International relations department
 - Oregon or Ohio
 - 19-Across, for example
 - Utah or Oklahoma
 - Chihuahua is a Mexican one
 - 9-Down or Idaho
 - Connecticut, e.g.
 - Hawaii or Missouri
 - Georgia or Washington
 - Guanajuato or California
 - Part of a political convention roll call
 - Tabasco, for one
 - Texas or Tabasco
 - Montana or Maine
 - Colorado or California
 - 16-Across, for example
 - California, for one
 - Lead-in to "of mind" or "of war"
 - The "S" of L.S.U.
 - City-___
 - Washington, but not Washington, D.C. (yet!)
 - Word before "of mind" or "of emergency"
 - —
 - Illinois or Indiana
 - 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
 - Say aloud
 - Karnataka or Kansas
 - Morelos or Minnesota
 - ___ of the Union
 - California or Oaxaca
 - Kelantan or Kentucky
 - Ohio or Indiana
 - With 8-Across, the sources of the 31-Down in this puzzle's reviews
 - Michoacan or Michigan
 - New Mexico, for example
 - Illinois or California
 - Iowa or Idaho
 - What a star may represent
 - Each star on the American flag represents one
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - August 15, 2025
 - New York Times - June 03, 2025
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 - USA Today - March 12, 2025
 - LA Times - March 03, 2025
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 - USA Today - January 23, 2025
 - USA Today - January 22, 2025
 - New York Times - November 13, 2024
 - LA Times - November 07, 2024
 - USA Today - September 11, 2024
 - USA Today - August 13, 2024
 - USA Today - August 09, 2024
 - New York Times - March 16, 2024
 - USA Today - February 14, 2024
 - LA Times - January 26, 2024
 - New York Times - December 26, 2023
 - USA Today - December 20, 2023
 - LA Times - December 14, 2023
 - USA Today - December 13, 2023
 
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