| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| CEARA | State in Brazil, its capital Fortaleza. |
| SDAK | Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. |
| DURANGO | Mexican state or its capital |
| OAXACA | Mexican state or its capital |
| PUEBLA | Mexican state or its capital |
| BREMEN | German state or its capital |
| BADEN | German State, its capital Karlsruhe. |
| HESSE | German state, Darmstadt its capital. |
| BOISE | State capital or its river |
| OAXACA | Mexican state, or its capital |
| ANHALT | Central German State; Dessau its capital. |
| INDIANA | State whose name is part of its capital |
| PIERRE | Only state capital that shares no letters with the name of its state |
