| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| CLEARBOTTOM | The State Department on a nice day? |
| ASIA | The State Department has identified South ... as a terrorism hub |
| IRAN | The State Department denies a "secret" Gore deal in which Russian arms were sent here |
| XESEDUCATION | Crosses off the smallest department on a cabinet list? |
| SCREW | Item in the hardware department with a "+" or "-" on its head |
| STAR | Representation of a state on the U.S. flag |
| IOWA | Its state seal shows a steamboat on the Mississippi |
| WNET | PBS station with a transmitter on the Empire State Building |
| LEWIS | One of a pair of explorers on the Missouri state quarter |
| MISERY | Word that sounds like a state when accented on the second syllable rather than the first |
