Answer:

SOUTH

Answer	Crossword Clue
SOUTH	Hand player in bridge columns
SOUTH	Bridge position
SOUTH	Down on a map

SOUTH	.. China Sea
SOUTH	"Stars and Bars" land
SOUTH	Union opponent
SOUTH	Dixie, with "The"
SOUTH	Toward Antarctica's pole
SOUTH	Confederacy
SOUTH	Gray area?
SOUTH	Into a state of decline

SOUTH	Toward Marie Byrd Land
SOUTH	Went ... (turned bad)
SOUTH	Declarer in bridge columns
SOUTH	Union foe
SOUTH	Pole position?
SOUTH	Word in two state names
SOUTH	Civil War side
SOUTH	Sunny side

SOUTH	Compass direction
SOUTH	Down on a globe
SOUTH	New .. Wales
SOUTH	Cardinal point
SOUTH	Needle point
SOUTH	Snowbirds' December destination
SOUTH	Part of NSW
SOUTH	Anti-F.E.P.C. bloc.

SOUTH	The solid ....
SOUTH	"Solid" portion of U. S.
SOUTH	Below the Mason-Dixon line.
SOUTH	Part of the U. S.
SOUTH	The antarctic regions.
SOUTH	Deep ....
SOUTH	Direction.
SOUTH	The Confederacy.

SOUTH	Dixie.
SOUTH	... Seas.
SOUTH	New Zealand's largest island.
SOUTH	From which the Auster blows.
SOUTH	Solid ...