Answer:

mississippi

Answer	Crossword Clue
MISSISSIPPI	River with two quartets?
MISSISSIPPI	Home of William Faulkner
MISSISSIPPI	Where Jackson is capital

MISSISSIPPI	Rep. Rankin's State.
MISSISSIPPI	It has 9 electoral votes.
MISSISSIPPI	River of Island No. 10.
MISSISSIPPI	Magnolia State.
MISSISSIPPI	Father of Waters
MISSISSIPPI	River flowing south from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico
MISSISSIPPI	Volunteer State and Show Me State stream
MISSISSIPPI	United States divider

MISSISSIPPI	ALABAMA
MISSISSIPPI	Word in a spelling challenge
MISSISSIPPI	Hannibal, MO
MISSISSIPPI	Area explored by De Soto