Intro to the 50 States

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Across
  1. 2. Birthplace of Elvis
  2. 3. Gerald Ford played college football here
  3. 9. Home of the Grand Ol Opry
  4. 10. Superbowl LIX happened here
  5. 11. The worst state
  6. 12. The closest state to Africa
  7. 13. The Lone Star State
  8. 15. The Hoosier State
  9. 17. The Beaver State
  10. 18. Our favorite college, Creighton, is here
  11. 20. Capital is Raleigh
  12. 25. Cities include Albuquerque and Santa Fe
  13. 26. The Keystone State
  14. 29. Home of Harvard University
  15. 30. The Peach State
  16. 32. The Hoover Dam is here
  17. 33. Capital is Hartford
  18. 34. Split off from a Confederate State before the Civil War
  19. 42. Governor is Brad Little
  20. 43. The White Sox, Cubs, and Bears play here
  21. 44. The Largest State by Population
  22. 45. The Smallest State by Area
  23. 46. The Gateway Arch is here
  24. 48. Known as Big Sky Country
Down
  1. 1. Capital is Madison
  2. 4. Kevin Durant and James Conner play here
  3. 5. The Wizard of Oz begins here
  4. 6. The first state to join the Union
  5. 7. The smallest state by population
  6. 8. Home of Mount Rushmore
  7. 12. Site of the battle that inspired the National Anthem
  8. 14. Olympia is the capital
  9. 16. Home to the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hempisphere
  10. 19. Bill Clinton is a native of this state
  11. 20. Home of the Nets from 1977-2012
  12. 21. Used to be its own country. The final state.
  13. 22. Senators are Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch
  14. 23. The largest state by area
  15. 24. Churchill Downs has a race here every year
  16. 27. Carolina The first state to leave the Union before the Civil War
  17. 28. Famous residents include Jay-Z, Josh Allen, and Paul Simon
  18. 31. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington are from this state
  19. 35. The Music Man is set here
  20. 36. The March from Selma was here
  21. 37. Pike's Peak is in this state
  22. 38. The state that grows the most sunflowers
  23. 39. Motto is "Live Free or Die"
  24. 40. LeBron won two championships here
  25. 41. Its Governor ran for VP in 2024
  26. 47. The forty-sixth state to join the Union