Across
- 1. its state animal is the buffalo
- 5. a modern advertising slogan for this state's most popular city: what happens in this city stays in this city.
- 6. the state with the lowest rate of obesity in the country
- 7. this state has a large Cuban expatriate community
- 8. home of Ben and Jerry's ice cream
- 9. this state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning "red people"
- 12. This "new" state is adjacent with Vermont
- 15. directly east of Washington state
- 20. the crawfish capital of the world
- 22. home of the Grand Canyon
- 23. Bismark is this state's capitol
- 24. home state of the characters in the TV series Breaking Bad
- 26. called "America's Dairyland"
- 28. the Palmetto state
- 30. located below Washington state
- 31. home of the Liberty Bell
- 32. the atomic bomb was developed in this state's small city of Oak Ridge
- 36. this state is on Ray Charle's mind
- 37. most farm-raised catfish come from this state
- 38. home of Mount Rushmore
- 40. this state's slogan is the "land of 10,000 lakes"
- 41. home to both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- 42. the state with the longest coastline (greater than all others combined)
- 43. the only state to be named after a US president
- 45. Des Moines is this state's capitol
- 46. home of the most populous city in the US (hint: I <3 this city)
- 47. Bill Clinton was born in this state
Down
- 2. the Cotton State
- 3. the smallest state in the US
- 4. home of the Gateway Arch
- 10. its 4 mile Bay Bridge connects the western part of this state across the Chesapeake Bay into its eastern shore
- 11. home to the third largest city in the US, located beside Lake Michigan
- 13. home of the insert-sate-capitol-here Cream Pie
- 14. the Cornhusker State
- 16. the southernmost state, in latitude
- 17. ALL of this state's territory is part of the Appalachian mountain range
- 18. over 90 % of the nation's lobster supply is caught off the coast of this state
- 19. home of Yellowstone National Park
- 21. where the Wright Brothers took flight
- 25. a state known for its many bourbon breweries
- 27. this state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman
- 29. Hartford is this state's capitol
- 33. it is estimated there are approximately 500,000 detectable seismic tremors in this state annually
- 34. home of Jamestown, the first English settlement
- 35. heading west from Colorado, this state's I-70 highway is one of the most deserted stretches of highway in the US
- 37. this state has an upper and lower peninsula (hint: it's in the Great Lakes region)
- 39. it's so big, this state was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845
- 40. it's the 4th largest state and shares it's borders with 3 Canadian provinces
- 44. this small "new" state has the highest population density and percent urban population in the US
- 45. the name of this state means "the land of Indians"
