State Crossword: Maine

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  1. 2. Popular resort town home to "The Smiling Cow."
  2. 5. "The Lobster Capital of the World."
  3. 10. Explorer who founded the first confirmed European settlement in Maine.
  4. 12. Mountain that overlooks Penobscot Bay.
  5. 13. Capital of Maine
  6. 14. Poet who wrote "The Song of Hiawatha" and "Paul Revere's Ride."
  7. 20. First European country to colonize modern-day Maine.
  8. 23. Mountain home to a ski resort. Shares its name with a mountain in Rio de Janeiro.
  9. 24. Maine's state tree.
  10. 27. Bridge home to the tallest public bridge observatory in the world. 13 people were temporarily trapped in its elevator in 2014.
  11. 29. Confederacy of Indigenous peoples that lived in New England, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and some of Quebec.
  12. 30. Situated in York County, this town began as a shipbuilding center.
  13. 31. Highest sea cliffs north of Brazil.
  14. 33. New England's only national park.
  15. 34. Norse coin allegedly found in Brooklin that would indicate pre-Columbian contact among the Scandinavians and Penobscot.
  16. 36. Largest city in Maine.
  17. 37. Port Clyde lighthouse that features in the movie "Forrest Gump."
  18. 38. Largest town in Maine.
Down
  1. 1. State that Maine was once part of.
  2. 3. Federal legislation that led to Maine becoming a free state.
  3. 4. Author of "Stuart Little" and "Charlotte's Web."
  4. 6. Author of "It," "Carrie," and "The Shining."
  5. 7. State park set in the north of Maine.
  6. 8. Major clothing company based in Freeport.
  7. 9. Popular resort town on Mount Desert Island during the Gilded Age.
  8. 11. Seafood delicacy originally served in prisons.
  9. 12. Elite college located in Maine's largest town.
  10. 15. Maine marks the southernmost point in the North Atlantic where these parrot-like seabirds live.
  11. 16. Gigantic, fluffy cat breed native to the state.
  12. 17. "Pitch Perfect" and "Twilight" actress who hails from Maine's largest city.
  13. 18. Creamy dessert that may have originated in either Maine or Pennsylvania.
  14. 19. Purple fruit that traditionally has its fields burned every few years. Can be made into a pie!
  15. 21. Important city in planes traveling from the East Coast to Europe.
  16. 22. Celebration of French culture that takes place in Biddeford.
  17. 25. Lighthouse that marks the easternmost point of the continental US.
  18. 26. 1800s fortification created in case of British attack.
  19. 28. Maine's tallest mountain and the northern end of the Appalachian Trail; its name means "Great Mountain" in Penobscot.
  20. 32. Tallest mountain on the eastern seaboard. Hikers will arrive early to see the first sunlight to hit the United States.
  21. 35. Passamaquoddy basket weaver who founded the Maine Indian Basketmaker's Alliance.