| FOUNDINGFATHERS | Old American friends who first made amends for the state of the nation. (8,7) |
| GRADUALLY | Friend who first split up the guard bit by bit (9) |
| UNION | Word, derived from the Latin for "one", for the state of being allied; the act of marriage or wedlock; a brotherhood or guild; or, agreement, concord or harmony in general (5) |
| PRINCIPALSHIP | The main vessel for the state of being in charge of school (13) |
| ANIMATION | Word for the state of being alive; or, the technique of giving life or spirit to still images, models or puppets (9) |
| ENLISTMENT | Otherwise listen to me in the mid-20s for the state of being recruited |
| ICED | Practiced finally for the state of the Christmas cake (4) |
| ONENESS | Word for unity or for the state of being in harmony with something (7) |
| DESERET | The Mormons' original name for the state of Utah, meaning "honeybee" (7) |
| REPUBLIC | State of the nation (8) |
| GEORGIA | State of the nation? |
| SONA | State Of the Nation Address (4) |
| BUSINESS | From "anxiety, solicitude", a word simply for the state of being fully occupied first, later commerce, dealings, enterprise, industry, professional activity or trading (8) |
| LANDOFNOD | Humorous term for the state of being asleep (4,2,3) |
| PANAMA | Criticise a graduate for the state of his hat (6) |
| TEDIUM | A crook diet with hesitation for the state of being wearisome |
| RAILING | Is reproaching one for the state of a barrier (7) |
| MAGNOLIA | This tree is the floral emblem of the nation of North Korea and the state flower of both Louisiana and Mississippi |
| TREE | 'And the leaves of the ___ were for the healing of the nations' (Revelation 22: 2) (4) |
| OLDDOMINION | Nickname for the state of Virginia |
