| EXPROPRIATE | Take for the state's use |
| STATUS | State use finishes off one's importance in society (6) |
| ATTACHE | How to make us use embassy employee |
| SUGAR | In order to rag us, use a sweetener (5) |
| KINDNESS | A __; what the singers of 19/20/13 will take for the sake of 19/20/13? (3,1,8) |
| CUPO | A __; what the singers of 19/20/13 will take for the sake of 19/20/13? (3,1,8) |
| EMMYS | Take for "The Sopranos" |
| HOTWIRE | Take for the road? |
| LEASE | Take for the summer, say |
| STEEL | Take, for the auditor: 5/9 of this? (5) |
| EMIRATES | Times are changing for the States (8) |
| GRANTMONEY | Concert take for "The Next Time I Fall" singer Amy? |
| AGES | So, how long will it take for the sage to blossom? (4) |
| YEAR | Length of time it takes for the Earth to go around the Sun |
| SOUTH | Dish out no ID for the states around Texas (5) |
| DEEP | Name for the states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina (4,5) |
| CAPITALGAINS | Some taxable income from Honolulu and Juneau in 1959, for the States |
| DEEPSOUTH | Collective name for the states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina (4,5) |
| NEWENGLAND | Name for the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut |
| HOUR | Time it takes for the little hand to spin around |
