| TALLAHASSEE | The capital of the US state, Florida (11) |
| SUNSHINE | The sort of state Florida is (8) |
| IDAHO | State Florida hopes to assume (5) |
| FOGGYBOTTOM | Nickname of the US State Department, from the river-side area of Washington in which it is headquartered (5,6) |
| ANNAPOLIS | The capital of the US state of Maryland, end point for the 3,000-mile annual Race Across America bicycle race (9) |
| BATONROUGE | The capital of the US state of Louisiana (5,5) |
| BATON | The capital of the US state of Louisiana (5,5) |
| ROUGE | The capital of the US state of Louisiana (5,5) |
| TOPEKA | The capital of the US state of Kansas (6) |
| SAINTPAUL | The capital of the US state of Minnesota (5,4) |
| HONOLULU | The capital of the US state of Hawaii (8) |
| CHEYENNE | The capital of the US state of Wyoming (8) |
| ATLANTA | Capital of the US state of Georgia, known as the 'City in a Forest' (7) |
| ALBANY | Capital of the US state of New York (6) |
| PIERRE | Capital of the US state of South Dakota (6) |
| JEFFERSON | _ City, capital of the US state of Missouri (9) |
| DOVER | Capital of the US state of Delaware (5) |
| OLYMPIA | Capital of the US state of Washington (7) |
| CARSON | - - - City, capital of the US state of Nevada (6) |
| JACKSON | The capital of the US state Mississippi (7) |
