| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SAYS | States | |
| ALIGNMENTS | Linear states | |
| USSR | Soviet states | |
| TRANCES | Dazed states | |
| TOGETHERNESS | Unity states | |
| AVERS | States positively | |
| USA | The States | |
| VOICES | States (opinion) | |
| TANGLES | Confused states | |
| AMERICA | The States | |
| ADDS | States further | |
| DECLARES | States emphatically | |
| MOODS | States of mind | |
| DIXIE | US southern states | |
| ALLEGES | States without proof | |
| ASSERTS | States as true | |
| STATER | One who states. | |
| LOWS | Fellowship conceals depressed states | |
| ESTATE | Property in the States | |
| TATE | Gallery in the States | |
| CIA | United States surveillance organisation (1,1,1) | |
| CLAIMS | States “Number one in clams!” | |
| REALMS | “Very masculine society,” sovereign states | |
| SPEAKS | States holding summit on board | |
| KENTUCKY | One of the United States. | |