Uniting the States
by Lori Zlatkin in GAMES



The 50 two-letter abbreviations of U.S. states can be "united" in combinations that form common words suggested by the following list of definitions.   As a solving aid the answers are arranged in alphabetical order.   All answers have six letters (using three abbreviations), except for those marked with an asterisk, which have eight letters.   A state may appear more than once in an answer, and answers include proper names and/or two-word phrases.

Here is a list of the two-letter abbreviations of the 50 states:
AL   AK   AZ   AR   CA   CO   CT   DE   FL   GA   HI   ID   IL   IN   IA   KS   KY   LA   ME   MD   MA   MI   MN   MS   MO   MT   NE   NV   NH   NJ   NM   NY   NC   ND   OH   OK   OR   PA   RI   SC   SD   TN   TX   UT   VT   VA   WA   WV   WI   WY

_______     1. marizipan nut
_______     2. amusement center
_______     3. mysterious

_______   *4. zinc oxide lotion
_______     5. honesty
_______   *6. anthracite source

_______   *7. soft drink (hyphenated)
_______   *8. supersonic craft
_______     9. bird of prey

_______     10. break a cipher
_______     11. ridicule
_______     12. abloom

_______     13. lacking coastlines
_______   *14. shrine
_______   *15. psychological ploy

_______     16. bee's quaff
_______     17. Anderson of Baywatch
_______     18. French Mathematician



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