CAPITAL IDEAS
Credit: Washington Post Crossword
Carole Anne Nelson

Each clue below can be answered with the name of a US state capital. For #6, wordplay is fair play.

1. Capital dessert
2. Capital performance site
3. Capital fruit
4. Capital Biblical correspondent
5. Capital adventurer and courtier
6. Capital southern California beach attraction

Answers:

1. Boston cream pie 
2. Lincoln Center
3. Concord grapes
4. St. Paul The Apostle
5. Sir Walter Raleigh
6. Santa Monica Pierre