1. What is the only US State with a one-syllable name?

2. What do the following words have in common?

SPA

TEN

TOP

SAT

RAP

Answers:

1. Maine

2. When the appropriate state postal abbreviation is added to each clue, a new word results.

spaDE

tenOR

topAZ

satIN

rapID

Credit: NY Times Crossword - Feb. 5, 2012

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