STATE DEPARTMENT II
From  BRAIN GAMES FOR WORD NERDS
Francis Heaney

Each word or name below can be changed into a new word or name by adding the two letters of a U.S. state postal abbreviation to it. The letters may be added at either end of the word or inserted into it. For example, given the word PRONE, the letters PA - the postal abbreviation for Pennsylvania - could be inserted into it to give PROPANE. The names of the states are given below as hints.
(#11 and 12 have two words.)

1. WALLOWER
2. HARDING
3. CERES
4. "DELISH"
5. CROON
6. AVENGER
7. AMBLE
8. MOOSE
9. PANAMA
10. AMORE
11. THEBES
12. SICK
13. UNCLE

HINTS:
1. Florida
2. Arizona
3. Ohio
4. Missouri
5. Utah
6. South Carolina
7. Iowa
8. Virginia
9. Oregon
10. New York
11. North Dakota
12. Tennessee
13. Arkansas

Answers:

1. wallFLower
2. hAZarding
3. cOHeres
4. deMOlish
5. croUTon
6. SCavenger
7. amIAble
8. VAmoose
9. panORama
10. aNYmore
11. the beNDs 
12. sT. Nick
13. uncleAR