MERGED STATES

Charles M. Deber

Each clue below suggests a word that can be merged into the name of a U.S. state - with one or more  overlapping letters. The area of the state is given as a hint.

Example: 

Look for new things in the Northwest

EXPLORE - OREGON = EXPLOREGON 

 

1. Antelope of the South 

2. Magic in the Northeast

3. Coward in the Southeast

4. Take it back in the Midwest

5. Moonshining in the Midwest

6. Comment of the Great Plains

7. Exotic dancer/WWI spy of the Southwest 

8. Pioneering Renaissance astronomer of the Midwest

9. Buck-toothed water mammal of the of the Northeast

 

Answers:

 

1. IMPALABAMA

2. LEGERDEMAINE

3. CHICKENTUCKY

4. RESCINDIANA

5. DISTILLINOIS

6. REMARKANSAS

7. MATA HARIZONA

8. GALILEOHIO

9. BEAVERMONT