| Australian state whose capital is Sydney: Abbr. |
| Uneasy state |
| Blue state majority, for short |
| Roman statesman called "the Censor |
| Stirring state |
| Banished to sleep on a couch, say ... or where to find the starred answers' hidden items |
| ___ the world (asleep) |
| Col. in a profit-and-loss statement |
| Hoosier State (Abbr.) |
| Bellini's sleepwalker |
| Annual cause of losing an hr.'s sleep hidden in this puzzle's 10 longest answers |
| Estate of a feudal lord |
| Amtrak sleeping compartments |
| Allstate subsidiary |
| Sleepy John ___ (blues guitarist) |
| Aloha State souvenir |
| Confusing statements ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| First thing Iowa State cheerleaders ask for? |
| Aptly, Pierre's state |
| Agreement between states |
| Ailment that leaves one in a confused state? |
| Dejected statement |
| Sorbonne states |
| Acted sleepy |
| Confidently state |
| The Clerical State? |
| Corestates Center, for one |
| Person in a detached state? |
| Feeling sleepy |
| Not interested in matters of state |