Possible Clues:

• The El Dorado State
• Home of the player at the ends of the answers to starred clues
• Its flag features a grizzly bear
• Peeling paint, profit slack, upset, in a state
• *State with the largest economy in America
• Newly-developed African oil state
• Irvine locale
• Its 'saintly' cities include the starts to 16-, 28-, 37- and 43-Across
• State Fabric: denim
• Shasta, Sierra, Sutter