Possible Clues:

• Unfortunately kaput, but not put here
• Naturally cold state, but sweet when baked
• The forty-ninth state
• American state, capital Juneau
• 7.2 million-dollar bargain
• Its flag shows the Big Dipper and the North Star
• Old riddle: 'What did Delaware?' Answer: 'I don't know, but ___'
• Palin was the recent governor here
• Site of the Iditarod
• The largest state of the US