Possible Clues:

• State floor-covering in one length is needed
• The Land of Lincoln (... last four letters + the first four of 46-Down)
• State complaint with one never-ending racket
• US state by L. Michigan
• State declaration of my intent; one is no pushover
• One student's floor-covering is in a state
• In brief, sickly state
• Where Bears and Cubs play
• Springfield site
• Out of sorts - in love - is in a state!