Related Clues:

• Republic
• Claim
• Barbary or buffer follower
• Senator's constituency
• Agitated condition
• Convey
• Powell's department
• A star stands for it
• Express verbally
• Part of the Union
• Washington flip side
• One of fifty
• Washington, for one
• With 54-Across, the theme of this puzzle [hint: New Hampshire]
• Put into words