Related Clues:
- Republic
- Claim
- Barbary or buffer follower
- Senator's constituency
- Red Cloud, for one
- 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]