| Northern diving seabird |
| Person who rouses game birds to be shot |
| Australian state whose capital is Sydney: Abbr. |
| Palindromic bird |
| Honey-eating bird |
| Predatory seabird |
| Uneasy state |
| Arctic seabird |
| Blue state majority, for short |
| Thieving bird |
| Old-World bird |
| Roman statesman called "the Censor |
| Stirring state |
| Col. in a profit-and-loss statement |
| Hoosier State (Abbr.) |
| Bird's crop |
| Aloha State souvenir |
| Allstate subsidiary |
| Bird that may nest on volcanic ash |
| Ailment that leaves one in a confused state? |
| Songbirds |
| Estate of a feudal lord |
| Aptly, Pierre's state |
| Birds, collectively |
| Confusing statements ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| Dejected statement |
| Corestates Center, for one |
| First thing Iowa State cheerleaders ask for? |
| Baby bird vegetables? |
| Confidently state |