States By Borders
New Hampshire
Maine
A level of special affectionate attention & a cable TV network now featuring shows like "90 Day Fiance"
TLC
The second paragraph declares that the creator endows people with certain unalienable rights & then lists these three
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Prancer & Cupid were famous ones
Reindeer
You don't want your wine made with these, also a phrase about trash-talking something you cannot have
Sour Grapes
Connecticut, Massachusetts
Rhode Island
A stat for a pitcher to keep low & a change to the Consitution first proposed in 1923
ERA
Language condemning the British practice of this "execrable commerce" was removed despite objections
slavery
In 2017 the maximum length of this went from 140 to 280 characters
tweet
A fitting finish for a sundae, this idiom means to make something good even better
To put a cherry on top
Oregon, Idaho
Washington
A college of Gamecocks & college of Trojans
USC
About 2 weeks after Pearl Harbor, the declaration was hidden away at this Kentucky facility, where it remained until late 1944
Fort Knox
A short bit of praise from a critic or fellow author on the cover of a book
Blurb
It refers to disclosing secret information, like when you accidentally dropped that pot of chili
spilling the beans
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland
Delaware
A food additive common in Chinese cuisine & an indoor venue atop Penn Station
MSG
The Declaration of Independence drew direct inspiration from ideas in this colony's Declaration of Rights
Virginia
Larry Bird or currently Jayson Tatum
Celtic
If you are the best of the best, you're this, mentioning a dairy product and a farming word
cream of the crop
Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin
Michigan
Texting shorthand for disbelief or disappointment & a major newspaper Down Under
SMH
The document was influenced by this English thinker's tenet that govt. gets its powers from "the consent of the people"
John Locke
A fancy design of your initials that you use on stationary or clothing
monogram
You and your best friend described this way, involving a legume and it's container
(two) peas in a pod