See 6-Across LA Times Crossword Clue

• (noun)
  1. North American republic containing 50 states – 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
  2. the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare

• ACROSS (adverb)
  1. transversely

• BLAKE
  (5 letters)
• ZERO
  (4 letters)
• BEAR
  (4 letters)
• DOGS
  (4 letters)
• BONES
  (5 letters)
• ROCK
  (4 letters)
• FROM
  (4 letters)
• ROLL
  (4 letters)
• UNION
  (5 letters)
• DRINK
  (5 letters)
• HERE
  (4 letters)
• JOST
  (4 letters)
• CLUB
  (4 letters)
• SCENE
  (5 letters)
• RICE
  (4 letters)
• ANSARI
  (6 letters)
• PLATE
  (5 letters)
• OVER
  (4 letters)
• PINE
  (4 letters)
• POLE
  (4 letters)
• WILLOWS
  (7 letters)
• TREAT
  (5 letters)
• BERNTHAL
  (8 letters)
• BROKE
  (5 letters)
• RIVER
  (5 letters)
• TRICK
  (5 letters)
• STEELE
  (6 letters)
• CULPA
  (5 letters)
• GOALS
  (5 letters)
• SCOUT
  (5 letters)
• GARDE
  (5 letters)
• WILDE
  (5 letters)
• RINGS
  (5 letters)
• SEACREST
  (8 letters)
• TEXT
  (4 letters)
• STAR
  (4 letters)
• GLAND
  (5 letters)
• FOR
  (3 letters)
• CREATOR
  (7 letters)
• BRAIN
  (5 letters)
• SOLE
  (4 letters)
• KRIEGER
  (7 letters)
• DREAM
  (5 letters)
• PANTS
  (5 letters)
• MCENROE
  (7 letters)
• CHECK
  (5 letters)
• CARPET
  (6 letters)
• COMBS
  (5 letters)
• STU
  (3 letters)
• BIRDS
  (5 letters)
• TIME
  (4 letters)
• NO
  (2 letters)
• DOTS
  (4 letters)
• LAMPS
  (5 letters)
• LOOK
  (4 letters)
• RISER
  (5 letters)

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