Crossword puzzle clue "bodeans song about state"

BoDeans song about state

Its state song is the creatively titled "The Song of [that state]"

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin

State in a "State Fair" song title

State song of the Granite State

Article of tropical apparel ... whose start is a state nickname for the state indicated by the circled squares

Unlikely state of a state?

Secretariat's mother, for one ... whose start is a state nickname for the state indicated by the circled squares