US sates cryptic clues

[zigadebo]

Need the US states that these are clues for. Thanks in advance:

Honour Amongst Thieves
Exploding Osmannite
Horsehair
Nicolas Sarkozy's Sunbed

[Meadow24]

Next set

Q36 Pines For Neil Pye
Q37 Rush Prisoners To Their Cells
Q38 Sick Badger
Q39 Smash A Frail Icon
Q40 Never Heard A Thing

[bulliver]

Smash A Frail Icon = California (anagram)

[bulliver]

Rush Prisoners To Their Cells = Wisconsin ('whizz cons in')

[ichkeria]

Smash badger is ILLINOIS

[ichkeria]

...sick badger I mean :-)

[ichkeria]

36 - Mississippi

[Dharmasman]

Is it Alaska as in I'll ask A, as never heard a thing?

[ab_90]

I get the 'ill' bit for sick badger, but where does 'inois' come in to it?

[bulliver]

'inois' sounds like 'annoy' (badger)

[zigadebo]

Ichkeria,

How do you get Mississippi for 36?

Z

[jaykay1]

Mississippi = misses hippy (Neil Pye was a hippy in The Young Ones)

[mrshd]

Any thoughts on

Q40 Never Heard A Thing

[hlk1]

got the first 4 within 5 minutes, except no 40 :-(

[ab_90]

Got 7 out of 10 so far today. Any thoughts on:
HNESWLUG
Tiny Snake in French/German Mountain
The 50th State (maybe the one left over?)

[Dharmasman]

Vermont for snake in French/german mountain. I think
50th state in alphabetical order Wyoming is the last state in the list therefore the 50th state. As for the letters no clue yet

[Welshie-woman]

Horsehair is Maine