Possible Clues:

• The __ City (what Washington called Washington)
• In alliance
• Central government in the US
• Like the highest courts
• (Of a union or government) involving states voluntarily joined together for common purposes
• Figurehead and leader, perhaps, of the state
• Central government's got wild about leader writer maybe
• Relating to a treaty
• *Like the government outlined in the Constitution
• United, given a long time, getting closer to Arsenal