“Letters aptly missing from "d_ _a_ state"”

Bub

Rapper with back-to-back triple-platinum albums in 2000 and 2001

Meas. that becomes a third of its size if its second letter is removed

Hundredths of a Swedish krona

It might drip onto an urban sidewalk, informally

What a spooked horse might do

"To ___ is human, but it feels divine": Mae West

Shoveling?

Show-stopping device