Boston is the capital of Massachusetts and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The crossword solutions for the term BOSTON include ORR (3 letters), which is the surname of a former Boston Bruins hockey player, Bobby Orr; OZAWA (5 letters), which is the surname of a former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa; HUB (3 letters), which is a nickname for the city of Boston; POPS (4 letters), which is a nickname for the Boston POPS Orchestra; LEGAL (5 letters), which is a nickname for the Boston LEGAL television show; THEHUB (6 letters), which is a nickname for the Greater Boston area; TERRIER (7 letters), which is a nickname for the Boston University sports teams; and STRANGLER (9 letters), which is a nickname for the Boston Strangler, a serial killer who terrorized the city in the 1960s.