| State |
| A Siouan |
| U.S. state |
| 29th of 50 |
| Ames' home |
| Corn state |
| 29th state |
| Corny place |
| Ames locale |
| Caucus site |
| Ames' state |
| Corn locale |
| Siouan tribe |
| Corny state? |
| The Hawkeyes |
| Corn country |
| Caucus state |
| Big Ten team |
| Bone: Prefix |
| Midwest state |
| Central state |
| Drake's state |
| Keokuk's home |
| Kansas Indian |
| One of the 50 |
| River or city |
| Caucus locale |
| Primary state |
| Siouan people |
| Hawkeye State |
| American state |
| The Corn State |
| Big Ten member |
| Corn territory |
| Dubuque locale |
| Keokuk's state |
| The 29th state |
| Davenport site |
| Big Ten school |
| Hawkeyes' home |
| Caucuses locale |
| Davenport state |
| Hawkeyes' state |
| Heartland state |
| Ottumwa's state |
| Place to caucus |
| Sioux City site |
| Tall-corn state |
| Waterloo's here |
| A soybean state |
| Des Moines home |
| Farm Belt state |
| Kansas neighbor |
| Waterloo locale |
| Waterloo's home |
| WWII battleship |
| Dubuque's state |
| Corn Belt state |
| Midwestern state |
| Davenport locale |
| Davenport milieu |
| Davenport's site |
| Davenport's spot |
| Farm-belt member |
| Home of Slipknot |
| Ottumwa's locale |
| Vast corny place |
| Waterloo's place |
| Waterloo's state |
| Dubuque is there |
| Dubuque's locale |
| Midwest US state |
| Davenport's home |
| Siouan tribesman |
| Sioux City state |
| Waterloo is here |
| Where Dubuque is |
| Waterloo setting |
| Where Waterloo is |
| Nebraska neighbor |
| Des Moines locale |
| Des Moines's home |
| Home to a Hawkeye |
| Missouri neighbor |
| Primary location? |
| River City's home |
| Where Drake U. is |
| Davenport's place |
| Grant Wood locale |
| Major caucus site |
| Site of Davenport |
| Sioux City locale |
| A Corn Belt state |
| Skunk River state |
| Grant Wood's home |
| Illinois neighbor |
| Davenport setting |
| Davenport's state |
| Des Moines' state |
| The Hawkeye State |
| Home of Fort Dodge |
| Minnesota neighbor |
| State Fair" locale |
| Big Ten competitor |
| Davenport's locale |
| Des Moines is here |
| Des Moines setting |
| Fort Dodge's state |
| Home of Wood works |
| It's big and corny |
| Major caucus state |
| Sioux City setting |
| Skunk River locale |
| Straw poll setting |
| W.W. II battleship |
| Where Cherokee is. |
| 'Music Man' locale |
| Big source of corn |
| Corn growing state |
| River City's state |
| Early caucus state |
| Where corn is king |
| Des Moines's state |
| Sioux City's state |
| Cedar Falls setting |
| Des Moines's locale |
| Early campaign stop |
| Early primary state |
| First state to vote |
| Grant Wood's origin |
| Hawkeyes university |
| Major corn producer |
| Maytag's home state |
| Missouri's neighbor |
| Sen. Hughes's state |
| Slipknot home state |
| Where Hawkeyes live |
| Where Sioux City is |
| The Tall Corn State |
| Cedar Rapids locale |
| Nebraska's neighbor |
| Quad Cities setting |
| Waterloo's location |
| Cedar Rapids' state |
| State east of Omaha |
| Davenport's setting |
| Sioux City's locale |
| Where Des Moines is |
| Neighbor of Illinois |
| 'The Music Man' site |
| The Music Man" state |
| Cedar Rapids setting |
| January caucus state |
| Media focus last 2/1 |
| Middle America state |
| Minnesota's neighbor |
| ''State Fair'' state |
| Davenport's location |
| Place known for corn |
| River, city or state |
| State above Missouri |
| Rose Bowl team: 1982 |
| Home of the Hawkeyes |
| White Cloud's people |
| Raccoon River locale |
| Part of the Corn Belt |
| 'The Music Man' venue |
| The Music Man" locale |
| 29th state as of 1846 |
| Council Bluffs' state |
| Critical caucus state |
| Hoover called it home |
| It's east of Nebraska |
| South Dakota adjoiner |
| South Dakota neighbor |
| Opening caucus locale |
| Where the Skunk flows |
| Council Bluffs locale |
| ''State Fair'' setting |
| Herbert Hoover's state |
| Home state of Slipknot |
| Illinois border sharer |
| Important caucus state |
| Site of early caucuses |
| State east of Nebraska |
| State next to Nebraska |
| State of the Corn Belt |
| Political caucus state |
| State in the Corn Belt |
| Field of Dreams" state |
| Heart of the Corn Belt |
| American Gothic" locale |
| It's south of Minnesota |
| Minor-league Cubs' home |
| State with a big caucus |
| Where I-80 crosses I-35 |
| Council Bluffs is there |
| Important caucus locale |
| John Wayne's home state |
| Peach Bowl winner: 1982 |
| Herky the Hawk's school |
| John Wayne's birthplace |
| It's corny and one of 50 |
| Louisiana Purchase state |
| Site of Drake University |
| State known for its fair |
| State south of Minnesota |
| Top corn-producing state |
| John Wayne's birth state |
| One of 14 in the Big Ten |
| Part of the La. Purchase |
| American Gothic" setting |
| Field of Dreams" backdrop |
| Birthplace of Ann Landers |
| Birthplace of Grant Wood. |
| Louisiana Territory state |
| Part of Corn Belt country |
| The Music Man setting |
| U.S. warship in 1989 news |
| Where Slipknot hails from |
| Buffalo Bill's birthplace |
| Where Gov. Ray holds sway |
| Its capital is Des Moines |
| Where the tall corn grows |
| Des Moines is its capital |
| Presidential caucus state |
| Birth state of Elijah Wood |
| Buffalo Bill's birth state |
| Johnny Carson's birthplace |
| Presidential primary state |
| Senator Joni Ernst's state |
| State-named Slipknot album |
| Where Ann Landers was born |
| ''Field of Dreams'' locale |
| Setting for "The Music Man |
| State admitted after Texas |
| ''Field of Dreams'' setting |
| Battleship in the 1989 news |
| Heaven, in "Field of Dreams |
| Its caucus is often raucous |
| Radar O'Reilly's home state |
| Site of an important caucus |
| Site of newsworthy caucuses |
| Herbert Hoover's home state |
| The Hawkeyes of the Big Ten |
| Where Buffalo Bill was born |
| It's corny and proud of it! |
| State where Cedar Rapids is |
| Where the Skunk River flows |
| Falls, river, city or state |
| Herbert Hoover's birthplace |
| Big Ten wrestling powerhouse |
| Birthplace of Herbert Hoover |
| College wrestling powerhouse |
| Early political caucus state |
| Home of Pottawattamie County |
| Place known for its caucuses |
| Scene of first caucus in '84 |
| State known for corn farming |
| State known for growing corn |
| State known for its caucuses |
| US state, capital Des Moines |
| One of eleven in the Big Ten |
| Black Hawk State Park setting |
| Fort Defiance State Park site |
| Harry Hershfield's home state |
| Home to Dubuque and Davenport |
| Minnesota's southern neighbor |
| State featured in this puzzle |
| State that's east of Nebraska |
| Where Herbert Hoover was born |
| Place of the "Field of Dreams |
| Part of the Louisiana Purchase |
| '01 Slipknot state-named album |
| Governor Kim Reynolds's domain |
| Home of Des Moines and Dubuque |
| Name repeated in ___ City, ___ |
| Radar O'Reilly's beloved state |
| State that's north of Missouri |
| State where much corn is grown |
| The Hawkeyes of college sports |
| Word repeated in ___ City, ___ |
| State-named '01 Slipknot album |
| Home of the Big Ten's Hawkeyes |
| Early presidential battleground |
| Important American caucus state |
| Los Angeles's U.S.S. ___ Museum |
| Spanish-American War battleship |
| State with major floods in 2008 |
| Top state in ethanol production |
| U.S.S. ___ (W.W. II battleship) |
| Major presidential caucus state |
| State that's south of Minnesota |
| Corn Belt state east of Nebraska |
| Home of the McCaughey septuplets |
| Native state of Meredith Willson |
| Place name before and after City |
| Midwestern state below Minnesota |
| America's top corn-growing state |
| Bridges of Madison County" locale |
| Its seal has a riverboat and plow |
| Locale for many political debates |
| Locale for two of the Quad Cities |
| Midwest state Slipknot hails from |
| Midwestern state where Dubuque is |
| State east of the Big Sioux River |
| State that produces the most corn |
| State whose capital is Des Moines |
| Early stop in a presidential race |
| Bridges of Madison County" setting |
| Corn Belt state south of Minnesota |
| State that holds a decisive caucus |
| Where Davenport and Sioux City are |
| Des Moines' and Cedar Rapids' state |
| Home of the Hawkeyes of the Big Ten |
| Presidential campaign kickoff state |
| River flowing SE to the Mississippi |
| State between Illinois and Nebraska |
| State in the heart of the Corn Belt |
| Word above "1846" on a quarter back |
| State between Nebraska and Illinois |
| ___ Stubborn" ("The Music Man" song) |
| Early stop for presidential hopefuls |
| Site of Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids |
| State where "American Gothic" is set |
| Home to Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids |
| The Bridges of Madison County" state |
| Early state in presidential campaigns |
| Early stop in a presidential campaign |
| It has rivers named Raccoon and Skunk |
| Site of Howard Dean's infamous scream |
| The me-called buckle of the Corn Belt |
| Where Red Delicious apples originated |
| The Bridges of Madison County" locale |
| If you build it, he will come" setting |
| State where Des Moines and Dubuque are |
| State with a silo on its license plate |
| State admitted to the Union after Texas |
| State the Des Moines River runs through |
| Where James T. Kirk was born and raised |
| North-central U.S. river, city or state |
| Only state with a two-vowel postal code |
| State where Interstates 35 and 80 cross |
| Early state in the presidential campaign |
| Its quarter shows a one-room schoolhouse |
| Site of the first-in-the-nation caucuses |
| State with the first presidential caucus |
| ''The Bridges of Madison County'' setting |
| Eastern segment of the Louisiana Purchase |
| For Minnesotans, it's south of the border |
| Only state name beginning with two vowels |
| Birthplace of John Wayne and Johnny Carson |
| First state to allow women to practice law |
| Four-letter state that's north of Missouri |
| Only state whose postal code is two vowels |
| The Hawkeyes' home state in college sports |
| University with a noted "Writers' Workshop |
| Presidential candidates' early battleground |
| State with 99 counties but 100 county seats |
| Home of Private Ryan in "Saving Private Ryan |
| Its license plates once said "The Corn State |
| State in which "Field of Dreams" takes place |
| State that borders South Dakota and Nebraska |
| State where the presidential primaries begin |
| The Big Sioux River forms part of its border |
| Only state whose name starts with two vowels |
| It's between the Missouri and the Mississippi |
| State that was part of the Louisiana Purchase |
| Where Grant Wood's "American Gothic" house is |
| Setting for ''The Bridges of Madison County'' |
| Its state quarter features a Grant Wood design |
| Midwestern state where Herbert Hoover was born |
| State bordered by the Mississippi and Missouri |
| Where the first presidential caucuses are held |
| Midwestern state that's home to the Hobo Museum |
| Only four-letter state other than Ohio and Utah |
| Only state with a two-vowel postal abbreviation |
| State that made same-sex marriage legal in 2009 |
| State whose straw poll was discontinued in 2015 |
| Where the presidential primary season kicks off |
| Its state quarter says "Foundation in education |
| Midwestern state where Keokuk and Sioux City are |
| It lies between the Mississippi and the Missouri |
| It's between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers |
| Site of the house that inspired "American Gothic |
| State that holds the first presidential caucuses |
| First state to weigh in on presidential candidates |
| State where "The Bridges of Madison County" was set |
| Midwestern state where "Field of Dreams" takes place |
| State known for corn, where "Field of Dreams" was set |
| One of five states in which same-sex marriage is legal |
| It borders both the Missouri and the Mississippi rivers |
| Its east and west borders are formed entirely by rivers |
| Midwest university with 23 team wrestling championships |
| It's located between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers |
| Only state whose entire east and west borders are rivers |
| State where the "Field of Dreams" movie site draws tourists |
| Setting for a state fair that serves "Deep-Fried Nacho Balls |
| State whose tricolor flag features an eagle holding a ribbon |
| Its eastern and western borders are formed entirely by rivers |
| Its state quarter has an image based on a Grant Wood painting |
| State whose eastern border is formed by the Mississippi River |
| State with the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium |
| State that hosted the first presidential caucuses on February 1 |
| Its state song is the creatively titled "The Song of [that state] |
| Besides Ohio and Utah, the only state with four letters in its name |
| State where the "Field of Dreams" movie site is a tourist attraction |
| Its motto is "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain |
| Its flag states "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain |
| Birth state of Richard Nixon and John Wayne, the two great American badasses |
| It has counties named Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren, and Harrison |