| Suffix with labor or victor | 27 |
| Some poker settlements | 22 |
| Sketchy payment alternatives | 28 |
| Short people might write them | 29 |
| Promissory notes, so to speak | 29 |
| Promises of payment: Abbr. | 26 |
| Poker players' markers | 26 |
| Papers promising payment | 24 |
| Notes promising payment | 23 |
| Gambler's headaches | 23 |
| Evidence that one is short | 26 |
| Debtors' documents | 22 |
| Creditor's collection | 25 |
| Borrower's handouts | 23 |
| Alternatives to chips, say | 26 |
| Acknowledgments of debt | 23 |
| Presidential caucus state | 25 |
| Sioux City's state | 22 |
| John Wayne's birthplace | 27 |
| Sioux City's locale | 23 |
| Falls, river, city or state | 27 |
| Where the tall corn grows | 25 |
| Heart of the Corn Belt | 22 |
| "State Fair" state | 28 |
| White Cloud's people | 24 |
| Where the Skunk River flows | 27 |
| Part of the La. Purchase | 24 |
| Herky the Hawk's school | 27 |
| Cedar Rapids' state | 23 |
| Where Gov. Ray holds sway | 25 |
| Where Buffalo Bill was born | 27 |
| The Hawkeyes of the Big Ten | 27 |
| State admitted after Texas | 26 |
| River City's state | 22 |
| Political caucus state | 22 |
| Peach Bowl winner: 1982 | 23 |
| One of eleven in the Big Ten | 28 |
| John Wayne's home state | 27 |
| Important caucus locale | 23 |
| Des Moines's state | 22 |
| Des Moines' locale | 22 |
| Des Moines is its capital | 25 |
| Davenport's location | 24 |
| Council Bluffs is there | 23 |
| Buffalo Bill's birthplace | 29 |
| Where Slipknot hails from | 25 |
| Where I-80 crosses I-35 | 23 |
| Where Ann Landers was born | 26 |
| Waterloo's location | 23 |
| U.S. warship in 1989 news | 25 |
| Top corn-producing state | 24 |
| State with a big caucus | 23 |
| State known for its caucuses | 28 |
| State in the Corn Belt | 22 |
| State featured in this puzzle | 29 |
| Site of Drake University | 24 |
| Site of an important caucus | 27 |
| Sen. Hughes's state | 23 |
| Presidential primary state | 26 |
| Place known for its caucuses | 28 |
| Part of Corn Belt country | 25 |
| One of 14 in the Big Ten | 24 |
| Missouri's neighbor | 23 |
| Minor-league Cubs' home | 27 |
| Maytag's home state | 23 |
| John Wayne's birth state | 28 |
| Its caucus is often raucous | 27 |
| It's south of Minnesota | 27 |
| It's corny and one of 50 | 28 |
| Important caucus state | 22 |
| Illinois border sharer | 22 |
| Home of Pottawattamie County | 28 |
| Herbert Hoover's state | 26 |
| Grant Wood's origin | 23 |
| Early political caucus state | 28 |
| Des Moines's locale | 23 |
| Davenport's locale | 22 |
| Council Bluffs' state | 25 |
| College wrestling powerhouse | 28 |
| Birthplace of Herbert Hoover | 28 |
| Birthplace of Ann Landers | 25 |
| Big Ten wrestling powerhouse | 28 |
| Battleship in the 1989 news | 27 |
| 'The Music Man' venue | 29 |
| 'The Music Man' site | 28 |
| 'Music Man' locale | 26 |
| Citizen of the 29th state | 25 |
| Someone from Cedar Rapids | 25 |
| Midwestern state denizen | 24 |
| Herbert Hoover, by birth | 24 |
| Herbert Hoover, for one | 23 |
| Herbert Hoover was one | 22 |
| Hawkeye State resident | 22 |
| Dweller along the Skunk River | 29 |
| Person from Des Moines | 22 |
| Native of the Hawkeye State | 27 |
| Midwestern state dweller | 24 |
| Michele Bachmann, by birth | 26 |
| Johnny Carson, for one | 22 |
| Johnny Carson, by birth | 23 |