| Illinois border sharer | 22 |
| Hoover called it home | 21 |
| Home to Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids | 36 |
| Home of Wood works | 18 |
| Home of the McCaughey septuplets | 32 |
| Home of the Hawkeyes of the Big Ten | 35 |
| Home of Slipknot | 16 |
| Home of Private Ryan in "Saving Private Ryan" | 55 |
| Home of Pottawattamie County | 28 |
| Herbert Hoover's state | 26 |
| Heaven, in "Field of Dreams" | 38 |
| Heartland state | 15 |
| Harry Hershfield's home state | 33 |
| Grant Wood's origin | 23 |
| Grant Wood locale | 17 |
| For Minnesotans, it's south of the border | 45 |
| Farm-belt member | 16 |
| Eastern segment of the Louisiana Purchase | 41 |
| Early stop in a presidential race | 33 |
| Early stop in a presidential campaign | 37 |
| Early state in the presidential campaign | 40 |
| Early state in presidential campaigns | 37 |
| Early primary state | 19 |
| Early political caucus state | 28 |
| Early campaign stop | 19 |
| Dubuque's locale | 20 |
| Drake's state | 17 |
| Des Moines's locale | 23 |
| Des Moines locale | 17 |
| Des Moines is here | 18 |
| Davenport's spot | 20 |
| Davenport's site | 20 |
| Davenport's place | 21 |
| Davenport's locale | 22 |
| Davenport state | 15 |
| Davenport milieu | 16 |
| Davenport locale | 16 |
| Critical caucus state | 21 |
| Council Bluffs' state | 25 |
| Corn territory | 14 |
| Corn state | 10 |
| College wrestling powerhouse | 28 |
| Central state | 13 |
| Cedar Falls setting | 19 |
| Caucuses locale | 15 |
| Caucus locale | 13 |
| Birthplace of John Wayne and Johnny Carson | 42 |
| Birthplace of Herbert Hoover | 28 |
| Birthplace of Ann Landers | 25 |
| Big Ten wrestling powerhouse | 28 |
| Big Ten member | 14 |
| Big Ten competitor | 18 |
| Battleship in the 1989 news | 27 |
| Ames' state | 15 |
| Ames' home | 14 |
| 29th state as of 1846 | 21 |
| "The Music Man" locale | 32 |
| "Field of Dreams" locale | 34 |
| "Field of Dreams" backdrop | 36 |
| "Bridges of Madison County" setting | 45 |
| "Bridges of Madison County" locale | 44 |
| "American Gothic" locale | 34 |
| "___ Stubborn" ("The Music Man" song) | 57 |
| 'The Music Man' venue | 29 |
| 'The Music Man' site | 28 |
| 'Music Man' locale | 26 |
| 'Field of Dreams' setting | 33 |
| '01 Slipknot state-named album | 34 |
| ''The Bridges of Madison County'' setting | 57 |
| ''Field of Dreams'' setting | 43 |
| Davenport citizen | 17 |
| Des Moines native | 17 |
| Citizen of the 29th state | 25 |
| Davenport denizen | 17 |
| Dubuque native | 14 |
| Des Moines resident | 19 |
| Someone from Cedar Rapids | 25 |
| James T. Kirk, by state of birth | 32 |
| Herbert Hoover, e.g. | 20 |
| Dubuque denizen | 15 |
| Davenport dweller | 17 |
| Cedar Rapids native | 19 |
| Tom Harkin, for one | 19 |
| Sioux City Sue, e.g. | 20 |
| Midwestern state denizen | 24 |
| John Wayne, by birth | 20 |
| Herbert Hoover, by birth | 24 |
| Hawkeye Stater | 14 |
| Hawkeye booster | 15 |
| Buffalo Bill or John Wayne, by birth | 36 |
| Plains resident | 15 |
| Native of Des Moines | 20 |
| Like actor Michael Emerson of "Lost," by birth | 56 |
| John Wayne or Buffalo Bill, by birth | 36 |
| Herbert Hoover, for one | 23 |
| Herbert Hoover was one | 22 |
| Hawkeye, e.g. | 13 |
| Hawkeye State resident | 22 |
| Grant Wood, for one | 19 |
| Grant Wood, e.g. | 16 |