Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Wed, Jun 19, 2024 | 33A | Where Captain Kirk was born and raised | Brad Wiegmann | Fagliano |
Thu, Dec 28, 2023 | 38D | Where more pigs live than people | Kiran Pandey | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 25, 2023 | 64A | 57-Down's state | Amie Walker | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 27, 2023 | 35A | Des Moines's home | Ricky J. Sirois | Shortz |
Thu, Sep 14, 2023 | 28A | Early voting site | Vasu Seralathan | Shortz |
Tue, Sep 12, 2023 | 59D | Corn Belt state | Ella Dershowitz | Shortz |
Fri, Jul 28, 2023 | 23A | Midwest tribe | Rafael Musa and Hoang-Kim Vu | Shortz |
Thu, Jul 27, 2023 | 14A | Locale of the house depicted in "American Gothic" | Guilherme Gilioli | Shortz |
Mon, Jul 24, 2023 | 18A | Where Des Moines is | John Ewbank | Shortz |
Fri, Mar 10, 2023 | 18A | It has a higher population of pigs than people | Claire Rimkus | Shortz |
Thu, Feb 02, 2023 | 68A | Big Ten school | Elise Corbin | Shortz |
Sat, Jan 07, 2023 | 55A | "I thought of a joke about ___, but it's too corny" (groaner) | Adam Aaronson | Shortz |
Thu, May 26, 2022 | 37A | "The Music Man" locale | Jonathan M. Kaye | Shortz |
Wed, Nov 10, 2021 | 3D | Johnny Carson's home state | Max Chen Lauring and Benjamin Chen Lauring | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 01, 2021 | 55D | Hawkeye State | Fiona Taylor | Shortz |
Tue, Oct 05, 2021 | 30A | State generating the highest percentage of its electricity by wind | Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman | Shortz |
Thu, Jun 17, 2021 | 12A | Top pork producer in the U.S. | Blake Slonecker | Shortz |
Mon, May 03, 2021 | 10A | Its state fair is much visited by politicians | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Sun, Mar 07, 2021 | 79D | ___ Writers' Workshop | Celeste Watts and Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Wed, Feb 24, 2021 | 14A | Its state seal shows a steamboat on the Mississippi | Andrew J. Ries | Shortz |
Sun, Feb 21, 2021 | 32A | Geographical name that comes from the Sioux for "sleepy ones" | Matthew Stock | Shortz |
Wed, Feb 03, 2021 | 28D | Only state with a two-vowel postal code | Yacob Yonas | Shortz |
Tue, Apr 07, 2020 | 59A | Early stop for presidential candidates | Trent H. Evans | Shortz |
Thu, Feb 06, 2020 | 35D | John Wayne Birthplace Museum locale | Jake Halperin | Shortz |
Mon, Sep 09, 2019 | 15A | Des Moines's state | Dan Schoenholz | Shortz |
Sat, Aug 31, 2019 | 14A | Locale of Drake University | Brian Thomas | Shortz |
Fri, Aug 09, 2019 | 32A | Midwest tribe | John Guzzetta | Shortz |
Tue, May 07, 2019 | 50D | Hawkeye's home | Ross Trudeau | Shortz |
Sat, Apr 27, 2019 | 32A | Big Ten school | Joe Deeney | Shortz |
Mon, Feb 11, 2019 | 17A | Where the first presidential caucuses are held | Howard Barkin | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 30, 2018 | 84D | Waterloo's home | Luke Vaughn | Shortz |
Mon, Dec 17, 2018 | 12D | Sioux City's state | Brian Thomas and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 01, 2017 | 57A | Locale for two of the Quad Cities | Robert Fisher | Shortz |
Thu, Aug 17, 2017 | 35A | Its motto is "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain" | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Thu, Feb 23, 2017 | 53A | Where Herbert Hoover was born | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Tue, Feb 14, 2017 | 2D | Des Moines's home | Daniel Larsen | Shortz |
Tue, Feb 07, 2017 | 25D | Site of the first-in-the-nation caucuses | Finn Vigeland | Shortz |
Mon, Jan 09, 2017 | 2D | State that produces the most corn | Neville Fogarty | Shortz |
Tue, Sep 13, 2016 | 16A | Davenport's home | Stanley Newman | Shortz |
Mon, Jun 20, 2016 | 11D | Where the presidential primary season kicks off | Jason Mueller | Shortz |
Thu, May 26, 2016 | 36D | Its eastern and western borders are formed entirely by rivers | Andrew Zhou | Shortz |
Sun, May 08, 2016 | 80D | Setting for "The Music Man" | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Sun, Feb 21, 2016 | 3D | "The Bridges of Madison County" setting | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Wed, Feb 10, 2016 | 27A | Caucus locale | John Guzzetta | Shortz |
Thu, Jul 16, 2015 | 62A | River flowing SE to the Mississippi | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Thu, Jun 04, 2015 | 11D | Name repeated in ___ City, ___ | Joe Krozel | Shortz |
Wed, Feb 04, 2015 | 16A | Word repeated in ___ City, ___ | Julian Lim | Shortz |
Thu, Sep 18, 2014 | 2D | One of 14 in the Big Ten | Joel Fagliano | Shortz |
Thu, Aug 28, 2014 | 35D | Los Angeles's U.S.S. ___ Museum | Ned White | Shortz |
Sun, Aug 10, 2014 | 60D | Place to caucus | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Fri, Aug 23, 2013 | 49D | Locale for many political debates | Ian Livengood | Shortz |
Wed, Jul 17, 2013 | 58D | Caucus state | Robyn Weintraub | Shortz |
Thu, Apr 18, 2013 | 29D | U.S.S. ___ (W.W. II battleship) | Stu Ockman | Shortz |
Mon, Feb 18, 2013 | 56A | Dubuque's state | Jeffrey Harris | Shortz |
Mon, Oct 15, 2012 | 60D | Des Moines's state | Tom Pepper | Shortz |
Tue, May 08, 2012 | 29D | Early stop in a presidential race | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 25, 2011 | 14D | W.W. II battleship | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Wed, Jun 08, 2011 | 54D | Herbert Hoover's home state | Peter A. Collins | Shortz |
Wed, May 04, 2011 | 57A | Home of Fort Dodge | Jeff Chen | Shortz |
Fri, Apr 29, 2011 | 33D | Where I-80 crosses I-35 | David Quarfoot | Shortz |
Wed, Jun 30, 2010 | 6D | Early caucus state | Kristian House | Shortz |
Thu, Jun 10, 2010 | 57A | Big Ten team | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 56D | Where James T. Kirk was born and raised | Kristian House | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 31, 2010 | 82D | "The Bridges of Madison County" setting | Tony Orbach and Andrea Carla Michaels | Shortz |
Mon, Jan 25, 2010 | 11D | Early state in presidential campaigns | Holden Baker | Shortz |
Tue, May 26, 2009 | 53D | Home of the Hawkeyes of the Big Ten | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
Sun, Apr 05, 2009 | 78D | The Big Sioux River forms part of its border | Charles Deber | Shortz |
Tue, Feb 10, 2009 | 16A | Sioux City's locale | John Underwood | Shortz |
Thu, Dec 18, 2008 | 55D | Home of Private Ryan in "Saving Private Ryan" | Michael Vuolo | Shortz |
Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | 33D | Place name before and after City | Matt Ginsberg | Shortz |
Wed, Mar 19, 2008 | 29A | Hawkeye's home | Gary Whitehead | Shortz |
Mon, Feb 18, 2008 | 60A | Early state in the presidential campaign | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Tue, Oct 16, 2007 | 12D | Political caucus state | Michael Kaplan | Shortz |
Sun, Oct 14, 2007 | 18D | A Siouan | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Wed, Aug 29, 2007 | 11D | Corn Belt state | Jayne and Alex Boisvert | Shortz |
Tue, Jun 26, 2007 | 59A | The Hawkeyes of college sports | Ray Fontenot | Shortz |
Sun, Dec 03, 2006 | 128A | Big source of corn | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Thu, Nov 23, 2006 | 36A | For Minnesotans, it's south of the border | Ari Halpern | Shortz |
Tue, Sep 19, 2006 | 28D | Corn Belt state | Allan E. Parrish | Shortz |
Fri, Jun 02, 2006 | 29D | Straw poll setting | Jim Page | Shortz |
Tue, Mar 14, 2006 | 12D | The Hawkeyes of the Big Ten | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 | 2D | Davenport site | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Thu, Jul 08, 2004 | 25A | Home of Pottawattamie County | Scot Ober | Shortz |
Fri, Apr 30, 2004 | 6D | Skunk River locale | Kevin Hagen | Shortz |
Tue, Sep 30, 2003 | 50A | Part of the Corn Belt | Kevan Choset | Shortz |
Tue, Mar 18, 2003 | 33D | Corn Belt state | William Schaub | Shortz |
Thu, Nov 28, 2002 | 55D | Waterloo's place | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Wed, Oct 30, 2002 | 55A | Ottumwa's locale | Kumar Balani | Shortz |
Mon, Aug 05, 2002 | 2D | Dubuque's state | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Tue, Jun 11, 2002 | 64A | Keokuk's home | Nancy Kavanaugh | Shortz |
Wed, May 01, 2002 | 2D | "The Music Man" setting | Steve Jones | Shortz |
Tue, Dec 25, 2001 | 54D | Part of the Corn Belt | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Thu, Dec 13, 2001 | 50D | Raccoon River locale | Manny Nosowsky | Shortz |
Thu, Oct 04, 2001 | 12D | Waterloo locale | David J. Kahn | Shortz |
Wed, Mar 21, 2001 | 61D | See 6-Down | Greg Staples | Shortz |
Tue, Jan 16, 2001 | 59A | Hawkeye's home | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Sun, Jan 14, 2001 | 2D | "Field of Dreams" setting | Nancy Salomon | Shortz |
Tue, Aug 22, 2000 | 38D | Where Red Delicious apples originated | Ed Early | Shortz |
Wed, Jul 12, 2000 | 47D | Caucus state | William A. Ballard | Shortz |
Mon, Apr 24, 2000 | 65A | The Hawkeye State | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Mon, Feb 21, 2000 | 14A | Early political caucus state | Randy Sowell | Shortz |
Thu, Jan 20, 2000 | 64A | Hawkeyes' home | Jeremy Thomas Paine | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 08, 1999 | 27A | Part of the Corn Belt | Kent Lorentzen | Shortz |
Wed, Aug 04, 1999 | 60D | Big Ten school | Richard Silvestri | Shortz |
Fri, Jun 18, 1999 | 4D | Where Buffalo Bill was born | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Sun, Apr 25, 1999 | 117A | Corn locale | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Mon, Feb 22, 1999 | 47D | Des Moines is its capital | Gregory E. Paul | Shortz |
Mon, Jul 06, 1998 | 1A | Presidential caucus state | Sheldon Benardo | Shortz |
Sat, Jun 20, 1998 | 25D | Part of the Corn Belt | Cathy Millhauser | Shortz |
Mon, May 25, 1998 | 2D | Hawkeye State | William Canine | Shortz |
Sun, Jul 27, 1997 | 59D | "Field of Dreams" setting | June Boggs | Shortz |
Wed, Nov 20, 1996 | 1D | "State Fair" state | M. S. Maurer | Shortz |
Mon, Sep 09, 1996 | 3D | Where Ames is | S. L. Robbins | Shortz |
Mon, Jul 15, 1996 | 13A | The Hawkeye State | S. Spadaccini | Shortz |
Thu, Nov 23, 1995 | 30D | "The Music Man" locale | Dorothy Elliott | Shortz |
Sun, Jun 25, 1995 | 16D | "Bridges of Madison County" setting | Frances Hansen | Shortz |
Fri, Nov 18, 1994 | 11D | "The Bridges of Madison County" locale | Timothy S. Lewis | Shortz |
Mon, Nov 07, 1994 | 28D | Hawkeye State | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |