The Midwest: A Journey

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Across
  1. 2. Iowa's capital city has two words, nine letters, and so much corn
  2. 5. Wisconsin's capital was named for America's fourth president. But he wasn't upset
  3. 6. Illinois' capital is, famously, one of the most common city names in the the United States. The Simpsons live in one. Also, it's a compound word that includes the name of a season and the name of a wide open place
  4. 7. South Dakota's capital city, one of the smallest in the country, is the French form of the name "Peter"
  5. 8. North Dakota's capital city is first alphabetically in the Midwest. It gets its name from a German king
  6. 11. The state that's round on both ends and hi in the middle
  7. 12. Minnesota's capital city has two words, one abbreviation – and a whole lot of love
  8. 13. It's the only other state in the Midwest whose name begins with an "N"
  9. 16. The home of both Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama. Its capital is not Chicago
  10. 17. The capital of the state of Ohio was named after the first European explorer to set foot on American shores
  11. 19. Nebraska's capital city was named after the president who freed the slaves and won the Civil War
  12. 20. In the Midwest, it's last alphabetically. Worldwide, it's known for great cheese
  13. 21. The state to the south of the one in the upper left of the map. It has a very similar name – identical, in fact...except for one word
  14. 22. The state immediately south of Minnesota has the shortest name of any state in both the Midwest and the entire United States
  15. 23. This Midwestern state's name is also in the name of a southern state
Down
  1. 1. The capital of Indiana has the name of the state in it, because Indianans are imaginative people
  2. 3. The capital of Kansas is a three-syllable word with six letters in it
  3. 4. Missouri's capital city also has two words in it, and was named for America's third president
  4. 9. This state, immediately to the east of Illinois, is known for having some of the best high school and college basketball teams in the country (and not much else)
  5. 10. This state, which borders both Dakotas, is the largest in the Midwest – though its name sounds like a very small Coca-Cola
  6. 14. The southernmost state on this map, its name is sometimes confused with "Mississippi"
  7. 15. The state in the upper left of the map is one of two in the country to have the word "North" in its name
  8. 18. It looks kind of like a glove. The topmost part of the state doesn't connect to the bottom part. Wolverines and Spartans live here
  9. 19. Michigan's capital is a seven-letter word. Of the seven-letter state capitals, it comes first alphabetically. And apparently it has a nice voice