Creative person gets home by taking second north out of IOW town (8)
I believe the answer is:
inventor
'creative person' is the definition.
(person who creates or invents something)
'home by taking second north out of iow town' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'home' could be 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in') and 'in' is found in the answer.
'north' could be 'n' (synonyms) and 'n' is found within the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is present in the answer.
'town' could be 't' (abbreviation for town) and 't' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'gets' is the link.
(Other definitions for inventor that I've seen before include "Designer" , "Morse, perhaps" , "One who creates or designs" , "Thomas Edison was a great one" , "Creator of something new" .)