| Narrative |
9 |
| Not pitchy |
10 |
| Navigator's aid |
15 |
| Nationals, formerly |
19 |
| Nudges rudely |
13 |
| Negev, e.g. |
11 |
| Neighbor of Helena |
18 |
| Not alone |
9 |
| Nightstand companion |
20 |
| Nightspot in a Manilow song, with "the |
38 |
| Not very strictly |
17 |
| Not caught napping |
18 |
| Not just odd |
12 |
| NBC news anchor whose words were edited by "The Tonight Show" to sound like a rap: 2 wds. |
89 |
| NATO nations and others. |
24 |
| Neighbor of Fr. |
15 |
| Ninny or jenny |
14 |
| N.B.A. All-Star Artest |
22 |
| NFL commissioner Goodell |
24 |
| Nick who founded the Gawker media empire |
40 |
| Name on a $100 bill |
19 |
| N.B.A. officials |
16 |
| Nose tickler |
12 |
| NBA slam-dunking great |
22 |
| Natural disasters |
17 |
| N.Z. or Ire. |
12 |
| Name on a flip-top box |
22 |
| Not numerous |
12 |
| Nothing Runs Like a ___" (machinery slogan) |
43 |
| Noted fratricide victim |
23 |
| Not playing this week |
21 |
| Nursery word |
12 |
| Nuisance remover, in law |
24 |
| New York muckraker Jacob |
24 |
| N.Y.C.'s 5th or Park |
20 |
| No warranty |
11 |
| Number 2 of the Yankees |
23 |
| Nesterenko, for one |
19 |
| Noted lion tamer Joy |
20 |
| Night, to Nero |
14 |
| Neighbor of China |
17 |
| Nonfictional composition |
24 |
| Niagara River source |
20 |
| Northern bird |
13 |
| Nobel-winning novelist Canetti |
30 |
| Nights of anticipatory revelry |
30 |
| Natural incubator |
17 |
| Nickname for a young Darth Vader |
32 |
| Nutritional fig. |
16 |
| Northern Africa inhabitant |
26 |
| Nineveh native |
14 |
| Not present |
11 |
| Nickname of Harry Truman's wife |
31 |
| Noun-forming suffix |
19 |
| Native of Brasov |
16 |
| Network showing Capitol Hill proceedings |
40 |
| Nagger of a yenta |
17 |
| Not muddy, as a track |
21 |
| Name of numerous czars |
22 |
| Noted Hawaiians or Kansans |
26 |
| New York has a lot of them every week |
37 |
| Naïfs |
6 |
| Name for Athena |
15 |
| Notion from Nantes? |
19 |
| Not filmed |
10 |
| Newspaper items. |
16 |
| Navajo home |
11 |
| Not thorough |
12 |
| Nestling hawk |
13 |
| Norwegian novelist |
18 |
| Not originals of letters, for short |
35 |
| Norse deity |
11 |
| New York's archbishop |
21 |
| News article |
12 |
| Negotiator for a percent |
24 |
| Ness or Bond |
12 |
| No. 1 guy |
9 |
| Not a big chicken |
17 |
| Nervous twitching in a golfer |
29 |
| Nonet, for one |
14 |
| Notion: French. |
15 |
| Nalubaale Power Station location |
32 |
| Nerd kin |
8 |
| N. Y. team |
10 |
| Nonnative |
9 |
| Never: Ger. |
11 |
| Name associated with fins |
25 |
| Needed a rubdown, maybe |
23 |
| Not used to |
11 |
| Noted Ravel composition |
23 |
| NHL team in Vancouver |
21 |
| Nantucket, for one |
18 |
| Neatens, as napkins |
19 |
| Negative atom |
13 |
| Nadir: 2 wds. |
13 |
| Novelist Jaffe |
14 |
| Noted Bauhaus artist |
20 |
| Not born yesterday |
18 |
| Ninth month of the Hindu calendar |
33 |
| N. or S. ___ |
12 |