Letter N
Not running
Noisy shoes
Needs to call the plumber, fashionably
Nun's place
N.Y.C. museum
Not tread lightly
Nearly all bananas, to botanists
NBC Universal-owned crime channel, so spelled to avoid a Hasbro trademark conflict
Narrow escape
"Nope, but you're on the right track"
NEARLY equal
Narrow escape from disaster
Near; shut
Nearly tied
Neck and neck
Needing a recount
Nip and tuck
No cigar?
Not a blowout
Not leave ajar
Not quite there
Not quite worthy of a cigar?
Not rating a cigar
Not too far off
Not worth a cigar?
Nearby release?
Not far from, as in a race
"Nice try"
"Not quite!," and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue
Nearly succeeds but falls just short
Near-miss words
*Nail-biting moment
Narrow escape ... or what the end of the answer to each starred clue is?
Near miss, e.g.
Near squeak.
Narrow escapes: Colloq.
Near accidents
No longer accessible
No longer open for business
Not ajar
Not doing business
Not for the general public
Not open now
Not selling
No-go zone
Narrowed the gap
Neared (with "on")
Neared
"No need for perfection"
Nip and tuck contest
Nail-biters
Narrow the gap
Not receptive to new ideas
Nearness, pleonastically
Nearer
Ningh-inning specialist
Ninth inning specialist
Ninth-inning hurler, often
Ninth-inning pitcher
Ninth-inning relief pitcher
Ninth-inning specialist
Ninth-inning starter, often
Not as far
Not as remote
Not so distant
Not so far apart
Not so far away
Not so remote
Near-disaster?
Ninth-inning relievers, often
Narrowly spaced
Narrowly spaced, as eyes
Narrowly spaced, as the eyes
Near each other, as the eyes
Not far apart
Not far apart, as eyes
Not far apart, as the eyes
Not widely spaced
Narrow escape from danger
Narrow escape: Colloq.
Narrow squeak.
Near disaster
Near miss (2wds.)
Narrow escape, as from disaster or with a razor
Near thing
Near-catastrophe
Narrow escapes
Nears one's target
Nears, with "on"
Narrow things
Not quite hitting over the outfield fence?
Near a dock
Near a VFW post?
newest
Narrowing the gap
*Not moving fast enough
Need to move on, sometimes
Not run
nankeen
nurses clad in white
Narrow escape for a fashion designer?
Nail, in Nantes
Nail: Fr.
Nine is fine
___ nine (euphoric state)
nubia
No drizzle, this.
nebuly
Not as transparent
Nephologist's bliss?
NEPHANALYSIS, subject of
NEPHOLOGY, subject of
Nails: Fr.
Nectar source for bees
nardoo
New Mexico city noted for archeological finds
Nemo or Marlin
Nickname for a joker
Nauseate
Not cloudy: Abbr.
Neanderthal accompanier, in cartoons
Neanderthal's weapon
Niblick
Night life setting
Nightlife spot
No. 5 or 9, e.g.
Night-life industry bigwig
Nightspots and nightsticks
None of them are one-eyed
Nightlife sphere of activity
Noted feature of Ibiza's nightlife
Night-spot environments
Noisy chickens
"Not a __": "No idea"
Nancy Drew's need
Nine-room game
Not a "Rock and Roll Crossword" answer
___ numbers (important parts of a crossword)
not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring
Nancy Drew findings
___-Napoca (Transylvania's largest city)
___-Napoca (city in Romania)
___-Napoca, Romania
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE forest park
Nuggets
Not smooth
Not graceful
not agile
Nearly set?
Nest of eggs.
Neatnik's bane
Nero's 160
NBA great Drexler
Notorious Barrow
Nova Scotia Port
noted for it's shipbuilding history
Nashville HOF creator
Nashville awards gp.
Nashville awards org.
Nashville honor, briefly
Nashville org. founded in 1958
Nashville org. that hasn't named a female Entertainer of the Year since Taylor Swift, in 2011
Nashville prize gp.
Nashville show-biz org.
Nashville-based assn.
Nashville-based awards group
Nashville-based awards org.
Nashville-based entertainment org.
Nashville-based org.
Nashville-based org. since 1958
No sharps, no flats key
Nashville awards show, familiarly
Nashville-based awards show, familiarly
NASA rank
Naval position: Abbr.
Nautical offs.
Nero's 901
Nero's 902
Nine hundred two
Not very good
Nero's 950
Nero's 951
Nero's 955
"No time to dillydally!"
Nos. on an IKEA box
"Nashville Squares" airer
"Nashville Squares" network
"Nashville" channel
Nashville-based channel
Network for "Party Down South" and "Music City"
"News" Store at many airports
NYSE news airer
NYSE news network
Network covering the NYSE
Network featuring Maria Bartiromo
Network for Wall St. watchers
Network for business news
Network for financial goings-on
Network for market monitors
Network that covers the N.Y.S.E.
Network that reports on the NYSE
Network with "Fast Money" and "Mad Money"
Network with a running ticker
Network with financial news
News network with a stock ticker
News site whose "C" stands for "computer"
"New Day" channel
"__ Newsroom": cable show
Network founded by Turner
News addict's network
News channel
News channel that ranks dead last in viewers
News hound's letters
News hounds' channel, for short
News letters
News network
News provider letters
News station
Newsy channel
Newsy network
Not Trump's favorite channel
Notable 1980 TV debut
___ Newsroom (daily newscast)
Nimitz in '45
Neurologist's concern: Abbr.
Neurologist's focus, initially?
Neurologist's subj.
Neurology subj.
Not first class
Not first-class
N.C.A.A. great who retired in 2022 with more than twelve hundred wins, to fans
Nickname for Mike Krzyzewski of Duke basketball fame
Nickname of Duke basketball's Mike Krzyzewski
New nickname for football's Deion Sanders
Nickname for football's Deion Sanders
*Nonrenewable energy source ... and the start of an eight-step word ladder
Natural fuel
Naughty child's Christmas gift
Naughty child's gift from Santa
Naughty child's stocking filler
Naughty child's stocking stuffer
Naughty child's year-end comeuppance
Naughty kid's gift from Santa
Newcastle export
Newcastle item
Newcastle output
Newcastle plethora
Newcastle product
Newcastle redundancy
Newcastle resource
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