Letter N
"No cap"
No baloney?
"No one's quite sure why, but ..."
NORWEGIAN minister, first
NORTH American trading-station
___ Necessity, 1754 battle.
Neighbor of McGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey military base
Natural bent
Not piano, for a piano
NORTHUMBRIAN river
Not bad in result
Now, but not permanently
Norwegian prince, in "Hamlet"
Notation in 1812 Overture
N.J. community on the Hudson
New Jersey city on the west side of the George Washington Bridge
Northern New Jersey town
" . . . not one cent ___"
Newsstand debut of 1930
Name of U. S. garrison formerly on Bedloe's Island.
"North Dallas __" (Nolte film)
"North Dallas ___" (1979 NFL flick)
NUMBER of mystical importance (bibl.)
Nap's wink count
Napper's wink count?
Number of Ali Baba's foes
Number of nap winks
Number of spaces on a Monopoly board
Number of spaces on a standard Monopoly board
Number of thieves or winks
Number of winks
Number of winks in a nap
Number that's part of a nap
Number with all its letters in alphabetical order
Next president to be elected
Number that's the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything, in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
not abaft
Navigational aid at the bow of the ship?
Not to be shown to anyone else
Note from a Zamboni salesman who doesn't want his client to share?
Noted "Cabaret" choreographer
Natural history museum relic
neopilina
Nitwits from the past?
Natural gas, coal, etc.
Natural gas, e.g.
Nonrenewable energy
Noted suicide of 1993
Newspaper picture.
Newspaper pictures.
"No harm, no ___"
Not fair, to an ump
not fair in baseball
Necktie fabric.
N.F.L. no-nos
NBA infractions
NHL or NBA infractions
Nasty storm, e.g.
New ___ Glory
NUMBER base of the quaternary system
Near-impossible N.F.L. point total
Near-impossible NFL point count
Nearly quitting time?
Number before H?
Number for bridge
Number for golf
Number in a quartet
Number between three and five
Number of F.D.R.'s Freedoms
Number of Galilean moons of Jupiter
Number of Gospels
Number of Gospels in the New Testament
Number of Jupiter's moons that are visible with binoculars
Number of Olympic gold medals for Tamika Catchings
Number of Ring operas
Number of Roosevelt's freedoms
Number of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Number of apocalyptic horsemen
Number of balls before a walk
Number of chambers in the human heart
Number of dog bootees in a set
Number of feet for a quadriped
Number of fingers per hand
Number of letters in our contest answer--and the number of letters between certain pairs of letters in this puzzle
Number of operas in the Ring Cycle
Number of quarters in a football game
Number of quarts in a gallon
Number of questions asked at Passover
Number of sequels to the original "Planet of the Apes"
Number of singers in a quartet
Number of strings in a violin
Number of the apocalyptic horsemen.
Number of times the letter 'U' appears in each of this puzzle's eight longest answers
Number of times this puzzle's theme word appears diagonally in the grid (to complete the puzzle, shade those words plus the Down answers that begin where they meet)
Number that's a homophone of a preposition
number of suits
Number of blackbirds?
NIEVRE iron and steel town
Necktie knot named after a carriage-driving grip
Number of days in a fortnight
number fourteen in sequence
no olympic medal for this place getter
number four in a countable series
Nickname for the press as a major societal force
Neither fish nor ___
Nick Wilde in "Zootopia," e.g.
Nickname for Rommel
___ News (Roger Ailes's former channel)
NFL East town
Natural glow phenomenon that inspired a web browser's name
Not so easily duped
North American rodents
Noted vaudeville family
NASCAR magnate (and former champion) A.J.
N.Y. humorist
Naval add.
Navy mail sta.
Noisy dispute.
Noisy fight [1930]
Noisy skirmish
Never-ending pattern in math and nature
numerical quantity that is not a whole number
"___ not" ("Sorry, no dice")
"___ not" (informal denial)
'-- not' ('Nope, no can do')
Nervous Nellies
NIN song for the weak (with "The")?
Needing delicate handling
Not exactly robust
Not strong against temptation.
Not very strong
Not as robust
Not so hardy
Not so stout
Neck ruff in Shakespeare's day
neck ruff worn during the 16th century
Norwegian polar exploration ship
Name in car parts
Nansen's arctic ship
Nansen's ship.
not fill in
Not guilty, despite the evidence
NFL great Tarkenton
Name hidden in "out of range"
Nasal "Nanny"
Nasal Drescher
Nasal comic Drescher
Nasal-voiced actress Drescher
Nice change
Nice piece of change
NASCAR big-wig, Bill ____
NEW Caledonia parent country
NEW Caledonia, administrative country of
Nancy's home
Nazi-yoked Marianne.
New Caledonia is a territory of it
Nice home
Nice location
Nice setting
Nobelist in Literature: 1921
Novelist Anatole
Nobel novelist + Gomer Pyle
"Nomadland" Oscar winner McDormand
NAME meaning free
Nobelist who co-discovered the structure of DNA
New York Signer.
NFLer Harris, known for his 1972 game-winning "Immaculate Reception"
Nero or Harris
Novelist Mauriac
Notch in N. H.
Native of Hesse
Nathan's purchase
Nazi oppressor of Poland.
Novelist-critic Swinnerton
New entry in competitive hot dog eating?
New York Times columnist since 2011
Novel first published in 1818
*Neologism that describes any of this puzzle's starred entries
N.Y. Giant great, now a TV sportscaster
Netflix title role for Lily
Nostalgic singer?
NORMANDY people
Name on a $100 bill
Noted collectibles marketer
New British Ambassador to U. S.
NANCY'S
N.Y. Signer
Name on a book of Liszt's
Name on the cover of "The Trial"
Novelist Kafka
Novelist Werfel.
Novelist whose works were banned in his native land from 1968-'89
Novelist with two protagonists named simply K. and Josef K.
New England milkshake
New Englander's milkshake
Niles's big brother
Not identical
Not identical, say
No coeds
Neighborhood near some colleges
Noisy part of a college campus
Not on the up-and-up
Noisy scuffle
noisy quarrel or conflict
Not neat at the ends
Neat ___ (slob's opposite)
Neat or control follower
N.F.L. receiver Biletnikoff
Neighbor of Lucy and Desi
Neighbor of Lucy and Ricky on "I Love Lucy"
Nickname alternative to Al
Nickname for Sen. Payne of Maine.
NAME meaning peace
Name meaning peaceful.
"Nightmare" villain Krueger
'Nightmare on Elm Street' villain
"New York, New York" lyricist
NEW Brunswick capital
NEW Brunswick province capital
*Neighborhood TV host?
Not under restraint
No change.
No longer captive
No longer encumbered
No-cost
Not being used
Not busy
Not claimed
Not controlled
Not currently busy
Not despotic.
Not doing anything
Not held back.
Not in jail
Not in the can
Not in the pen
Not literal
Not occupied with plans
Not otherwise occupied
Not previously engaged
Noted dream-ending words
No-cost item
No-cost perk
Not a child of bondage
No longer a slave
No longer in bondage
No longer shackled
No longer encumbered by
Nat Turner's quest
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