| Noted arcade classic, and this puzzle's theme | 49 |
| Nightspot in a Manilow song, with "the" | 49 |
| Ngo Dinh ___, South Vietnam's first president | 49 |
| Name on the cover of "Age of Innocence" | 49 |
| Note that Kenny G held for 45 minutes, 47 seconds | 49 |
| NFL Overall #1 Draft pick between Carson and Alex | 49 |
| Name hidden in seven other answers in this puzzle | 49 |
| New Jersey county that's home to the Sopranos | 49 |
| Name on a bottle of "pleasures intense" | 49 |
| News show that Robin Roberts coanchors, for short | 49 |
| Name linked with "Take my wife. Please" | 49 |
| Nickname for a player who performs under pressure | 49 |
| Note left after stealing your roommate's beer | 49 |
| NYC commuter svc. that includes the Flushing Line | 49 |
| New York was named for him, before he became king | 49 |
| Nigel, in the animated movie "The Wild" | 49 |
| Norman who produced "All in the Family" | 49 |
| Number of playing cards in an ancient Roman deck? | 49 |
| Nickname for Lourdes Leon, Madonna's daughter | 49 |
| Nickname for a 3-million-year-old humanoid fossil | 49 |
| Neil Young "Can't Believe Your ___" | 49 |
| Network with "Ed" and "Grimm" | 49 |
| Nickname of the little girl in "Aliens" | 49 |
| Number of mothers of Heimdall, in Norse mythology | 49 |
| Nine Days "Absolutely (Story ___ Girl)" | 49 |
| Neither Christopher Columbus nor Grover Cleveland | 49 |
| North African city captured by the Allies in 1942 | 49 |
| Ned Flanders is among its fictional alumni: Abbr. | 49 |
| Norman __, a.k.a. Green Goblin (Spider-Man enemy) | 49 |
| Name from the Latin for ''small'' | 49 |
| Name of either of the only two emperors of Brazil | 49 |
| Napoleon and Snowball, in "Animal Farm" | 49 |
| Newly classified ''dwarf planet'' | 49 |
| Ned's son on ''The Simpsons'' | 49 |
| Norma McCorvey's alias in a famous court case | 49 |
| Norse chieftain: first duke of Normandy (860-931) | 49 |
| Namesake of a noted L.A. chicken-and-waffle chain | 49 |
| Notorious "Star-Spangled Banner" singer | 49 |
| Narrator in Kerouac's "On the Road" | 49 |
| Nickname for Michael Jordan, with "His" | 49 |
| Neil Simon play that fits this puzzle's theme | 49 |
| Nations once closely allied with the Soviet Union | 49 |
| Nickname for a history teacher who likes battles? | 49 |
| NYC mayor who sought to ban horse-drawn carriages | 49 |
| Nickname for the starting hold'em hand of 9-5 | 49 |
| NHL team swept by the Bruins in the 2011 playoffs | 49 |
| Northern Mariana Islands, to the State department | 49 |
| Nickname of the boxer in "The Hangover" | 49 |
| Nicole who plays Becca in "Rabbit Hole" | 49 |
| New Hampshire city named after a Greek prefecture | 49 |
| Nobel Peace Prize laureate the year before UNICEF | 49 |
| Nickname for the starting hold'em hand of Q-J | 49 |
| Nail polish brand with a color called Vampsterdam | 49 |
| Name meaning ''of noble descent'' | 49 |
| NBC football analyst/reporter and longtime writer | 49 |
| Ne'er-do-well who stayed out for a long time? | 49 |
| Namesake of a Frank Lloyd Wright house in Chicago | 49 |
| Novel about a German man's speech impediment? | 49 |
| New England "catch of the day," perhaps | 49 |
| Novel subtitled "The Weaver of Raveloe" | 49 |
| Nobelist Frederick ___, pioneer in radiochemistry | 49 |
| Nietzsche's "Thus_____ Zarathustra" | 49 |
| Nickname for the starting hold'em hand of 5-5 | 49 |
| Noncontender that beats a pennant race team, e.g. | 49 |
| New Hampshire's "Live Free or Die"? | 49 |
| Name for the T. rex at Chicago's Field Museum | 49 |
| Nickname for the starting hold'em hand of 7-7 | 49 |
| Nikolai Gogol's ''___ Bulba'' | 49 |
| New Jersey town near the George Washington Bridge | 49 |
| Network that aired "Dawson's Creek" | 49 |
| Number of plays attributed to William Shakespeare | 49 |
| N.Y.–Can. area for boaters, anglers et al. | 49 |
| New York home of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 49 |
| Number of trombones in an Urbie Green album title | 49 |
| Nation where most Mormons and Scientologists live | 49 |
| Not afraid of falling while erecting skyscrapers? | 49 |
| Narrative subtitled "Life in the Woods" | 49 |
| Name on the cover of "The Animated Man" | 49 |
| Nathanael who wrote "Miss Lonelyhearts" | 49 |
| NBC drama that won 26 Emmys, with "The" | 49 |
| New York paper that published the first crossword | 49 |
| New Ager with the album "Dare to Dream" | 49 |
| NBAer nicknamed "The Moving Great Wall" | 49 |
| National park through which the Virgin River runs | 49 |
| Novelist who was a childhood friend of Cézanne | 49 |
| North America's largest producer of aluminum | 48 |
| Name appearing multiple times on Iran's flag | 48 |
| N.L. batting champ before and after Clemente (h) | 48 |
| Name for Quantum Computer Services since '89 | 48 |
| Nickname for a tennis player and a third baseman | 48 |
| Neil Simon comedy set at the Beverly Hills Hotel | 48 |
| Name on the cover of "Favorite Haunts" | 48 |
| Nicolas Cage's "Moonstruck" costar | 48 |
| No. on which a magazine's ad rates are based | 48 |
| Not a "Rock and Roll Crossword" answer | 48 |
| NATO's first Supreme Allied Commander Europe | 48 |
| Night Ranger "___ Tell Me You Love Me" | 48 |
| Name on the cover of "East of Everest" | 48 |
| Nevada's northeasternmost county or its seat | 48 |
| Noted 1930's Harper's Bazaar illustrator | 48 |