| Notable construction project at the turn of the 20th century | 60 |
| Not what an impatient stripper's boss should say? | 53 |
| Not the way to look if you need help with this puzzle's theme | 65 |
| Not the best thing to have at the end of one's rope | 55 |
| Not quite grammatical answer to "Who's there?" | 60 |
| Not leave hanging? (or a hint to the circled letters) | 53 |
| Not just plainly o------, but ___ ___ (and kind of redundant, too) | 66 |
| Not jump in too eagerly/Where the best sales promoter shops? | 60 |
| Not counting fas and las, word after "holly" | 54 |
| Not as hard to pronounce as some 17th-century poetry? | 53 |
| Not a good person to entrust with secrets, informally | 53 |
| Not 'This Gun for Hire,' but the 1999 monster movie ... | 63 |
| Not 'Road to Rio,' but the 1998 romantic drama ... | 58 |
| Not 'Five Easy Pieces,' but the 1994 family film ... | 60 |
| Not 'Blue Steel,' but the 2004 satirical drama ... | 58 |
| Norwegian king who converted the Vikings to Christianity | 56 |
| Northwest college town where "Animal House" was filmed | 64 |
| Northern _____ , first Canadian Kentucky Derby winner | 54 |
| Northern Ireland's second-largest city, after Belfast | 57 |
| Northern Ireland river that shares its name with a bird | 55 |
| Northern European nation that instituted internet voting in 2005 | 64 |
| North or South Asian sea that was once part of a single body | 60 |
| North Dakota's ___ Lacs National Wildlife Refuge | 52 |
| North Carolina town that's home to Appalachian State University | 67 |
| North Carolina town for which a noted Mrs. is reputedly named | 61 |
| North Carolina governor for whom a county and two cities are named | 66 |
| North Carolina county named for a Revolutionary War commander | 61 |
| North Carolina county bordering Tennessee and Virginia | 54 |
| North Carolina city where the Biltmore Estate is located | 56 |
| North Carolina city New __, which began as a Swiss settlement | 61 |
| North American capital that's home to Parliament Hill | 57 |
| North African nation bordering Western Sahara, Algeria, and Mali | 64 |
| North African counterpart to an Italian Baroque sculptor? | 57 |
| North African capital for which its country is named | 52 |
| Norman Vincent's family (and an apt answer in this puzzle) | 62 |
| Norman Lear's "Good Times" co-producer Bud | 56 |
| Nordic skier Smetanina, first woman to win 10 Winter Olympic medals | 67 |
| Norah Jones: "Don't know why I ___ come" | 54 |
| Nora's husband in "A Doll's House" | 52 |
| Nonverbal equivalent of "You have got to be kidding me!" | 66 |
| Nonspeaking part in ''The Wizard of Oz'' | 56 |
| Nonprofit sports org. with $846 million in revenue in 2010-'11 | 66 |
| Nonet of black squares in this grid, typographically | 52 |
| Nondirectional transmitter of a usually constant signal | 55 |
| Non-head of state who addressed a 1989 joint session of Congress | 64 |
| Non-fiction Talese book that might cost an arm and a leg? | 57 |
| Nominee who was the subject of a 2006 filibuster attempt | 56 |
| Nominee Forest Whitaker's "___ of Scotland" | 57 |
| Nomination for which Susan Lucci finally won an Emmy | 52 |
| Nombre of Canadian rivers longer than 2000 kilometers | 53 |
| Nombre of Canadian lakes over 18000 square kilometers | 53 |
| Nolan Ryan, e.g., when he started in the Major Leagues | 54 |
| NOFX "___ Out the Soles of My Party Boots" | 52 |
| Noble Spanish lady caught up in undergraduate degree (8) | 56 |
| Noble family name in medieval Italy shared by two popes | 55 |
| Nobelist who wrote ''Man and Superman'' | 55 |
| Nobel-winning subject of "A Beautiful Mind" | 53 |
| Nobel-winning economist who wrote "Fuzzy Math" | 56 |
| Nobel Laureate portrayed in "A Beautiful Mind" | 56 |
| Noël Coward title woman "from Argentina" | 53 |
| Noah's great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather | 64 |
| Noah & The Whale "Just Me Before We ___" | 54 |
| No. that Bloomberg's soda ban would have limited | 52 |
| No. 6 on the ABA Journal's list of the 25 greatest legal TV shows | 69 |
| No. 1 hit from the album "Everything's Archie" | 60 |
| No. 1 hit from the 1997 album "Middle of Nowhere" | 59 |
| No-longer-anonymous "Primary Colors" author Joe | 57 |
| No longer being able to "pinch an inch," among others? | 64 |
| NL player certain to be traded midseason, if he's any good | 62 |
| Nixon who sang for Natalie Wood in "West Side Story" | 62 |
| Nittany Lions all-time leader in touchdowns ___ Clark | 53 |
| Nitpick, and what this puzzle's circled letters represent | 61 |
| Nirvana "I ___ an easy friend. I do, with an ear to lend" | 67 |
| Nintendo consoles for people with breathing problems? | 53 |
| Nintendo 64 classic based on a James Bond film (California) | 59 |
| Nino who composed the score for "The Godfather" | 57 |
| Nino who composed the music for "The Godfather" | 57 |
| Nineteenth-century stage genre involving watery sets | 52 |
| Nine-to-five routine, and hint to this puzzle's theme | 57 |
| Nine-time Emmy nominee for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | 58 |
| Nina who had a 1959 hit with "I Loves You, Porgy" | 59 |
| NIKE/HARRAH'S merger leading to a saffron robe dress code | 61 |
| Nighttime movie with Doris Day? (with "The") | 54 |
| Nightspot where you can't be too big or too small? | 54 |
| Night that "Dynasty" aired for most of its run: Abbr. | 63 |
| Night that "Dallas" aired for most of its run: Abbr. | 62 |
| Night on which "60 Minutes" originally aired: Abbr. | 61 |
| Night "The Wild Wild West" was shown in 1960s TV: Abbr. | 65 |
| Night "Cheers" was on TV for each of its 11 seasons | 61 |
| Nigerian seaport that was once home to Chinua Achebe | 52 |
| Nigeria is the world's largest producer of these | 52 |
| Niece of Sir Toby Belch, in "Twelfth Night" | 53 |
| Nicollette's role on "Desperate Housewives" | 57 |
| Nicollette's "Desperate Housewives" character | 59 |
| Nicollette Sheridan's role on "Desperate Housewives" | 66 |
| Nicole's co-star in ''Moulin Rouge'' | 56 |
| Nicole's "The Simple Life 2" travel buddy | 55 |
| Nicole's ''Cold Mountain'' co-star | 54 |
| Nicolas whom "Dog the Bounty Hunter" once posted bail for | 67 |
| Nicolas who directed "The Man Who Fell to Earth" | 58 |