| NYU's business school | 25 |
| Not lax | 7 |
| Not at all lenient | 18 |
| Not at all lax | 14 |
| Nobelist in Physics: 1943 | 25 |
| Niña's end | 17 |
| NBA commissioner David | 22 |
| Most-fined radio radio personality | 34 |
| Like taskmasters, often | 23 |
| Like old schoolmasters | 22 |
| Like a tough-love parent | 24 |
| Like a demanding schoolmaster | 29 |
| Laying down the law | 19 |
| Isaac with a violin | 19 |
| Isaac with a bow | 16 |
| Isaac the violinist | 19 |
| Isaac or Howard | 15 |
| Isaac of fiddledom | 18 |
| Iron-willed | 11 |
| Howard of Sirius radio | 22 |
| Howard of morning radio | 23 |
| Hind part | 9 |
| Harsh, as a reprimand | 21 |
| Grim in aspect | 14 |
| Finger-wagging, say | 19 |
| Finger-wagging | 14 |
| Fiddler Isaac | 13 |
| Exacting, discipline-wise | 25 |
| Exacting, as a teacher | 22 |
| End of the Titanic | 18 |
| Daniel of "Breaking Away" | 35 |
| Brooking no nonsense | 20 |
| Brooking no dissent | 19 |
| Bow's counterpart | 21 |
| Barge back | 10 |
| Back onboard | 12 |
| Back on the ocean? | 18 |
| Back on the high seas | 21 |
| Back of the QE2 | 15 |
| Back of a skipjack | 18 |
| Back of a skiff | 15 |
| Back in the water? | 18 |
| Austere fiddler? | 16 |
| Area to the rear | 16 |
| Area for a taffrail | 19 |
| "Howard 100" host | 27 |
| Breastbones | 11 |
| Clavicle connectors | 19 |
| They stick to the ribs | 22 |
| Some skeleton parts | 19 |
| Some skeletal parts | 19 |
| Rib splitters | 13 |
| Ones close to the heart? | 24 |
| Axial skeleton parts | 20 |
| Of the breastbone | 17 |
| Of breastbones | 14 |
| Near the breastbone | 19 |
| Breastbone-related | 18 |
| "Tristram Shandy" author | 34 |
| Tristram Shandy's creator | 29 |
| ''Tristram Shandy'' author | 42 |
| "A Sentimental Journey" author | 40 |
| Shandy's creator | 20 |
| Creator of Tristram Shandy | 26 |
| Author of "Tristram Shandy" | 37 |
| Uncle Toby's creator | 24 |
| Tristram Shandy creator | 23 |
| Author of "A Sentimental Journey" | 43 |
| "Tristram Shandy" novelist | 36 |
| "Sentimental Journey" author | 38 |
| "A Sentimental Journey" writer | 40 |
| Yorick was his pen name | 23 |
| Tristram Shandy author | 25 |
| Novelist Laurence ___: 1713-68 | 30 |
| Novelist Laurence ___ | 21 |
| Literary Laurence | 17 |
| Laurence who wrote "Tristram Shandy" | 46 |
| Laurence who wrote "A Sentimental Journey" | 52 |
| Laurence of literature | 22 |
| He wrote "The Bramine's Journal" | 46 |
| He wrote "Sentimental Journey" | 40 |
| He wrote "A Sentimental Journey" | 42 |
| Dr. Slop's creator | 22 |
| Creator of "Tristram Shandy" | 38 |
| British novelist: 18th century | 30 |
| British novelist Laurence | 25 |
| A Sentimental Journey author | 31 |
| 18th century English novelist | 29 |
| "Tristram Shandy" writer | 34 |
| "Tristram Shandy" author Laurence | 43 |
| "Tristam Shandy" author | 33 |
| "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy" author | 59 |
| "Journal to Eliza" author, 1767 | 41 |
| "A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy" author | 65 |
| 'Tristram Shandy' writer | 32 |
| 'Tristram Shandy' author | 32 |
| ''Tristram Shandy'' writer | 42 |
| Glares? | 7 |
| Less lax | 8 |
| Tougher, as a parent | 20 |