| NFL playoffs pass, e.g. | 23 |
| NFL play review technique | 25 |
| NFL placekicker Kaeding | 23 |
| NFL pass catcher Randy | 22 |
| NFL newcomer of '46 | 23 |
| NFL Network sportscaster Rich | 29 |
| NFL Network commentator Rich | 28 |
| NFL Network anchor Rich | 23 |
| NFL highlight reel technique | 28 |
| NFL Hall-of-Famer Ronnie | 24 |
| NFL Hall-of-Famer Lynn | 22 |
| NFL Hall-of-Famer Hank | 22 |
| NFL Hall-of-Famer Graham | 24 |
| NFL Hall-of-Famer Ernie | 23 |
| NFL Hall-of-Famer Dawson | 24 |
| NFL Hall-of-Famer Charlie | 25 |
| NFL Hall-of-Famer Bobby | 23 |
| NFL Hall of Famer Swann | 23 |
| NFL Hall of Famer Sanders | 25 |
| NFL Hall of Famer Marino | 24 |
| NFL Hall of Famer Marchetti | 27 |
| NFL Hall of Famer Kelly | 23 |
| NFL Hall of Famer Hirsch | 24 |
| NFL Hall of Famer Groza | 23 |
| NFL Hall of Famer Graham | 24 |
| NFL Hall of Famer Gale | 22 |
| NFL Hall of Famer Dawson | 24 |
| NFL Hall of Fame quarterback | 28 |
| NFL Hall of Fame QB Luckman | 27 |
| NFL Hall of Fame coach Hank | 27 |
| NFL great "Boomer" | 28 |
| NFL game locales (var.) | 23 |
| NFL Draft analyst Kiper | 23 |
| NFL commissioner since 2006 | 27 |
| NFL coaching legend Don | 23 |
| NFL coaching great Don | 22 |
| NFL champions in 1958-'59 | 29 |
| NFL broadcast interludes | 24 |
| NFL blockers and catchers | 25 |
| NFL ball carrier, often | 23 |
| NFL analyst Collinsworth | 24 |
| NFL all-time rushing leader | 27 |
| NFC West team, on scoreboards | 29 |
| NFC East team, in trackers | 26 |
| NFC East team on scoreboards | 28 |
| Nez ___ (Indian group) | 22 |
| Nez ___ (American Indian) | 25 |
| Nez Percé war chief | 22 |
| Next-to-the-highest angels | 26 |
| Next-to-last tourney rounds | 27 |
| Next-to-last syllables | 22 |
| Next-to-last Italian queen | 26 |
| Next-to-last Greek letters | 26 |
| Next-to-last Greek letter | 25 |
| Next-to-last fairy tale word | 28 |
| Next-to-last #1 Beatles hit | 27 |
| Next-generation relatives | 25 |
| Next-generation member | 22 |
| Next-door neighbor, in a way | 28 |
| Next ___ (close relative) | 25 |
| Next yr.'s frosh, perhaps | 29 |
| Next year's junior | 22 |
| Next year's alumnus | 23 |
| Next to the last inning | 23 |
| Next to nothing, so to speak | 28 |
| Next to last Greek letter | 25 |
| Next Sunday's heroes | 24 |
| Next step for Jean Dixon | 24 |
| Next step above breeze | 22 |
| Next in order of place | 22 |
| Next in line, in a way | 22 |
| Next in line for slavery? | 25 |
| Next day, in the old days | 25 |
| Next century's end | 22 |
| Next best after strikes | 23 |
| Next after uni- and bi- | 23 |
| Newtons per ampere-meter | 24 |
| Newton-meter fractions | 22 |
| Newton-meter divisions | 22 |
| Newton, Watts, or Hayes | 23 |
| Newton's math, briefly | 26 |
| Newton's inspiration | 24 |
| Newton's first name | 23 |
| Newton's Diamond, for one | 29 |
| Newton of gravity fame | 22 |
| Newton of apple legend | 22 |
| Newton knighted in 1705 | 23 |
| Newton filling sources | 22 |
| Newton discovery: Abbr. | 23 |
| Newton discovery, e.g. | 22 |
| Newt with a large vocabulary | 28 |
| Newsy summation, for short | 26 |
| Newsy attention-getter | 22 |
| Newswriter's specialty | 26 |
| Newswriter's credit | 23 |
| Newsworthy time in history | 26 |
| Newsworthy strip of land | 24 |
| Newsworthy period of history | 28 |
| Newsworthy launch of 1954 | 25 |
| Newsworthy exile of 1986 | 24 |