| Not beating around the bush | 27 |
| No man's land, in brief | 27 |
| Nonfiction films, for short | 27 |
| Nonprofit group, frequently | 27 |
| Nintendo critter since 1981 | 27 |
| Name on a building, perhaps | 27 |
| Non-dieter's breakfast? | 27 |
| Number at a bridal boutique | 27 |
| Nancy ___, fictional sleuth | 27 |
| Needs a new washer, perhaps | 27 |
| Nickname of hoopster Erving | 27 |
| North Carolina college town | 27 |
| Nighttime soap of the 1980s | 27 |
| Noted 1928 Atlantic crosser | 27 |
| Name in the news, July 1937 | 27 |
| N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Monroe | 27 |
| Nobleman's jurisdiction | 27 |
| Novel that's downloaded | 27 |
| Nymph rejected by Narcissus | 27 |
| NATO alphabet "E" | 27 |
| Nobel Prize category: Abbr. | 27 |
| Nelson of 30's musicals | 27 |
| Neatened the lawn, in a way | 27 |
| Nicollette Sheridan TV role | 27 |
| Nickname for author Wharton | 27 |
| New Bohemians' Brickell | 27 |
| Novelist O'Brien et al. | 27 |
| Nigerian native or language | 27 |
| Newsroom workers, for short | 27 |
| Newspaper dept. supervisors | 27 |
| Newspaper staffers, briefly | 27 |
| N.Y.C. summer clock setting | 27 |
| Neurofeedback device: Abbr. | 27 |
| Noted Hungarian wine region | 27 |
| Neighborhood vandalism ammo | 27 |
| Narcissist's affliction | 27 |
| Number of holes on a course | 27 |
| Number of W's in Wagner | 27 |
| National name on some euros | 27 |
| Naomh Padraig's country | 27 |
| Needy person's activity | 27 |
| National airline since 1948 | 27 |
| Napoleon's exile island | 27 |
| Napoleon's island, once | 27 |
| Napoleon's exile locale | 27 |
| Napoleon was banished to it | 27 |
| Noted English letter writer | 27 |
| Nobel-winning author Wiesel | 27 |
| Nobel-winning diplomat Root | 27 |
| Novelist who was 26 in 1845 | 27 |
| Nevada city on the Humboldt | 27 |
| Newsstand purchase, perhaps | 27 |
| Newspaper columnist Goodman | 27 |
| New York's _____ Island | 27 |
| Nightmarish street, in film | 27 |
| Neighborhood shade provider | 27 |
| New York home of Mark Twain | 27 |
| N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Hirsch | 27 |
| Not quite a mane character? | 27 |
| Nobel chemist Fischer: 1902 | 27 |
| NFL all-time rushing leader | 27 |
| Native to a particular area | 27 |
| Nobelist for Medicine: 1954 | 27 |
| Nerves and novels have them | 27 |
| New York-to-Providence dir. | 27 |
| Name in China's history | 27 |
| Nearly half of ninety-nine? | 27 |
| Naval Academy grad. (Abbr.) | 27 |
| Naval acad. grad's rank | 27 |
| New Age singer from Ireland | 27 |
| New Age singer from Donegal | 27 |
| Necessity for a bad speller | 27 |
| NBC news correspondent Hill | 27 |
| Northwest Pennsylvania city | 27 |
| Neighbor of Chautauqua Lake | 27 |
| Novelist -- Stanley Gardner | 27 |
| Night school subject: Abbr. | 27 |
| Nickname for a hockey great | 27 |
| Name on some Canadian pumps | 27 |
| Name on a Canadian gas pump | 27 |
| N.Y.C. winter clock setting | 27 |
| Native of a Soviet Republic | 27 |
| No longer on speaking terms | 27 |
| Numerical ending, sometimes | 27 |
| Neighbor of Djibouti: Abbr. | 27 |
| Nicholas Udall's school | 27 |
| Note first used on 1/1/2002 | 27 |
| Novelist ___ S. Connell Jr. | 27 |
| Not exactly carved in stone | 27 |
| Nine days' wonder, e.g. | 27 |
| Newspaper calendar listings | 27 |
| Natives call it Chomolungma | 27 |
| Naive, backward and French? | 27 |
| Not included for that price | 27 |
| New York bridge toll option | 27 |
| Newbie's Internet pages | 27 |
| Not within walking distance | 27 |
| Notes around Christmastime? | 27 |
| Non-flowering office staple | 27 |
| Nation north of New Zealand | 27 |