| __ nova (ballroom dance) | 24 |
| __ nova | 7 |
| __ nous (confidentially) | 24 |
| __ nous | 7 |
| __ nothing (betting option) | 28 |
| __ nothing | 10 |
| __ notes | 8 |
| __ Nostra (secret society) | 26 |
| __ Nostra | 9 |
| __ Nor, lake in Sinkiang | 24 |
| __ noodles: Chinese dish | 24 |
| __ noire: literally, "black beast" | 44 |
| __ noire: dreaded thing | 23 |
| __ noire: bane | 14 |
| __ noire (bugaboo) | 18 |
| __ noire (bane) | 15 |
| __ noire | 8 |
| __ nod: acting honor | 20 |
| __ noche: tonight | 17 |
| __ Noël | 10 |
| __ no. (bank customer's ID) | 31 |
| __ NO HOOKS | 11 |
| __ no good: plotting | 20 |
| __ no good (scheming) | 21 |
| __ no good | 10 |
| __ Nkrumah (first Ghanaian president) | 37 |
| __ nibs (big shot) | 18 |
| __ news | 7 |
| __ New Guinea | 13 |
| __ Nevada mountains | 19 |
| __ Nevada mountain range | 24 |
| __ Nevada | 9 |
| __ Neuf: Paris bridge | 21 |
| __ Network (Canadian cable channel) | 35 |
| __ network | 10 |
| __ Ness monster | 15 |
| __ nerves | 9 |
| __ nerve (funny-bone tingler) | 29 |
| __ nerve (funny bone tingler) | 29 |
| __ nerve | 8 |
| __ Navidad | 10 |
| __ Nautilus | 11 |
| __ Nast | 7 |
| __ Nashville: record label | 26 |
| __ Nashville: country record label | 34 |
| __ Nashville: country music label | 33 |
| __ Nashville (country record label) | 35 |
| __ name: computer ID | 20 |
| __ name | 7 |
| __ Nabisco | 10 |
| __ Na Na (retro rock group) | 27 |
| __ Na Na | 8 |
| __ myrtle: tree or shrub in the loosestrife family | 50 |
| __ music | 8 |
| __ Museum (San Jose site honoring the boat people) | 50 |
| __ muffin | 9 |
| __ much (less) | 14 |
| __ move on | 10 |
| __ Mountains: south-central U.S. range | 38 |
| __ Mountains: Mt. Narodnaya's range | 39 |
| __ Mountains: Missouri range | 28 |
| __ Mountains: Europe/Asia border range | 38 |
| __ Mountains: Eurasian border range | 35 |
| __ Mountains: central U.S. range | 32 |
| __ Mountains: Central Asian range | 33 |
| __ Mountains: Asian range | 25 |
| __ Mountains, which separate the Rhine and the Rhone | 52 |
| __ Mountains (Russian range) | 28 |
| __ Mountains (Eurasian range) | 29 |
| __ Mountains (Arkansas range) | 29 |
| __ Mountain (Pennsylvania ski resort) | 37 |
| __ mother | 9 |
| __ motel | 8 |
| __ mot (witticism) | 18 |
| __ moss (soil conditioner) | 26 |
| __ moss (gardening material) | 28 |
| __ moss (gardener's material) | 33 |
| __ moss (gardener's buy) | 28 |
| __ moss (garden-shop buy) | 25 |
| __ moss (garden mulch) | 22 |
| __ moss | 7 |
| __ mortals | 10 |
| __ Morgue: Poe locale | 21 |
| __ Moon, Baptist missionary to China (1873-1912) | 48 |
| __ Moon Bay, California | 23 |
| __ moon | 7 |
| __ Montoya: "The Princess Bride" role | 47 |
| __ Monte Foods | 14 |
| __ monster: lizard | 18 |
| __ monster (southwestern lizard) | 32 |
| __ monster (large lizard) | 25 |
| __ monster (Arizona lizard) | 27 |
| __ monster | 10 |
| __ monkey | 9 |
| __ Monica, CA | 13 |
| __ Mongolia | 11 |
| __ money | 8 |
| __ monde: high society | 22 |
| __ monde (high society) | 23 |
| __ Monday: post-Thanksgiving event | 34 |