| New York Times film critic who succeeded Janet Maslin | 53 |
| New York weekly since 1955 (with ''The'') | 57 |
| New York's ___ Building, designed by Mies van der Rohe | 58 |
| New York's ___ Building, tallest in the world in 1930 | 57 |
| New York's ___ Cultural Center, promoter of Hellenic civilization | 69 |
| Newbery Medal winner for "Island of the Blue Dolphins" | 64 |
| Newbery winner for "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" | 57 |
| Newly popular berry that purportedly promotes health | 52 |
| Newly-elected senator married to a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader | 68 |
| News item that often has a person's age in the headline | 59 |
| News org. that airs "Hardball with Chris Matthews" | 60 |
| News slogan that many reinterpret as "one-sided" | 58 |
| Newsman Baxter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" | 55 |
| Newsman Rather saying "Phttphbphb!" as he left CBS? | 61 |
| Newsman who wrote "Flashbacks: On Returning to Vietnam" | 65 |
| Newspaper partly owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim: Abbr. | 64 |
| Newspaper with hardly the highest journalistic standards | 56 |
| Next to Connecticut Avenue, say, on a Monopoly board | 52 |
| Next to these dog treats, or those over there, or those...? | 59 |
| Next word after "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" | 53 |
| Next-to-last chemical element alphabetically, before zirconium | 62 |
| NFL "Boomer" who really was a boomer (born in 1961) | 61 |
| NFL Hall of Famer Michael nicknamed "The Playmaker" | 61 |
| NFL Network journalist Rich, once partnered on ESPN with Stuart Scott | 69 |
| NFL owner who moved the Oakland Raiders to L.A. and back | 56 |
| NFL running back who forfeited his 2005 Heisman Trophy | 54 |
| NFL tiebreakers hidden in this puzzle's nine longest answers | 64 |
| NFLer Warren who competed on "Dancing With the Stars" | 63 |
| Ngaio Marsh's ''______ a Murderer'' | 55 |
| NHL Hall-of-Famer who co-owns the Pittsburgh Penguins | 53 |
| Niccòlo Machiavelli book posthumously published in 1532 | 58 |
| Nichelle Nichols's role on "Star Trek" | 52 |
| Nicholas of ___, patron saint of mariners and thieves | 53 |
| Nicholas who wrote "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution" | 58 |
| Nicholson role in ''Prizzi's Honor'' | 56 |
| Nick of college football who was twice A.P. Coach of the Year | 61 |
| Nick who played John Connor in "Terminator 3" | 55 |
| Nick who was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 1992 | 57 |
| Nickelodeon cartoon, ''Invader ___'' | 52 |
| NICKELODEON rebranded with shows about TV room makeovers? | 57 |
| Nickelodeon show whose protagonist has a football-shaped head | 61 |
| Nickelodeon's "incredible, squishable, squeezable" goo | 68 |
| Nickelodeon's "___ Declassified School Survival Guide" | 68 |
| Nickname associated with America's largest island | 53 |
| Nickname for a Boston skyscraper, with "The" | 54 |
| Nickname for a brutally tough course on supply and demand? | 58 |
| Nickname for a cheater in the Oklahoma land rush of 1889 | 56 |
| Nickname for a Skywalker in "The Phantom Menace" | 58 |
| Nickname for Babe Ruth (with ''the'') | 53 |
| Nickname for critic Rex who doesn't sexually excite anyone? | 63 |
| Nickname for Mike Krzyzewski of Duke basketball fame | 52 |
| Nickname for Ravens linebacker Lewis or Celtics guard Allen | 59 |
| Nickname for snowboarder Shaun White ... or some airborne soup? | 63 |
| Nickname for someone who really dislikes Alfred E. Neuman? | 58 |
| Nickname for someone who shares a name with the 16th president | 62 |
| Nickname for the football stadium at the University of Michigan | 63 |
| Nickname for the site of Japan's surrender: 1945 | 52 |
| Nickname heard in the 1981 hit "Key Largo" | 52 |
| Nickname of "Celebration" bassist Robert Bell | 55 |
| Nickname of a Chicago expressway, with “The” | 52 |
| Nickname of baseball player Joyner or basketball player Szczerbiak | 66 |
| Nickname of baseball's Ted Williams, with 'the' | 59 |
| Nickname of Boston Bruins and New York Rangers NHLer Phil | 57 |
| Nickname of catchers Carlton Fisk and Ivan Rodriguez | 52 |
| Nickname of ESPN8, in the 2004 movie "Dodgeball" | 58 |
| Nickname of Felix and Oscar's poker buddy Homer Deegan | 58 |
| Nickname of former New York Jets coach Wilbur Ewbank | 52 |
| Nickname of former White House advisor I. Lewis Libby, Jr. | 58 |
| Nickname of Howard Stern's producer Gary Dell'Abate | 59 |
| Nickname of Notre Dame's mural "The Word of Life" | 63 |
| Nickname of reliever Dennis, 1992 MVP and Cy Young Award winner | 63 |
| Nickname of the dwarf planet Eris before September 2006 | 55 |
| Nickname of the household head on TV's "Hazel" | 60 |
| Nickname of the N.B.A.'s David Robinson, with "the" | 65 |
| Nickname of the treat with its 100th anniversary on July 7, 2007 | 64 |
| Nickname of the youngest major leaguer to reach 400 homers | 58 |
| Nickname of witch Narcissa Malfoy, Harry Potter's belated ally | 66 |
| Nickname shared by Benazir Bhutto and Benjamin Netanyahu | 56 |
| Nicolas Cage's "Leaving Las Vegas" costar Elisabeth | 65 |
| Nicolas Cage's co-star in "The Family Man" | 56 |
| Nicolas who directed "The Man Who Fell to Earth" | 58 |
| Nicolas whom "Dog the Bounty Hunter" once posted bail for | 67 |
| Nicole's ''Cold Mountain'' co-star | 54 |
| Nicole's "The Simple Life 2" travel buddy | 55 |
| Nicole's co-star in ''Moulin Rouge'' | 56 |
| Nicollette Sheridan's role on "Desperate Housewives" | 66 |
| Nicollette's "Desperate Housewives" character | 59 |
| Nicollette's role on "Desperate Housewives" | 57 |
| Niece of Sir Toby Belch, in "Twelfth Night" | 53 |
| Nigeria is the world's largest producer of these | 52 |
| Nigerian seaport that was once home to Chinua Achebe | 52 |
| Night "Cheers" was on TV for each of its 11 seasons | 61 |
| Night "The Wild Wild West" was shown in 1960s TV: Abbr. | 65 |
| Night on which "60 Minutes" originally aired: Abbr. | 61 |
| Night that "Dallas" aired for most of its run: Abbr. | 62 |
| Night that "Dynasty" aired for most of its run: Abbr. | 63 |
| Nightspot where you can't be too big or too small? | 54 |
| Nighttime movie with Doris Day? (with "The") | 54 |
| NIKE/HARRAH'S merger leading to a saffron robe dress code | 61 |
| Nina who had a 1959 hit with "I Loves You, Porgy" | 59 |