| North American jack fishes | 26 |
| North American lake | 19 |
| North American language | 23 |
| North American lily | 19 |
| North American lynx | 19 |
| North American marsupials, colloquially | 39 |
| North American native | 21 |
| North American natives | 22 |
| North American peninsula | 24 |
| North American peninsula, for short | 35 |
| North American quintet | 22 |
| North American railroad franchise | 33 |
| North American reptile | 22 |
| North American river | 20 |
| North American rodent | 21 |
| North American rodents | 22 |
| North American singers with raspy notes | 39 |
| North American sparrow | 22 |
| North American tribe | 20 |
| North American tribe member | 27 |
| NORTH AMERICAN WHELK | 20 |
| North American wild duck | 24 |
| North and others | 16 |
| North and South | 15 |
| North and South Dakota | 22 |
| North and South Korea, e.g. | 27 |
| North and South states | 22 |
| North and South Uist, e.g. | 26 |
| North and south, e.g. | 21 |
| North and South, for example | 28 |
| North and south: Abbr. | 23 |
| North and South: Abbr. | 22 |
| North Atl. nation | 17 |
| North Atlantic birds | 20 |
| North Atlantic cape | 19 |
| North Atlantic catch | 20 |
| North Atlantic country: Abbr. | 29 |
| North Atlantic delicacy | 23 |
| North Atlantic fish | 19 |
| North Atlantic food fish | 24 |
| North Atlantic food fishes | 26 |
| North Atlantic gulls | 20 |
| North Atlantic hazard | 21 |
| North Atlantic hazards | 22 |
| North Atlantic isl. | 19 |
| North Atlantic island | 21 |
| North Atlantic island group | 27 |
| North Atlantic islands | 22 |
| North Atlantic menaces | 22 |
| North Atlantic people | 21 |
| North Atlantic rep. | 19 |
| North Atlantic sight | 20 |
| North Atlantic sighting | 23 |
| North Atlantic swimmer | 22 |
| North Atlantic's ___ Islands | 32 |
| North begins here | 17 |
| North Bornean | 13 |
| North by northwest, e.g. | 24 |
| North Carolina | 14 |
| North Carolina athlete | 22 |
| North Carolina athletes | 23 |
| North Carolina campus | 21 |
| North Carolina cape | 19 |
| North Carolina city | 19 |
| North Carolina city New __, which began as a Swiss settlement | 61 |
| North Carolina city where the Biltmore Estate is located | 56 |
| North Carolina city: abbr. | 26 |
| North Carolina coast area | 25 |
| North Carolina college | 22 |
| North Carolina college town | 27 |
| North Carolina county | 21 |
| North Carolina county bordering Tennessee and Virginia | 54 |
| North Carolina county named for a Revolutionary War commander | 61 |
| North Carolina county named for an early governor | 49 |
| North Carolina county on the Blue Ridge Parkway | 47 |
| North Carolina county seat | 26 |
| North Carolina fort | 19 |
| North Carolina governor for whom a county and two cities are named | 66 |
| North Carolina gridders | 23 |
| North Carolina island | 21 |
| North Carolina lad of old TV | 28 |
| North Carolina legislator who retired in 2002 | 45 |
| North Carolina liberal arts school | 34 |
| North Carolina locale | 21 |
| North Carolina motto beginning | 30 |
| North Carolina motto starter | 28 |
| North Carolina native | 21 |
| North Carolina nickname | 23 |
| North Carolina river | 20 |
| North Carolina school | 21 |
| North Carolina senator | 22 |
| North Carolina senator Elizabeth | 32 |
| North Carolina Senator Kay ___ | 30 |
| North Carolina team | 19 |
| North Carolina town for which a noted Mrs. is reputedly named | 61 |
| North Carolina town or college | 30 |
| North Carolina town that's home to Appalachian State University | 67 |
| North Carolina university | 25 |
| North Carolina university or town | 33 |
| North Carolina university since 1899 | 36 |