| Not under any circumstances | 27 |
| Neo-___ (modern film genre) | 27 |
| Nick of "Warrior" | 27 |
| Nick of "48 HRS." | 27 |
| Nick of 'Cape Fear' | 27 |
| Nick's film mate of old | 27 |
| NBC newswoman O'Donnell | 27 |
| Noted role for Maria Callas | 27 |
| Nine-day religious devotion | 27 |
| National code-cracking org. | 27 |
| Neighbor of Victoria: Abbr. | 27 |
| Nonspecifically high degree | 27 |
| Naughty ___ (adult costume) | 27 |
| Nightingale or Barton, e.g. | 27 |
| New York City on the Hudson | 27 |
| Nevada's largest county | 27 |
| Nikita's "no" | 27 |
| Newspaper inits. since 1851 | 27 |
| Noted 1991 Harvard Law grad | 27 |
| New York City theater award | 27 |
| Newspaper notice, for short | 27 |
| Notice of demise, for short | 27 |
| N.M. area of geologic epoch | 27 |
| National Pizza Month: Abbr. | 27 |
| National Dental Hygiene Mo. | 27 |
| National Coming Out Day mo. | 27 |
| Not evenly divisible by two | 27 |
| Norse god of war and poetry | 27 |
| Norse god of wisdom and war | 27 |
| Norse god of war and wisdom | 27 |
| National anthem contraction | 27 |
| National anthem preposition | 27 |
| Norman's setting: Abbr. | 27 |
| Norwegian royal name (Var.) | 27 |
| Nickname for Andrew Jackson | 27 |
| Nostalgic jukebox selection | 27 |
| Notorious Chicago cow owner | 27 |
| Noted Richard III portrayer | 27 |
| N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Matson | 27 |
| Nebraska's largest city | 27 |
| Nebraska's biggest city | 27 |
| New York lake near Syracuse | 27 |
| Negro leagues star Buck ___ | 27 |
| Negative-sounding musician? | 27 |
| New pedometer's reading | 27 |
| Notorious '95 hurricane | 27 |
| Notorious price controllers | 27 |
| Newspaper's essay forum | 27 |
| Newspaper page with columns | 27 |
| Newspaper pages with essays | 27 |
| Not resolved, as a question | 27 |
| Numbered work of a composer | 27 |
| Name in the grocery freezer | 27 |
| Nicaraguan president Daniel | 27 |
| Native American in Oklahoma | 27 |
| NYC horseplayer's haunt | 27 |
| Noted Venetian army general | 27 |
| Nero's friend and enemy | 27 |
| NCAA tournament nail-biters | 27 |
| Not yours or mine, yet both | 27 |
| Nero's breakfast order? | 27 |
| Necessities for pregnancies | 27 |
| Not good for a pro, usually | 27 |
| Not be entirely independent | 27 |
| Need to give, as an apology | 27 |
| Need to cough up some dough | 27 |
| Nonwinning tic-tac-toe line | 27 |
| Naughts-and-crosses failure | 27 |
| NCAA's __-12 conference | 27 |
| Negotiation between enemies | 27 |
| Norton Simon Museum setting | 27 |
| Nobel Prize physicist: 1945 | 27 |
| Narrow-minded, as a teacher | 27 |
| Netanyahu's predecessor | 27 |
| Noted name in Mideast talks | 27 |
| Nation conquered by Pizarro | 27 |
| New Mexico senator Domenici | 27 |
| Name used in an exclamation | 27 |
| Norm, on "Cheers" | 27 |
| No-nos at some rental homes | 27 |
| No ___ Allowed (motel sign) | 27 |
| New moon or full moon, e.g. | 27 |
| Navy ___ (Chicago landmark) | 27 |
| Not the daintiest of eaters | 27 |
| Nor'easter accumulation | 27 |
| New Mexico's state tree | 27 |
| Nadir, with "the" | 27 |
| New entrepreneur's need | 27 |
| Negotiating partner of Isr. | 27 |
| N, E, S, or W, on a compass | 27 |
| Nanki-__, son of the Mikado | 27 |
| Noises made by firecrackers | 27 |
| Nerissa is her waiting-maid | 27 |
| Newspaper from 1912 to 1991 | 27 |
| Nova Scotia's Grand ___ | 27 |
| Not the main event, briefly | 27 |
| Number that may be shocking | 27 |
| New Hampshire event of 2008 | 27 |
| Neaten one's appearance | 27 |
| Nova Scotia, for one: abbr. | 27 |