| Negative response to a sergeant | 31 |
| Nuclear explosion result, maybe | 31 |
| Not quite Barcelona's best? | 31 |
| Nelson Rockefeller was its gov. | 31 |
| News item listing surviving kin | 31 |
| Not likely to get by the censor | 31 |
| National anthem adopted in 1980 | 31 |
| Natl. Popcorn Poppin' Month | 31 |
| Noted Schubert piece in F major | 31 |
| Norse god associated with magic | 31 |
| Norse "father of all" | 31 |
| Neil Armstrong's home state | 31 |
| Northern American native people | 31 |
| Name of several Norwegian kings | 31 |
| Norwegian king who died in 1000 | 31 |
| Neil Young: "___ Man" | 31 |
| Number you might have memorized | 31 |
| Nebraska city famous for steals | 31 |
| Nation on the Arabian Peninsula | 31 |
| Novel that begins with a mutiny | 31 |
| Not enough, according to Susann | 31 |
| Numerical Three Dog Night smash | 31 |
| N.B.A. Rookie of the Year, 1993 | 31 |
| Nighttime feeding time, perhaps | 31 |
| New York's geographical hub | 31 |
| Nash's "___ lama" | 31 |
| Noted talk show retiree of 2011 | 31 |
| New "biscuit" of 1912 | 31 |
| NBA's Magic, on scoreboards | 31 |
| N.H.L. Hall-of-Famer since 1979 | 31 |
| Nunez of "The Office" | 31 |
| Norway's most populous city | 31 |
| Norwegian Military Academy city | 31 |
| Norwegian city where Ibsen died | 31 |
| Nobel Peace Center capital city | 31 |
| Not covered by an HMO, probably | 31 |
| Name that has its ups and downs | 31 |
| Native American near the Platte | 31 |
| Nebraska county on the Missouri | 31 |
| Nebraska county north of Pawnee | 31 |
| N.C.A.A. tournament nail-biters | 31 |
| Name of fame in a national game | 31 |
| N.H.L. Senators, on scoreboards | 31 |
| No longer bothered by something | 31 |
| Nuclear power since 1998: Abbr. | 31 |
| Nickname for Hemingway or Haydn | 31 |
| Nothing to be afraid of, really | 31 |
| Nirvana "___ to Play" | 31 |
| Nut often found on a sticky bun | 31 |
| Not wait until December 25, say | 31 |
| Novelist/poet Robert ___ Warren | 31 |
| Neighbor of Ecuador and Bolivia | 31 |
| Notable not in the Hall of Fame | 31 |
| Not overly titillating, usually | 31 |
| Ninth word of "Trees" | 31 |
| Nintendo game featuring Pikachu | 31 |
| Nirvana's pet bird, perhaps | 31 |
| Neckwear that makes a statement | 31 |
| Not fond of dirty jokes, surely | 31 |
| Numbers like 3 and 5, but not 4 | 31 |
| Norma Webster's middle name | 31 |
| Northwest Passage co-discoverer | 31 |
| Noted feature of the Guggenheim | 31 |
| Numismatist's find, perhaps | 31 |
| N.Y.C. skyscraper's letters | 31 |
| Name meaning "kingly" | 31 |
| Nevada Shakespeare Company home | 31 |
| Nonpayment consequence, briefly | 31 |
| Nonpayment aftermath, for short | 31 |
| Non-payer's risk, for short | 31 |
| Not elective, as a class: Abbr. | 31 |
| No longer doing the job?: Abbr. | 31 |
| No longer on active duty: Abbr. | 31 |
| No longer in the service: Abbr. | 31 |
| Not take a back seat to anyone? | 31 |
| Norma McCorvey in a famous case | 31 |
| Nickname for the 40th president | 31 |
| Name on the 1979 Spingarn Medal | 31 |
| Nevin's "The ___" | 31 |
| No hitting below the belt, e.g. | 31 |
| No. 1 hit for Christopher Cross | 31 |
| Northern road crew's supply | 31 |
| Not being such a daredevil, say | 31 |
| Nice to look at, as a landscape | 31 |
| Not a part of, as a way of life | 31 |
| N.Y. Senator Alphonse D'___ | 31 |
| Noted closing from Samuel Pepys | 31 |
| New Zealand, etc., to Americans | 31 |
| National airline of Afghanistan | 31 |
| Namesake of a branch of Judaism | 31 |
| Number of nights in old stories | 31 |
| Near, but not in, the limelight | 31 |
| Nickname of Emperor Frederick I | 31 |
| Nonsense of a market pessimist? | 31 |
| Novel about a biblical serpent? | 31 |
| Nickname for Aqueduct Racetrack | 31 |
| Noted American fashion designer | 31 |
| Neckwear for a Preakness winner | 31 |
| Nickname for director Peckinpah | 31 |
| Noted New York machine operator | 31 |