| Nonforward pass | 15 |
| Neither forward nor backward | 28 |
| N.F.L. play | 11 |
| Lying to one side | 17 |
| Kind of pass in football | 24 |
| Henry Burris specialty | 22 |
| From the side | 13 |
| Certain football pass | 21 |
| At the side | 11 |
| Alternative to a forward pass | 29 |
| A pass that isn't forward | 29 |
| Lie-abed | 8 |
| One who's not up at noon | 28 |
| One who sleeps in | 17 |
| One slow to get up | 18 |
| Many a night owl | 16 |
| Early bird's opposite | 25 |
| Sometime thereafter | 19 |
| When a procrastinator does things | 33 |
| Coming up with a clever retort the next day? | 44 |
| Wee-hour broadcast | 18 |
| Entertainment for night owls | 28 |
| Wee-hour movie | 14 |
| Wee hours entertainment | 23 |
| TV program for night owls | 25 |
| TV program for insomniacs | 25 |
| TV fare for stay-ups | 20 |
| TV fare for night owls | 22 |
| Program for an insomniac | 24 |
| One arriving during the overture, say | 37 |
| Night owl's viewing | 23 |
| Night owl's TV fare | 23 |
| Night owl's entertainment, with "The" | 51 |
| Night owl's entertainment | 29 |
| Letterman's TV program (with "The") | 49 |
| Letterman's program, e.g. | 29 |
| Letterman program | 17 |
| Ed Sullivan Theater production | 30 |
| Dave's program, with "The" | 40 |
| CBS debut of '93 | 20 |
| Current fashion | 15 |
| Most up-to-date | 15 |
| Most current | 12 |
| Most modern | 11 |
| Like some developments | 22 |
| New news | 8 |
| Most chic | 9 |
| Hottest, as news | 16 |
| Up-to-the-minute news | 21 |
| Quidnunc's interest | 23 |
| Most tardy | 10 |
| Breaking news | 13 |
| Recent developments | 19 |
| Newest news | 11 |
| Most updated | 12 |
| Most recent news | 16 |
| Word with fad or news | 21 |
| Warrant "Greatest & ___" | 38 |
| Updated news | 12 |
| State of the art, with "the" | 38 |
| Newsbreak feature | 17 |
| News hot off the press | 22 |
| Most recent music | 17 |
| Most in-style, say | 18 |
| Most delayed | 12 |
| Most current news, with "the" | 39 |
| Like up-to-the-minute news | 26 |
| Least ancient | 13 |
| Last to arrive | 14 |
| Hottest news, with "the" | 34 |
| Hot gossip, with "the" | 32 |
| Gossip, with "the" | 28 |
| Fresh gossip | 12 |
| Fashion maven's quest | 25 |
| "Have you heard the ___?" | 35 |
| Rain delay result | 17 |
| Result of sleeping in, e.g. | 27 |
| Result of oversleeping | 22 |
| Result of a rain delay, perhaps | 31 |
| Result of a delay | 17 |
| L.A.? | 5 |
| Tabloid tidbits | 15 |
| Current fad | 11 |
| What's in | 13 |
| Fashion mag concern | 19 |
| Something hot | 13 |
| One reason for a safe call | 26 |
| Baseman's misplay, maybe | 28 |
| Base-stealer's hope | 23 |
| Slide follower, perhaps | 23 |
| Reason for an ump's safe call | 33 |
| Infielder's untimely move | 29 |
| Infielder's failure | 23 |
| Not on time for | 15 |
| Not punctual for | 16 |
| Not prompt for | 14 |
| Not on target for, timewise | 27 |
| Not conscientious about, perhaps | 32 |
| Missing, perhaps | 16 |
| Missing, as the start of a party | 32 |