| Text | Length |
| N.Y.C. court tournament | 23 |
| Ness's quarry Frank | 23 |
| N.Y. Mets' division | 23 |
| Nautical heading: Abbr. | 23 |
| Natchez-to-Memphis dir. | 23 |
| Noted couples protector | 23 |
| Nonverbal 'yes' | 23 |
| Nomination, so to speak | 23 |
| Not at all, in Dogpatch | 23 |
| Ninth hour, to a cleric | 23 |
| Not the courageous type | 23 |
| Neither's companion | 23 |
| Neither black ____white | 23 |
| Nick Charles's wife | 23 |
| Nick Charles's love | 23 |
| Newswoman O'Donnell | 23 |
| N.H.L.'s ___ Trophy | 23 |
| Newshound's faculty | 23 |
| Natl. Novel Writing mo. | 23 |
| Nine days' devotion | 23 |
| Never's counterpart | 23 |
| Network for Terry Gross | 23 |
| Not decent, so to speak | 23 |
| Not at all sensational? | 23 |
| Neutrinos, symbolically | 23 |
| Natasha's negatives | 23 |
| Neigh sayer's nosh? | 23 |
| Neigh sayer's treat | 23 |
| Nag's nosh, perhaps | 23 |
| Novelist Joyce Carol __ | 23 |
| Nose bag's contents | 23 |
| Name in the White House | 23 |
| Noted Ohio conservatory | 23 |
| Nigerian ceremonial hut | 23 |
| New York theater awards | 23 |
| News section, for short | 23 |
| Newspeak is spoken here | 23 |
| Natl. Adopt-a-Dog Month | 23 |
| Navigational instrument | 23 |
| Not fitting the pattern | 23 |
| Nose-wrinkling stimulus | 23 |
| Nonalcoholic beer brand | 23 |
| Nonalcoholic brew brand | 23 |
| Norfolk, Virginia, sch. | 23 |
| Nash who loved to rhyme | 23 |
| Name on Tara's deed | 23 |
| New Wave band __ Boingo | 23 |
| Norwegian king or saint | 23 |
| Name of Norwegian kings | 23 |
| Nostalgia-inducing song | 23 |
| No-longer-made car make | 23 |
| Nostalgic preoccupation | 23 |
| Nadia's predecessor | 23 |
| Noted Othello portrayer | 23 |
| Neighbor of South Yemen | 23 |
| Novel of the South Seas | 23 |
| Number on a greens flag | 23 |
| Number on a foam finger | 23 |
| NBA superstar Shaquille | 23 |
| NBC correspondent Roger | 23 |
| Not at all sharp, maybe | 23 |
| Noted Japanese-American | 23 |
| Noted Tokyo-born singer | 23 |
| Name in Beatles history | 23 |
| Not in bottles, as beer | 23 |
| Noughts-and-crosses win | 23 |
| Naughts and crosses win | 23 |
| Newspaper opinion pages | 23 |
| Not behind closed doors | 23 |
| Not necessarily against | 23 |
| Not dismissing outright | 23 |
| N.Y. Philharmonic, e.g. | 23 |
| Nike's headquarters | 23 |
| North-central Utah city | 23 |
| Nabisco sandwich cookie | 23 |
| Neighbor of Canis Major | 23 |
| Not at all good-humored | 23 |
| Número atómico 79 | 23 |
| NHL Hall-of-Famer Bobby | 23 |
| Notable #4 with a stick | 23 |
| New England hockey hero | 23 |
| Not exactly exact words | 23 |
| Name in garden products | 23 |
| National-anthem starter | 23 |
| National anthem opening | 23 |
| North American dogwoods | 23 |
| Nobel Peace Center city | 23 |
| Nobel Peace Center site | 23 |
| Nobel Institute setting | 23 |
| Neapolitan song starter | 23 |
| NY port on Lake Ontario | 23 |
| New York city or county | 23 |
| N.Y.C. betting initials | 23 |
| Not prescription: Abbr. | 23 |
| Non-prescription: Abbr. | 23 |
| Name on many escalators | 23 |
| NFL tiebreaking periods | 23 |
| NFL's extra periods | 23 |
| Nail-biting NFL periods | 23 |
| Nail-biting NBA periods | 23 |
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