| Nine-day series of Catholic prayers | 35 |
| Nine yrs. before the Mayflower landed | 37 |
| Nine to five, generally, in Grenoble? | 37 |
| Nine plays about university boredom (5) | 39 |
| Nine of these equal about a yard | 32 |
| Nine minutes on the treadmill, maybe | 36 |
| Nine Inch Nails: "Head Like ___" | 42 |
| Nine Inch Nails song about a craft? | 35 |
| Nine Inch Nails hit with the freaky video | 41 |
| Nine Inch Nails founder Trent __ | 32 |
| Nine Inch Nails "___ Up" | 34 |
| Nine Inch Nails "___ Hate Machine" | 44 |
| Nine divisions of "Strange Interlude" | 47 |
| Nine days before the Ides of March | 34 |
| Nine Days "Absolutely (Story ___ Girl)" | 49 |
| Nina, Pinta or Santa Maria, e.g. | 32 |
| Nina Simone's real first name | 33 |
| Nina of "The Ten Commandments" | 40 |
| Nina of "I Love a Mystery" | 36 |
| Nina of "An American in Paris" | 40 |
| Nina of ''Spartacus'' | 37 |
| Nin's "___ of Venus" | 34 |
| NIN song for the weak (with "The")? | 45 |
| NIN "The Hand That ___" | 33 |
| NIN "Pretty ___ Machine" | 34 |
| Nimrod, or island in British Columbia | 38 |
| Niles's second wife on "Frasier" | 46 |
| Niles's love, on "Frasier" | 40 |
| Niles's ex on "Frasier" | 37 |
| Niles' wife on "Frasier" | 38 |
| Niles' ex on "Frasier" | 36 |
| Niles Crane's wife on "Frasier" | 45 |
| Nikolai who wrote "Diary of a Madman" | 47 |
| Nikolai Gogol's ''___ Bulba'' | 49 |
| Nikola who developed alternating current | 40 |
| Nikki Sixx/Tommy Lee group Mötley __ | 39 |
| Nikki Sixx's band, for short | 32 |
| Nikka Costa "Trick or ___" | 36 |
| Nike's is "Just Do It" | 36 |
| Nike shoe with clear rubber turbo things | 40 |
| Nihilistically titled Metallica debut album | 43 |
| Nighttime's start, in poetry | 32 |
| Nighttime driver's selection | 32 |
| Nighttime astronomical phenomenon | 33 |
| Nighttime advertising sign, maybe | 33 |
| Nightspots where the attraction is simply a gas | 47 |
| Nightspots for cocktails and easy listening | 43 |
| Nightspot in a Manilow song, with "the" | 49 |
| Nights for awkward sex, frequently | 34 |
| Nightmarishly illogical, in a way | 33 |
| Nightmarish film setting, briefly | 33 |
| Nightmare on Elm Street director Craven | 42 |
| Nightmare of an officemate, maybe | 33 |
| Nightmare client for a wedding planner | 38 |
| Nightly TV star beginning 5/25/92 | 33 |
| Nightly TV presence beginning 5/25/92 | 37 |
| Nightly current events roundup in the Midwest | 45 |
| Nightly "NewsHour" airer | 34 |
| Nightgown-clad nursery-rhyme character | 38 |
| Nightgown-clad busybody of nursery rhyme fame | 45 |
| Nightgown wearer of children's rhyme | 40 |
| Nightclub or bar mitzvah feature | 32 |
| Nightclub in a Manilow title, briefly | 37 |
| Nightclub in a Barry Manilow song | 33 |
| Nightcap's counterpart in a doubleheader | 44 |
| Night ___ (person who stays up late) | 36 |
| Night when "CSI" airs: Abbr. | 38 |
| Night to watch "The Office": Abbr. | 44 |
| Night that "Miami Vice" was on: Abbr. | 47 |
| Night that "Happy Days" was on: Abbr. | 47 |
| Night that "Friends" aired: Abbr. | 43 |
| Night schoolers' awards: Abbr. | 34 |
| Night school attended by many dayworkers | 40 |
| Night Ranger: "___ Love Affair" | 41 |
| Night Ranger "___ Tell Me You Love Me" | 48 |
| Night Ranger "Love is Standing ___" | 45 |
| Night performance by Hoagy Carmichael? | 38 |
| Night of Arsenio's family reunion? | 38 |
| Night light used by Sherlock Holmes | 35 |
| Night before Rosh Hashanah, e.g. | 32 |
| Night before an otological transplant? | 38 |
| Night "The Monkees" aired: Abbr. | 42 |
| Night "Dallas" was on: Abbr. | 38 |
| Nigerian-born singer with five Top 40 hits | 42 |
| Nigerian-born "Smooth Operator" singer | 48 |
| Nigerian who won the 1985 Best New Artist Grammy | 48 |
| Nigerian secessionist state of the 1960s | 40 |
| Nigerian musician King Sunny ___ | 32 |
| Nigerian metropolis with a Portuguese name | 42 |
| Nigerian civil war site, 1967-70 | 32 |
| Nigeria's capital since 1991 | 32 |
| Nigeria is its most populous member | 35 |
| Niger's neighbor to the south | 33 |
| Nigella serves this type of cream with scones | 45 |
| Nigel, in the animated movie "The Wild" | 49 |
| Nieuwe ___, Rotterdam's river | 33 |
| Nietzsche's "_____ Homo" | 38 |
| Nietzsche's "___ Antichrist" | 42 |
| Nietzsche's "Thus_____ Zarathustra" | 49 |
| Nietzsche's "The ___ Day" | 39 |