| Night before a major holiday | 28 |
| Not a bad way to leave Vegas | 28 |
| Next-to-last fairy tale word | 28 |
| Nights spent in anticipation | 28 |
| Name for Perón's wife | 28 |
| New England prep school town | 28 |
| Napoleon on St. Helena, e.g. | 28 |
| National personae non gratae | 28 |
| Number on an Interstate sign | 28 |
| National, before emigrating? | 28 |
| Needle-threader's target | 28 |
| Narrowest of victory margins | 28 |
| Name abandoned for Rochester | 28 |
| Nickname in early jazz piano | 28 |
| Not going to take it anymore | 28 |
| Not ''agin'' | 28 |
| Number of stars on Old Glory | 28 |
| Never-happened-before events | 28 |
| Norwegian tourist attraction | 28 |
| Nondieter's accumulation | 28 |
| Nurse Nightingale familiarly | 28 |
| Nina of 1940s-'50s films | 28 |
| Number of quarts in a gallon | 28 |
| Nobelist in Literature: 1921 | 28 |
| Nice but unnecessary feature | 28 |
| Nation on the Gulf of Guinea | 28 |
| New Yorker cartoonist Wilson | 28 |
| Noted Greek physician of old | 28 |
| Natural selection affects it | 28 |
| North Dallas Forty author | 28 |
| Name of six British monarchs | 28 |
| Nobelist in Literature: 1947 | 28 |
| Noncommittal answer from Dad | 28 |
| Name invoked in many a curse | 28 |
| Nos. in college applications | 28 |
| Navigational tracker (abbr.) | 28 |
| Navigational tool, for short | 28 |
| N.F.L.'er Olsen or Toler | 28 |
| No Doubt lead singer Stefani | 28 |
| New employee's reference | 28 |
| New York and San Diego, e.g. | 28 |
| New Year's party handout | 28 |
| Nova Scotia's White ____ | 28 |
| Nickname in adult publishing | 28 |
| Nobelist in Literature: 1946 | 28 |
| Neighbor of Guatemala: Abbr. | 28 |
| Nice roll to be on in school | 28 |
| Navajo's neighbor, maybe | 28 |
| N.B.A. team starting in 1988 | 28 |
| Narcissistic Zebrahead song? | 28 |
| Nation west of Norway: Abbr. | 28 |
| Neighbor of British Columbia | 28 |
| Name for a certain hunchback | 28 |
| Needing hospitalization, say | 28 |
| NASCAR Hall of Fame designer | 28 |
| No fan of Pizarro, certainly | 28 |
| Neither blue nor red?: Abbr. | 28 |
| Nickname of Henry Jones, Jr. | 28 |
| Nonreactive, like some gases | 28 |
| Nine-circles literary locale | 28 |
| Not out-of-bounds, as a ball | 28 |
| Northwest Territories native | 28 |
| Neighborhood near Copacabana | 28 |
| Nonparticipation declaration | 28 |
| Non-bidder's declaration | 28 |
| Nest-egg investment, briefly | 28 |
| Nest egg for the golden yrs. | 28 |
| Nation with a Supreme Leader | 28 |
| Nest eggs for seniors: Abbr. | 28 |
| Notre Dame squad, familiarly | 28 |
| Notre Dame's Fighting __ | 28 |
| Nickname for Oliver Cromwell | 28 |
| NYC line that opened in 1904 | 28 |
| New York Knicks coach Thomas | 28 |
| Narrow strait of land: Abbr. | 28 |
| Not rom. ... or a rom. lang. | 28 |
| Nails' target, sometimes | 28 |
| New romance, to Rona Barrett | 28 |
| Nagano Olympic flame lighter | 28 |
| Noted Americana lithographer | 28 |
| No performers are found here | 28 |
| N.B.A. star point guard Kidd | 28 |
| Nebulous cause of misfortune | 28 |
| Newfoundland's Smallwood | 28 |
| Notes, with "down" | 28 |
| Noted site of Egyptian ruins | 28 |
| Northernmost Hawaiian island | 28 |
| Nancy Drew pseudonym Carolyn | 28 |
| Name on 1996 bumper stickers | 28 |
| N.L. MVPs Boyer and Caminiti | 28 |
| Noted mild-mannered reporter | 28 |
| Nervous, with "up" | 28 |
| Notorious pirate Captain ___ | 28 |
| Nut used to make soft drinks | 28 |
| Nine-time U.S. skating champ | 28 |
| NASCAR driver Busch or Petty | 28 |
| Nigeria's former capital | 28 |
| Nigeria's principal city | 28 |
| Not even slightly convincing | 28 |
| N.F.L. Hall of Famer Alworth | 28 |