| Nebraska Senator James | 22 |
| Nebraska senator Nelson | 23 |
| Nebraska senator succeeded by Hagel | 35 |
| Nebraska settlers | 17 |
| Nebraska Sioux | 14 |
| Nebraska skyline feature | 24 |
| Nebraska stream | 15 |
| Nebraska team | 13 |
| Nebraska town | 13 |
| Nebraska town made famous as the home office of Letterman's Top Ten List | 76 |
| Nebraska town named after a Sioux Indian tribe | 46 |
| Nebraska town that is headquarters to ConAgra | 45 |
| Nebraska town, named after an Indian tribe, featured in "Lonesome Dove" | 81 |
| Nebraska tribe | 14 |
| Nebraska tribe (Var.) | 21 |
| Nebraska tribe members | 22 |
| Nebraska tribesman | 18 |
| Nebraska tribesmen | 18 |
| Nebraska's biggest city | 27 |
| Nebraska's capital | 22 |
| Nebraska's capital before Lincoln | 37 |
| Nebraska's Cornhusker, e.g. | 31 |
| Nebraska's first capital | 28 |
| Nebraska's largest city | 27 |
| Nebraska's most populous city | 33 |
| Nebraska's region | 21 |
| Nebraska's senior senator | 29 |
| Nebraska's territorial capital | 34 |
| Nebraska, the Dakotas, etc. | 27 |
| Nebraskan | 9 |
| Nebraskan Amerind | 17 |
| Nebraskan city | 14 |
| Nebraskan Indian | 16 |
| Nebraskan Indians | 17 |
| Nebraskan metropolis | 20 |
| Nebraskan river | 15 |
| Nebraskan Senator | 17 |
| Nebs | 4 |
| Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom: abbr. | 35 |
| Nebuchadnezzar's realm | 26 |
| Nebula animal | 13 |
| Nebula composition | 18 |
| Nebula in Taurus | 16 |
| Nebula make-up | 14 |
| Nebula makeup | 13 |
| Nebula, in part | 15 |
| Nebulae | 7 |
| Nebulous | 8 |
| Nebulous cause of misfortune | 28 |
| Nebulous element | 16 |
| Nebulous person | 15 |
| Nebulous stuff | 14 |
| Necco candy with vanilla, caramel, peanut, and fudge | 52 |
| NECCO wafer relative | 20 |
| Necessarily | 11 |
| Necessarily involve | 19 |
| Necessarily involves | 20 |
| Necessary | 9 |
| Necessary (Abbr.) | 17 |
| Necessary evils | 15 |
| Necessary food | 14 |
| Necessary ingredients | 21 |
| Necessary letters | 17 |
| Necessary nutrient | 18 |
| Necessary part | 14 |
| Necessary sense for a driver (with an up-front charge) | 54 |
| Necessary things | 16 |
| Necessary, as a part | 20 |
| Necessary: Abbr. | 16 |
| Necessitate | 11 |
| Necessitate a change in gears | 29 |
| Necessitate an ''Oops!'' | 40 |
| Necessitate an "Oops!" | 32 |
| Necessitate ordering in late (6) | 32 |
| Necessitated | 12 |
| Necessitates | 12 |
| Necessitating nitpicking? | 25 |
| Necessitator | 12 |
| Necessities | 11 |
| Necessities (abbr.) | 19 |
| Necessities for a soufflé | 28 |
| Necessities for an oboist | 25 |
| Necessities for mariners | 24 |
| Necessities for pregnancies | 27 |
| Necessities for some degrees | 28 |
| Necessities of classical drama | 30 |
| Necessities or luxuries? | 24 |
| Necessities: Abbr. | 18 |
| Necessity | 9 |
| Necessity at a golf club | 24 |
| Necessity at a tearjerker | 25 |
| Necessity à la Thomas Marshall | 33 |
| Necessity for a baby | 20 |
| Necessity for a bad speller | 27 |
| Necessity for a catcher | 23 |
| Necessity for a natural in blackjack | 36 |
| Necessity for a screwdriver | 27 |
| Necessity for a soufflé | 26 |
| Necessity for a tailor | 22 |
| Necessity for a tyrant | 22 |