| Text | Length |
| 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 |
| New York county or lake | 23 |
| Name in mystical boards | 23 |
| No longer in the closet | 23 |
| National Coming ___ Day | 23 |
| No longer interested in | 23 |
| Not practice moderation | 23 |
| Nocturnal birds of prey | 23 |
| Nickname in the oil biz | 23 |
| Nursery rhyme container | 23 |
| Noah's Ark boarders | 23 |
| Neighbor of Iran: Abbr. | 23 |
| New at the beach, maybe | 23 |
| Not as brightly colored | 23 |
| Name in non-stick spray | 23 |
| Number on a golf course | 23 |
| Not take responsibility | 23 |
| Noodles, macaroni, etc. | 23 |
| Napoleons and Bismarcks | 23 |
| Nittany Lions coach Joe | 23 |
| Nobel physicist of 1945 | 23 |
| Nag, or eat like a bird | 23 |
| New Brunswick community | 23 |
| Nuclear-physics devices | 23 |
| Niña's companion | 23 |
| Name shared by 12 popes | 23 |
| Nightclothes, for short | 23 |
| Novak outed her in 2003 | 23 |
| Not legitimate evidence | 23 |
| Not guilty, for example | 23 |
| N'awlins sandwiches | 23 |
| Northeast and southwest | 23 |
| No. 1 slot at the track | 23 |
| Nightly ritual for many | 23 |
| Nuptial or natal prefix | 23 |
| Not yet under the knife | 23 |
| Newspapers collectively | 23 |
| Net profits from a sale | 23 |
| Naturally inclined (to) | 23 |
| Name on the door, often | 23 |
| Nicklaus, Watson et al. | 23 |
| Non-commercial TV spots | 23 |
| Note-passer's noise | 23 |
| Nittany Lions' sch. | 23 |
| Nittany LionsÂ’ sch. | 23 |
| North and south: Abbr. | 23 |
| Newfoundland's bird | 23 |
| Newspaper writing award | 23 |
| Norma -- (film heroine) | 23 |
| Newspaper, derogatorily | 23 |
| Name of nine Thai kings | 23 |
| Name of 8 Siamese kings | 23 |
| Namath's colleagues | 23 |
| Name on many a road map | 23 |
| New York N.H.L.'ers | 23 |
| Not medium or well-done | 23 |
| Not as likely to pop up | 23 |
| Not so likely to pop up | 23 |
| Not as likely to happen | 23 |
| New Jersey river or bay | 23 |
| Numbers on a hotel door | 23 |
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