| Niches with crucifixes | 22 |
| Niche filler, sometimes | 23 |
| Nicene Council concern | 22 |
| Nicene and Apostles' | 24 |
| Nice-sized suburban plot | 24 |
| Nice-sized plot of land | 23 |
| Nice-looking leg, in slang | 26 |
| Nice ___ (prudish one) | 22 |
| Nice work if you can get it | 27 |
| Nice word to see on a bill | 26 |
| Nice way to refer to you? | 25 |
| Nice things to look at | 22 |
| Nice things to be massaged | 26 |
| Nice thing to do peacefully | 27 |
| Nice thing to cut through | 25 |
| Nice shoes for a wrongdoer? | 27 |
| Nice roll to be on in school | 28 |
| Nice plot? (Buick/Oldsmobile) | 29 |
| Nice place to get a tan | 23 |
| Nice place for studying? | 24 |
| Nice people collect them | 24 |
| Nice or Brighton, e.g. | 22 |
| Nice opening day weather | 24 |
| Nice little alphabet run | 24 |
| Nice gift for a couch potato | 28 |
| Nice but unnecessary feature | 28 |
| Nice --- (prudish one) | 22 |
| Nice 'n Easy product | 24 |
| Nice 'n Easy maker | 22 |
| Nicaraguan revolutionary | 24 |
| Nicaraguan rebel leader | 23 |
| Nicaraguan president Daniel | 27 |
| Nicaraguan music makers? | 24 |
| Nicaraguan Contra, e.g. | 23 |
| Nicaragua's president | 25 |
| Nicaragua's Daniel | 22 |
| Nicaragua's capital | 23 |
| Nicad's cadmium component | 29 |
| Niblick and brassie relative | 28 |
| Nibble unenthusiastically | 25 |
| Nibble for Miss Muffet | 22 |
| Niño's nothing | 25 |
| Niño's emphatic yes | 26 |
| Niña, to Santa Maria? | 24 |
| Niña's title: Abbr. | 26 |
| Niña's flappers | 22 |
| Niña's companion | 23 |
| Niña and Pinta, e.g. | 23 |
| Niña and her sisters | 23 |
| Niçoise salad ingredients | 28 |
| Niçoise nickel no longer | 27 |
| Niagara River's source | 26 |
| Niagara River's feeder | 26 |
| Niagara region, Our_____ Belt | 29 |
| Niagara power-system designer | 29 |
| Niagara Falls-to-Buffalo dir. | 29 |
| Niagara Falls's prov. | 25 |
| Niagara Falls' prov. | 24 |
| Niagara Falls tourists, often | 29 |
| Niagara Falls condition | 23 |
| Niagara Falls area code | 23 |
| Niagara Falls accommodations | 28 |
| Niacin, thiamine, etc. | 22 |
| Niacin's vitamin number | 27 |
| Niacin or riboflavin, e.g. | 26 |
| NHL-er Tikkanen, for one | 24 |
| NHL's Bobby et al. | 22 |
| NHL tiebreaker periods | 22 |
| NHL team in spy movie spoof? | 28 |
| NHL recordholder JaromÃr | 27 |
| NHL legend Phil, to fans | 24 |
| NHL hockey legend Dave | 22 |
| NHL Hall-of-Famer Bobby | 23 |
| NHL Hall of Famer Stan | 22 |
| NHL Hall of Famer Neely | 23 |
| NHL Hall of Famer Denis | 23 |
| NHL city, on ESPN tickers | 25 |
| NHL All-Star Game team | 22 |
| NHK is broadcast in it | 22 |
| NH(subscript)2 compound | 23 |
| Ngorongoro Crater locale | 24 |
| Ngaio Marsh's detective | 27 |
| NFLer-turned-actor Karras | 25 |
| NFL's winningest coach | 26 |
| NFL's Mannings, e.g. | 24 |
| NFL's Jim Brown et al. | 26 |
| NFL's Jaguars, for short | 28 |
| NFL's extra quarters | 24 |
| NFL's extra periods | 23 |
| NFL tiebreaking periods | 23 |
| NFL tiebreaker periods | 22 |
| NFL three-pointers: Abbr. | 25 |
| NFL team whose mascot is Toro | 29 |
| NFL team or musical group | 25 |
| NFL team named for a Poe poem | 29 |
| NFL sudden-death situation | 26 |
| NFL sportscaster Dierdorff | 26 |
| NFL quarterback Detmer | 22 |
| NFL quarterback Brian or Bob | 28 |
| NFL practice team member | 24 |