| Like old mattresses, perhaps | 28 |
| Like Old Irish lettering | 24 |
| Like Old Glory with 48 stars? | 29 |
| Like old generals (Abbr.) | 25 |
| Like old computer printers | 26 |
| Like old college walls | 22 |
| Like old college buildings | 26 |
| Like old cigars, maybe | 22 |
| Like old candles at Christmas | 29 |
| Like old butts, sometimes | 25 |
| Like old bargain stores | 23 |
| Like old autocratic Russia | 26 |
| Like oil directly from a well | 29 |
| Like oil by the barrel | 22 |
| Like Ogden Nash's verse | 27 |
| Like Ogden Nash's lama | 26 |
| Like office managers, e.g. | 26 |
| Like off-season business | 24 |
| Like Oedipus' marriage | 26 |
| Like Odysseus or Theseus | 24 |
| Like Odin or the Valkyries | 26 |
| Like oceanfront houses, often | 29 |
| Like obstinate critters | 23 |
| Like Oberlin, since 1833 | 24 |
| Like Obama's office | 23 |
| Like oak leaves and brains | 26 |
| Like O'Neill's Yank | 27 |
| Like O'Neill's ape | 26 |
| Like O'Hare: Abbr. | 22 |
| Like NyQuil or Advil, briefly | 29 |
| Like numerals 0-9, e.g. | 23 |
| Like November, in a way | 23 |
| Like Notre-Dame de Paris | 24 |
| Like notes prior to a test | 26 |
| Like noses on some wines | 24 |
| Like North Pole workers | 23 |
| Like non-prescription meds | 26 |
| Like non-oyster months? | 23 |
| Like non-oyster months | 22 |
| Like non-greasy makeup | 22 |
| Like non-carbon compounds | 25 |
| Like noisy floorboards | 22 |
| Like Noah's passengers | 26 |
| Like Noah's animals | 23 |
| Like no-nonsense questions | 26 |
| Like no-holds-barred sports | 27 |
| Like nighttime campsites | 24 |
| Like nightshirts, often | 23 |
| Like night-vision goggles | 25 |
| Like Niccolò Paganini | 24 |
| Like newspaper circulars | 24 |
| Like newly pressed pants | 24 |
| Like newly poured concrete | 26 |
| Like newly hired producer | 25 |
| Like newly brewed coffee | 24 |
| Like newly available products | 29 |
| Like New York City, to Albany | 29 |
| Like New York City, e.g. | 24 |
| Like New Year's Day | 23 |
| Like new and unusual music | 26 |
| Like Netflix envelopes | 22 |
| Like nerds, stereotypically | 27 |
| Like Neptune's trident | 26 |
| Like Neptune's spear | 24 |
| Like neglected tabletops | 24 |
| Like neglected muscles | 22 |
| Like neglected ice cream | 24 |
| Like neglected furniture | 24 |
| Like nearly all primes | 22 |
| Like nearly 20% of Israelis | 27 |
| Like NBA power forwards | 23 |
| Like natural numbers: Abbr. | 27 |
| Like Native American councils | 29 |
| Like nations on the way up | 26 |
| Like national theme songs | 25 |
| Like national elections | 23 |
| Like Nasser's vision | 24 |
| Like Nasser's movement | 26 |
| Like Nass Harbour in November | 29 |
| Like Nasdaq trades: Abbr. | 25 |
| Like Nasdaq securities: Abbr. | 29 |
| Like Narcissus, and then some | 29 |
| Like Napoleon, before Elba? | 27 |
| Like Nanook in New York? | 24 |
| Like Nabokov's fire | 23 |
| Like N.Y.'s Trade Center | 28 |
| Like mysterious writing | 23 |
| Like my pockets (hah!) | 22 |
| Like mustangs, for example | 26 |
| Like musical instruments | 24 |
| Like music without a key | 24 |
| Like muscles after a workout | 28 |
| Like muscle magazine models | 27 |
| Like Murmansk's harbor | 26 |
| Like Muhammad's followers | 29 |
| Like mugs and trophies | 22 |
| Like mudpies and wax fruit | 26 |
| Like Muddy's music | 22 |
| Like Muddy Waters's music | 29 |
| Like Muddy Waters' music | 28 |