| N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Yale ___ | 29 |
| N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer ___ Lary | 29 |
| N.F.L. line position: Abbr. | 27 |
| N.F.L. offensive guard Chris | 28 |
| N.F.L. perfect-season coach | 27 |
| N.F.L. placekicker David | 24 |
| N.F.L. player at Green Bay | 26 |
| N.F.L. position: Abbr. | 22 |
| N.F.L. positions: Abbr. | 23 |
| N.F.L. receiver Biletnikoff | 27 |
| N.F.L. running back Barlow | 26 |
| N.F.L. rushing star Peterson | 28 |
| N.F.L. sacker Bryce ___ | 23 |
| N.F.L. snappers: Abbr. | 22 |
| N.F.L. sudden-death situation | 29 |
| N.F.L. team since 1976 | 22 |
| N.F.L. transportation? | 22 |
| N.F.L.'er Olsen or Toler | 28 |
| N.F.L.'s Dickerson | 22 |
| N.F.L.'s ___ Brown | 22 |
| N.H.'s state flower | 23 |
| N.H., Ill. or N.C. town | 23 |
| N.H.L. All-Star Jaromir | 23 |
| N.H.L. conference div. | 22 |
| N.H.L. division: Abbr. | 22 |
| N.H.L. Eastern Conf. team | 25 |
| N.H.L. goalie Mike ___ | 22 |
| N.H.L. Hall-of-Famer Stan | 25 |
| N.H.L. M.V.P., 1970-72 | 22 |
| N.H.L. players, informally | 26 |
| N.H.L.'s Laperriere | 23 |
| N.H.L.'s Sanderson | 22 |
| N.H.L.'s ___ Trophy | 23 |
| N.I.H. toast to Perot? | 22 |
| N.J. city on the Hudson | 23 |
| N.J. city/vagrant Kesey? | 24 |
| N.J. community on the Hudson | 28 |
| N.J. governor: 1954–62 | 29 |
| N.J. local government units | 27 |
| N.J. or Penna. highway | 22 |
| N.J. summer clock setting | 25 |
| N.J. town on the Hudson | 23 |
| N.J.'s Byrne, for one | 25 |
| N.J.'s governor: 1954-62 | 28 |
| N.J.'s South or Perth | 25 |
| N.J.'s Whitman, e.g. | 24 |
| N.J.-born actress Sorvino | 25 |
| N.K.V.D.'s predecessor | 26 |
| N.L. batting champ: 1966 | 24 |
| N.L. batting champ: 1971 | 24 |
| N.L. batting champion: 1966 | 27 |
| N.L. Central cap insignia | 25 |
| N.L. Central team inits. | 24 |
| N.L. Central team: Abbr. | 24 |
| N.L. East champs, 1995-2004 | 27 |
| N.L. East team, informally | 26 |
| N.L. home-run champ: 1942 | 25 |
| N.L. home-run king: 1939-40 | 27 |
| N.L. home-run leader: 1947-52 | 29 |
| N.L. M.V.P. in 1954 and 1965 | 28 |
| N.L. MVPs Boyer and Caminiti | 28 |
| N.L. record-setter Steve | 24 |
| N.L. Rookie of the Year: 1963 | 29 |
| N.L. team, on scoreboards | 25 |
| N.L.'er since 2005 | 22 |
| N.M. area of geologic epoch | 27 |
| N.M. home of D. H. Lawrence | 27 |
| N.M. mecca for artists | 22 |
| N.M.'s ___ Caverns | 22 |
| N.R.A. member's need | 24 |
| N.R.C.'s predecessor | 24 |
| N.S.A. concern, for short | 25 |
| N.T. book after Galatians | 25 |
| N.T. book attributed to Paul | 28 |
| N.T. book before James | 22 |
| N.T. book written by Paul | 25 |
| N.T.'s James the ___ | 24 |
| N.W.A. rapper, for short | 24 |
| N.Y. alt-rockers ___ Surf | 25 |
| N.Y. bettors' letters | 25 |
| N.Y. catcher, manager, coach | 28 |
| N.Y. city E of Jamestown | 24 |
| N.Y. city on the Mohawk | 23 |
| N.Y. commuter's transport | 29 |
| N.Y. destination in a song | 26 |
| N.Y. engineering school | 23 |
| N.Y. follows it in the summer | 29 |
| N.Y. hospital, ___-Kettering | 28 |
| N.Y. in summer, timewise | 24 |
| N.Y. Islanders' org. | 24 |
| N.Y. Jet or Phila. Eagle | 24 |
| N.Y. lake + Okla. peak | 22 |
| N.Y. Liberty's org. | 23 |
| N.Y. mayor before Koch | 22 |
| N.Y. Met or L.A. Dodger, e.g. | 29 |
| N.Y. Mets' division | 23 |
| N.Y. opera house, fondly | 24 |
| N.Y. Philharmonic, e.g. | 23 |
| N.Y. Philharmonic, for one | 26 |
| N.Y. port on Lake Ontario | 25 |