| Novel title character with a "brief, wondrous life" | 61 |
| Noted wife in Massachusetts's Plymouth Colony of Pilgrims | 61 |
| Newsman Rather saying "Phttphbphb!" as he left CBS? | 61 |
| Nick of college football who was twice A.P. Coach of the Year | 61 |
| NBAer who tweeted "I'm about to retire" in 2011 | 61 |
| Nitpick, and what this puzzle's circled letters represent | 61 |
| Nation that's home to the metal bands Opeth and Meshuggah | 61 |
| New Valentine's phrase added on Sweethearts candy in 2010 | 61 |
| Night "Cheers" was on TV for each of its 11 seasons | 61 |
| Night on which "60 Minutes" originally aired: Abbr. | 61 |
| Name that comes from the Proto-Slavic for "wetness" | 61 |
| NL player certain to be traded midseason, if he's any good | 62 |
| Name before Reagan in "We Didn't Start the Fire" | 62 |
| Night that "Dallas" aired for most of its run: Abbr. | 62 |
| Nickname for someone who shares a name with the 16th president | 62 |
| Natives who met Lewis and Clark near modern-day Council Bluffs | 62 |
| Nurse Clara's act of kindness, as described by an Israeli? | 62 |
| New Jersey childhood home of Whitney Houston and Queen Latifah | 62 |
| Named for a prez, Philly public square also known as Love Park | 62 |
| NBA's Lakers, after being bought out by fitness guru Jack? | 62 |
| New product line after the U.S. Mint's takeover of Maytag? | 62 |
| Notre Dame linebacker who was catfished during the 2012 season | 62 |
| Nixon who sang for Natalie Wood in "West Side Story" | 62 |
| National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius matter | 62 |
| Norman Vincent's family (and an apt answer in this puzzle) | 62 |
| Novel with the character Serjeant Buzfuz, with "The" | 62 |
| New product line after Armani's takeover of Philip Morris? | 62 |
| Nat King Cole's "___ Things Money Can't Buy" | 62 |
| Nursery rhyme boy who "stole a pig, and away he run" | 62 |
| Novel that begins "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan ..." | 62 |
| Noted Art Deco building in the Big Apple, with "the" | 62 |
| Next-to-last chemical element alphabetically, before zirconium | 62 |
| Neil Simon four-skit comedy ... or an apt title for this puzzle | 63 |
| New Jersey borough in which the New York Giants play home games | 63 |
| Nickname of reliever Dennis, 1992 MVP and Cy Young Award winner | 63 |
| New Haven collegian hidden in this puzzle's longest entries | 63 |
| Nevada city whose Shoshoni name means "pile of rocks" | 63 |
| Nat. where the first successful blood transfusion was performed | 63 |
| Novel that opens "I am Ishmael," with "The" | 63 |
| Nelson's grandmother in the comic strip "Pickles" | 63 |
| NBA team that hosted the "Malice in the Palace" brawl | 63 |
| Nen whose signature pitch was called "The Terminator" | 63 |
| NFLer Warren who competed on "Dancing With the Stars" | 63 |
| Novelist who was uncredited on "The Joys of Yiddish"? | 63 |
| Nickname for the football stadium at the University of Michigan | 63 |
| Neo's realization that prompts the line "Show me" | 63 |
| Nickname for critic Rex who doesn't sexually excite anyone? | 63 |
| Noted philosopher (the basis for three anagrams in this puzzle) | 63 |
| Nickname for snowboarder Shaun White ... or some airborne soup? | 63 |
| Nickname of Notre Dame's mural "The Word of Life" | 63 |
| Nation whose highest point is less than 15 feet above sea level | 63 |
| Not 'This Gun for Hire,' but the 1999 monster movie ... | 63 |
| Night that "Dynasty" aired for most of its run: Abbr. | 63 |
| N.Y congressman Anthony taken down by a sexting scandal in 2011 | 63 |
| Noah's great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather | 64 |
| Northern European nation that instituted internet voting in 2005 | 64 |
| Northwest college town where "Animal House" was filmed | 64 |
| Number of sequels to the original "Planet of the Apes" | 64 |
| Nickname of the treat with its 100th anniversary on July 7, 2007 | 64 |
| Newspaper partly owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim: Abbr. | 64 |
| Newbery Medal winner for "Island of the Blue Dolphins" | 64 |
| Number in "A Chorus Line" that's actually a number | 64 |
| NFL tiebreakers hidden in this puzzle's nine longest answers | 64 |
| National org. with the slogan "every child. one voice" | 64 |
| N.F.L. owner who moved the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore in 1996 | 64 |
| New Jersey city on the west side of the George Washington Bridge | 64 |
| Noteworthy watcher of "Our American Cousin," 4/14/1865 | 64 |
| North African nation bordering Western Sahara, Algeria, and Mali | 64 |
| Name of the "divided by" sign with a line and two dots | 64 |
| No longer being able to "pinch an inch," among others? | 64 |
| Network whose first broadcast was "Gone With the Wind" | 64 |
| Number of clues in this puzzle that contain factual inaccuracies | 64 |
| Ned's Atomic Dustbin "You Don't Want ___ That" | 64 |
| Non-head of state who addressed a 1989 joint session of Congress | 64 |
| Name of several movie brothers that was changed from Wonskolaser | 64 |
| N.B.A. center who has pitched for McDonald's, Pepsi and Visa | 64 |
| Nickname of the N.B.A.'s David Robinson, with "the" | 65 |
| Nutritional beverage recently sued for allegedly causing priapism | 65 |
| Not the way to look if you need help with this puzzle's theme | 65 |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne story subtitled "The Bosom-Serpent" | 65 |
| Night "The Wild Wild West" was shown in 1960s TV: Abbr. | 65 |
| Novel whose working title was "The Summer of the Shark" | 65 |
| National clothing chain based in New York's Greenwich Village | 65 |
| Name not to be used with "twins," as they now prefer it | 65 |
| Naughty by Nature "You down with ___, yeah you know me" | 65 |
| National grp. since 1897 that elected its first male head in 2009 | 65 |
| Newsman who wrote "Flashbacks: On Returning to Vietnam" | 65 |
| Nutritional supplement touted as "health from the hive" | 65 |
| Neologism that describes any of this puzzle's starred entries | 65 |
| New Guinea port from which Amelia Earhart left on her last flight | 65 |
| Name of Cheech and Chong's favorite PC store? (word reversal) | 65 |
| Navigational tools that measure the positions of celestial bodies | 65 |
| Nicolas Cage's "Leaving Las Vegas" costar Elisabeth | 65 |
| NBC show where Chase, Belushi, Radner et al. got their big breaks | 65 |
| New Mexico town whose name means "place of red willows" | 65 |
| National day of gratitude, first observed by the Pilgrims in 1621 | 65 |
| Numerical classification of the most used U-boats of World War II | 65 |
| Name that's one syllable in English, two syllables in Japanese | 66 |
| North Carolina governor for whom a county and two cities are named | 66 |
| Nicollette Sheridan's role on "Desperate Housewives" | 66 |