| Noted Big Apple restaurateur | 28 |
| Noted Finnish chair designer | 28 |
| Not particularly challenging | 28 |
| Nirvana "___ Girl" | 28 |
| Nigerian novelist Chinua ___ | 28 |
| Not in the neighborhood, say | 28 |
| Nothin' is like this gal | 28 |
| Number on either side of a + | 28 |
| Nearest in space or position | 28 |
| No longer feel strange about | 28 |
| Not a part of from the start | 28 |
| National Spelling Bee clause | 28 |
| No place for a draft dodger? | 28 |
| Not smoothed, on a PC screen | 28 |
| North and South, for example | 28 |
| Negatively charged particles | 28 |
| Noted celebrity photographer | 28 |
| Nymph transformed by Artemis | 28 |
| Namesakes of Jacob's son | 28 |
| Noted family in philanthropy | 28 |
| Notaries public, for example | 28 |
| Northernmost capital on I-95 | 28 |
| Northern and southern lights | 28 |
| New-mother's celebration | 28 |
| Nora Kaye and Melissa Hayden | 28 |
| Navy pilot putting on a show | 28 |
| Notation on most piano music | 28 |
| NCAA football matchup system | 28 |
| Nightime ritual for Madonna? | 28 |
| Newfoundland lighthouse site | 28 |
| Nobelist in Literature: 1976 | 28 |
| Niçoise salad ingredients | 28 |
| Navy's air show squadron | 28 |
| Nighttime pep-rally features | 28 |
| Nobelist in Literature: 1958 | 28 |
| Noted actor's underarms? | 28 |
| North Carolina's Fort -- | 28 |
| Nelson Mandela? [1995, 1985] | 28 |
| No. 35 on the periodic table | 28 |
| Namesakes of a Hebrew leader | 28 |
| Neighbor of Gemini and Hydra | 28 |
| Name preceder on an envelope | 28 |
| Note on a kiter's check? | 28 |
| Novel about Holden Caulfield | 28 |
| New York's ___ Mountains | 28 |
| New Year's Eve beverages | 28 |
| Native North American people | 28 |
| New England summer gathering | 28 |
| Neared (with "on") | 28 |
| Near each other, as the eyes | 28 |
| Narrowly spaced, as the eyes | 28 |
| Nashville-based MTV offshoot | 28 |
| Nonsensical Mrs. Eisenhower? | 28 |
| NBC parent beginning in 2011 | 28 |
| Noted 1982 computer start-up | 28 |
| Not meeting, as expectations | 28 |
| Nobel-winning 1936 discovery | 28 |
| Nursery-rhyme king's den | 28 |
| Neutralizes a magnetic field | 28 |
| Narcotic similar to morphine | 28 |
| Not too hard, as a crossword | 28 |
| Number of signos del zodiaco | 28 |
| Neoprimitive American artist | 28 |
| New ___, in Richmond, N.Y.C. | 28 |
| Name associated with spirits | 28 |
| Ninth-century king of Wessex | 28 |
| New Year's Day happening | 28 |
| NFL Network commentator Rich | 28 |
| Namesakes of a Rousseau hero | 28 |
| Necessity for an élève | 28 |
| Nickname in climate control? | 28 |
| Nobelist in Literature: 1954 | 28 |
| Namesakes of Isaac's son | 28 |
| Names of races, tribes, etc. | 28 |
| Nuclear group set up in 1957 | 28 |
| Northwestern University city | 28 |
| Newlyweds' mutual pledge | 28 |
| Nonresident hospital doctors | 28 |
| Nytol alternative, Sleep-___ | 28 |
| Norse dragon slain by Sigurd | 28 |
| Not much, with "a" | 28 |
| Nemesis of dipterous insects | 28 |
| N.J. community on the Hudson | 28 |
| Not restricted by convention | 28 |
| No behind-the-back criticism | 28 |
| Not-so-humorous humerus spot | 28 |
| Neptune's first observer | 28 |
| New Years' Resolution #2 | 28 |
| National League's Warren | 28 |
| Newt with a large vocabulary | 28 |
| Nanny attending unification? | 28 |
| Nations mentioned in Genesis | 28 |
| Not settling for second best | 28 |
| Namesakes of a Lear daughter | 28 |
| Nickname of astronaut Cooper | 28 |
| Namesakes of fairy-tale girl | 28 |
| NFL quarterback Brian or Bob | 28 |
| Nonmember's club amenity | 28 |
| Nobelist for Chemistry: 1918 | 28 |
| Nickname of ballplayer Aaron | 28 |