| Not passive |
| A Prairie Home Companion" director; "it" game; performer Marilyn; PC key; ear part; mama's boy; grown boy; "Notes On 'Camp'" essayist; blue shade |
| Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| The "me" in "nothing can stop me now," in a 1962 #1 hit |
| Noted potters |
| Longtime Notre Dame coach Parseghian |
| Organization whose 2008 endorsement John McCain did not reciprocate |
| Good-for-nothing |
| Not too often |
| Not quite tight |
| Unknot |
| Not give in to a timepiece that swings at you? |
| Actress Taylor of "The Notorious Bettie Page |
| Not act subtly |
| Alcohol needed for driving? |
| Creative notion |
| Action needed to spot the four fliers in the theme answers |
| ___ stage (Freudian notion) |
| Agent noted for Oscar night bashes |
| A Johnny One-Note |
| Noteworthy accomplishment |
| Adam or Eve, notably |
| Another banned chemical |
| Script notation |
| A-list notable |
| __ a happy note |
| Another side to the military documents leaked by Daniel Ellsberg? |
| Drab; not stylish |
| Academy Award winner with notable eyebrows |
| A Footnote to History" author's inits. |