| Not passive |
11 |
| North Carolina river |
20 |
| NFL team |
8 |
| News analyst Roberts |
20 |
| Nation with three dots in a row |
31 |
| NBA team |
8 |
| Northern diving seabird |
23 |
| Neighbor of Peru |
16 |
| Noted potters |
13 |
| NHL team |
8 |
| Needle opening |
14 |
| Narrow inlet of a river |
23 |
| Nativity tableau |
16 |
| No votes |
8 |
| Nature's replay |
15 |
| New Mexico landmark |
19 |
| Nick of Time" singer |
20 |
| Not too often |
13 |
| Neil Armstrong's middle name |
28 |
| Norse troublemaker |
18 |
| Navajo Indian dwelling |
22 |
| Not quite tight |
15 |
| Nagging (husband) |
17 |
| Not give in to a timepiece that swings at you? |
46 |
| Nurture |
7 |
| Netherlands nosebag contents? |
29 |
| No place? |
9 |
| Not act subtly |
14 |
| Needless fuss |
13 |
| North Carolina university |
25 |
| Nile viper |
10 |
| Nature's title |
14 |
| Noisy confused situation |
24 |
| Narrow river inlet |
18 |
| Noisy confusion |
15 |
| Noah's landfall |
15 |
| Nero's 1550 |
11 |
| NBA All-Star nicknamed "Flash |
29 |
| Nile reptiles |
13 |
| Novices places |
16 |
| Nissan hybrid |
13 |
| Noteworthy accomplishment |
25 |
| No idea! |
8 |
| NyQuil competitor |
17 |
| Naval pronoun |
13 |
| Namesake of a blended whisky brand |
34 |
| Nickname of TV's Temperance Brennan |
35 |
| Northern California city |
24 |
| Numbers that never get smaller |
30 |
| Newly famous celebrity |
22 |
| Nuts-and-honey snack |
20 |
| Newton contemporary |
19 |
| Not interested in matters of state |
34 |
| Naval clerks. |
13 |
| Notion |
6 |
| Nights before Christmas and New Year's Day |
42 |
| Notorious English pirate |
24 |
| Native American tribesman in a 1992 Daniel Day-Lewis/Madeleine Stowe film |
73 |
| Nada |
4 |
| Nonverbal communication |
23 |
| Not the elite |
13 |
| Nile vipers |
11 |
| N.H.L.'s Tikkanen |
17 |
| Name shared by two brothers in the Hockey Hall of Fame |
54 |
| Natural ingredient in Kleenex Soothing Lotion tissues |
53 |
| Noteworthy stretches |
20 |
| Norwegian dramatist |
19 |
| Northern extremes? |
18 |
| National who lives overseas, informally |
39 |
| New York politico Andrew |
24 |
| Numbered cube |
13 |
| Noted name in Scotch whiskey |
28 |
| Nero's pronoun |
14 |
| Not perfectly balanced |
22 |
| Norwegian tourist attraction |
28 |
| Notions |
7 |
| Nuisance stoppers, in law |
25 |
| Ned Buntline dime novel subject |
31 |
| Neutral |
7 |
| Noncommittal answer |
19 |
| Nanny |
5 |
| Noted fur trader |
16 |
| Noted Danish composer |
21 |
| Newsy |
5 |
| Now companion |
13 |
| New phone, who ___?" (insult used on social media when pretending not to know someone) |
86 |
| New evidence in a cold case, perhaps |
36 |
| News ___ |
8 |
| Nickname for a clumsy composer? |
31 |
| Nocturnal rodent hunter on a farm |
33 |
| Name in cosmetics since 1931 |
28 |
| New Haven alum |
14 |
| Noah's son keeps a realm together |
33 |
| Nautical command in the Garden of Eden? |
39 |
| Nora Helmer's creator |
21 |
| Nestlé trademark |
17 |
| Neck scarf |
10 |
| Norse god |
9 |
| Ninth-largest body directly orbiting the Sun |
44 |
| Nautical weapon |
15 |