CROSSWORD CLUES "N" (first letter N)
Pester
(3)
nag
You are going to Disney World! Well, at least a stopover at MCO airport in this city
Orlando
This class is taking forever! Time seems to be doing this, creeping forward on its hands & knees
crawling
In 1888 James Keeler discovered a gap in this planet's "A" ring
Saturn
In the north Atlantic & northeast Pacific, "hurricane" is the regional term; in the northwest Pacific, it's "typhoon", but in the south Pacific & Indian Ocean, this word is used, from Greek for "circle"
a cyclone
Can't feel a thing
(4)
numb
This largest Turkish city is the last stop on the Orient Express
Istanbul
A simile says "slow as" this sweet foodstuff known as treacle in Great Britain
molasses
In this year Richard Nixon was inaugurated as president & the first Gap store opened
1969
When one of these devices that measures air pressure is falling, wet weather is likely on the way
a barometer
Jesus' boyhood home
(8)
Nazareth
Taking the Oregon Trail from its start has you heading out of Independence in this state
Missouri
If you're slow & low-energy, you're this adjective containing the name of a gastropod with no shell
sluggish
In 1979 the Supreme Court narrowed the gender gap, nixing laws that exempted wives from paying this after a divorce
alimony
This triatomic allotrope of oxygen leaves that peculiar smell in the air after thunderstorms
ozone
Favoritism shown to family members in business or politics
(8)
nepotism
If you take a shortcut south through the Suez Canal, you end up in this sea
the Red Sea
If you won't move, you dig in your heels; if you move slowly, you do this with them
drag
Visitors can walk the Cumberland Gap Trail this man blazed in 1775
Daniel Boone
The 11-year cycle of these solar areas that are a cool 6,500° has been correlated with temperature changes on Earth
sunspots
Neither acidic nor basic
(7)
neutral
You get a free trip to this large island, but I'm not sure if it's the Indonesia side or the Papua side
New Guinea
This 10-letter verb means to diminish a vehicle's speed, especially with that brick wall ahead
decelerate
These nerve fibers that carry impulses from neurons have gaps discovered by Ranvier in 1878
axons
The Beaufort scale generally ranges from 0 to 12 in measuring this
wind