What to do when there is an odd number of valence electrons left on the the central atom?
There are some molecules where the full octet isn't possible (like you've found with $\text{NO}$ and $\text{ClO}_2$). In these cases, the important thing to consider is trying to keep the formal charge (Wikipedia) on each of the atoms as close to zero as possible.

For example, for the $\text{NO}$, we know that $\text{N}$ contributes 5 electrons and $\text{O}$ contributes 6 electrons for a total of 11 electrons. We essentially have to decide between the following Lewis structures:

$$
(1) \qquad :\ddot{\text{N}}::\ddot{\text{O}}. \quad \text{Single electron on O} \\
\qquad \text{vs.} \\
(2) \qquad .\ddot{\text{N}}::\ddot{\text{O}}: \quad \text{Single electron on N}
$$

Here is where calculating the formal charge is important. For $(1)$ above the formal charge on the N is (5 - 4 - (4$\div$2) = -1) and for O is (6 - 3 - (4$\div$2) = +1, whereas for $(2)$ the formal charge on the N is (5 - 3 - (4$\div$2) = 0) and for O is (6 - 4 - (4$\div$2) = 0.

Therefore the second Lewis structure is more favorable.