| Defensive karate move? | 22 |
| Defensive linemen, at times | 27 |
| Defensive linemen: Abbr. | 24 |
| Defensive playground retort | 27 |
| Defensive position in fencing | 29 |
| Defensive schoolyard retort | 27 |
| Defensive shot, in tennis | 25 |
| Defensive sportsstrategy | 24 |
| Defensive tackle Warren ___ | 27 |
| Defensive tennis stroke | 23 |
| Defensive weapon, for short | 27 |
| Defensive woes? (1967) | 22 |
| Defer or differ ending | 22 |
| Defer payment, perhaps | 22 |
| Defer, with "off" | 27 |
| Deferred payment at the bar | 27 |
| Deferred payment of a sort | 26 |
| Deferred-payment plan: Abbr. | 28 |
| Defers, with "off" | 28 |
| Defiant challenge to an order | 29 |
| Defiant kid's dare | 22 |
| Defiant response to an order | 28 |
| Defiant stayer's stance | 27 |
| Defiantly cocky manner | 22 |
| Defibrillator locales: Abbr. | 28 |
| Defibrillator user's cry | 28 |
| Defibrillator user, for short | 29 |
| Defibrillator's yell | 24 |
| Deficiency of a designer? | 25 |
| Deficiency of element #8 | 24 |
| Deficiency of red blood cells | 29 |
| Deficiency: Comb. form | 22 |
| Deficient in mental grasp | 25 |
| Deficit-reducing measure | 24 |
| Deficit-reduction ploy? | 23 |
| Defied the highway patrol | 25 |
| Defies the IOC, in a way | 24 |
| Defile, as something sacred | 27 |
| Define again, as a phrase | 25 |
| Defining characteristic | 23 |
| Definite article in Dresden | 27 |
| Definite article in Durango | 27 |
| Definite lack of modesty | 24 |
| Definitely a flunking score | 27 |
| Definitely no arm-twister | 25 |
| Definitely no Einstein | 22 |
| Definitely no Yankee fan | 24 |
| Definitely not a beeline | 24 |
| Definitely not a comer | 22 |
| Definitely not a company man? | 29 |
| Definitely not a dearth | 23 |
| Definitely not a good looker? | 29 |
| Definitely not a hottie | 23 |
| Definitely not a know-it-all | 28 |
| Definitely not a petite | 23 |
| Definitely not ascetic | 22 |
| Definitely not à la carte | 28 |
| Definitely not laid-back | 24 |
| Definitely not Mr. Right | 24 |
| Definitely not slouching | 24 |
| Definitely not well-done | 24 |
| Definitely not with it | 22 |
| Definitely off the wagon | 24 |
| Definitely worth a shot | 23 |
| Definitely, in Durango | 22 |
| Definition of a UFO? (Part 1) | 29 |
| Definition of a UFO? (Part 2) | 29 |
| Definition of a UFO? (Part 3) | 29 |
| Definitions in puzzles | 22 |
| Definitive def. source | 22 |
| Definitive ring victories | 25 |
| Definity skin care company | 26 |
| Deflate via biting wit | 22 |
| Deflating beach ball sound | 26 |
| Deflect, as a question | 22 |
| Deflect, as light rays | 22 |
| Deflected a polo opponent | 25 |
| Deflected hockey goals | 22 |
| Deflects from a course | 22 |
| Defoe's Miss Flanders | 25 |
| Defoe's Ms. Flanders | 24 |
| Defoe's ___ Flanders | 24 |
| Defraud, with "off" | 29 |
| Defrocked New Jersey jock? | 26 |
| Defunct '80s gridiron gp. | 29 |
| Defunct alliance acronym | 24 |
| Defunct band's heyday | 25 |
| Defunct Belgian airline | 23 |
| Defunct car manufacturer | 24 |
| Defunct Chrysler marque | 23 |
| Defunct cousin of NATO | 22 |
| Defunct D.C. ball team | 22 |
| Defunct defense alliance | 24 |
| Defunct Detroit brewery | 23 |
| Defunct electronics brand | 25 |
| Defunct figure-skating show | 27 |
| Defunct fliers, briefly | 23 |
| Defunct gaming console | 22 |
| Defunct gridders' org. | 26 |
| Defunct Houston hockey team | 27 |