| Former White House Chief of Staff Panetta | 41 |
| Former White House barker | 25 |
| Former White House adviser Scowcroft | 36 |
| Former White House adviser Nofziger | 35 |
| Former western fort | 19 |
| Former western English county | 29 |
| Former West German capital | 26 |
| Former West Coast NFLer (abbr.) | 31 |
| Former West Coast NFL player | 28 |
| Former West Coast N.F.L.'er | 31 |
| Former West Coast beer brand, briefly | 37 |
| Former West Bank confed. | 24 |
| Former West African capital | 27 |
| Former welterweight champion Griffith | 37 |
| Former weight allowance | 23 |
| Former weekly mag that still publishes an annual "Best Colleges" issue | 80 |
| Former Web reference from Microsoft | 35 |
| Former WCW wrestler Luger | 25 |
| Former WB sitcom | 16 |
| Former WB rival | 15 |
| Former Water Pik parent | 23 |
| Former Washington senator ___ Gorton | 36 |
| Former Washington nine | 22 |
| Former Washington hostess | 25 |
| Former Washington family | 24 |
| Former Washington duo | 21 |
| Former war zone, familiarly | 27 |
| Former Wall Street insider Boesky | 33 |
| Former Wall St. letters | 23 |
| Former Wall St. inits. | 22 |
| Former Wall St. initials | 24 |
| Former W.C.T.U. head | 20 |
| Former W.B.C. lightweight champion | 34 |
| Former W. Coast pro gridder | 27 |
| Former W. Coast football player | 31 |
| Former VW camper | 16 |
| Former VP Quayle | 16 |
| Former VP John ___ Garner | 25 |
| Former VP Dan Quayle's state | 32 |
| Former VP Barkley | 17 |
| Former VP Agnew | 15 |
| Former VP | 9 |
| Former vow word | 15 |
| Former Volkswagen model | 23 |
| Former voice of Yankees | 23 |
| Former Voice of America org. | 28 |
| Former vocalist for Erskine Hawkins | 35 |
| Former VOA overseer | 19 |
| Former Vladimir Putin org. | 26 |
| Former vitamin box abbr. | 24 |
| Former vitamin bottle letters | 29 |
| Former Virginia senator Chuck | 29 |
| Former Virginia senator Charles | 31 |
| Former Virginia senator | 23 |
| Former Virginia governor married to an LBJ daughter | 51 |
| Former Vietnamese president's dining reservation? | 53 |
| Former Vietnam leader Bao ___ | 29 |
| Former Vietnam area mostly S. of the 17th parallel | 50 |
| Former vice-presidential family | 31 |
| Former vice president Stevenson | 31 |
| Former Vice President Spiro | 27 |
| Former vice president Rockefeller | 33 |
| Former vice president Quayle | 28 |
| Former Vice President Quayl | 27 |
| Former vice president Dan | 25 |
| Former Vice President Al | 24 |
| Former Vice President Agnew | 27 |
| Former VHS rival | 16 |
| Former Versailles residents | 27 |
| Former Verizon rival | 20 |
| Former venue for the Orlando Magic | 34 |
| Former Venezuelan mining town | 29 |
| Former Venezuelan copper center | 31 |
| Former Venetian V.I.P. | 22 |
| Former Venetian ruler | 21 |
| Former Venetian official | 24 |
| Former Venetian magistrates | 27 |
| Former Venetian magistrate | 26 |
| Former Venetian coin | 20 |
| Former Venetian chief magistrate | 32 |
| Former Venetian bigwigs | 23 |
| Former Venetian bigwig | 22 |
| Former Vegas star Falana | 24 |
| Former Vegas hotel, with "The" | 40 |
| Former Vegas hotel | 18 |
| Former Vegas casino | 19 |
| Former veep suffering from kyphosis? | 36 |
| Former Veep Spiro | 17 |
| Former veep Quayle | 18 |
| Former veep Humphrey | 20 |
| Former veep Gore, when talking about him and his father | 55 |
| Former veep Agnew | 17 |
| Former veep | 11 |
| Former VCR maker | 16 |
| Former Vatican currency | 23 |
| Former Vancouver Grizzlies coach Jackson | 40 |
| Former V.P. Spiro and family | 28 |
| Former V.I.P.'s in Istanbul | 31 |
| Former V.I.P. of Egypt | 22 |
| Former V.I.P. at the Met | 24 |