| -- lane (car-poolers' place) | 32 |
| -- lang syne | 12 |
| -- Lanka | 8 |
| -- Lanka (Indian Ocean nation) | 30 |
| -- Lankan | 9 |
| -- large extent | 15 |
| -- law (old Germanic legal code) | 32 |
| -- Le Pew (skunk toon) | 22 |
| -- League | 9 |
| -- League college | 17 |
| -- leaves (Eden cover-ups) | 26 |
| -- Lederer, a.k.a. Ann Landers | 30 |
| -- Lee (food brand) | 19 |
| -- left field | 13 |
| -- Leno | 7 |
| -- lens (spotlight component) | 29 |
| -- Leone | 8 |
| -- Leppard | 10 |
| -- Lewis & the News | 23 |
| -- lie (be someone you're not) | 34 |
| -- lie (fibbed) | 15 |
| -- Lilly | 8 |
| -- Lilly (Prozac producer) | 26 |
| -- lines (connectors of ancient sites) | 38 |
| -- Lingus | 9 |
| -- Lingus (carrier to Dublin) | 29 |
| -- Lingus (Irish carrier) | 25 |
| -- list | 7 |
| -- list (agenda) | 16 |
| -- liver (iron-rich dish) | 25 |
| -- living (work for wages) | 26 |
| -- Loa | 6 |
| -- Lobos | 8 |
| -- Lodge | 8 |
| -- Lodge (motel) | 16 |
| -- London, 'What Not to Wear' co-host | 45 |
| -- long way | 11 |
| -- long way (get far) | 21 |
| -- long way (last) | 18 |
| -- long way (make it far) | 25 |
| -- Loops (cereal) | 17 |
| -- loss | 7 |
| -- loss (baffled) | 17 |
| -- loss (perplexed) | 19 |
| -- lot (is quite telling) | 25 |
| -- lot (is very telling) | 24 |
| -- low ebb | 10 |
| -- low profile | 14 |
| -- Lube (engine treatment) | 26 |
| -- Luis Obispo | 14 |
| -- lump sum | 11 |
| -- Lumpur, Malaysia | 19 |
| -- Lund Laszlo | 14 |
| -- luxury | 9 |
| -- macabre | 10 |
| -- Mae | 6 |
| -- Mae (government lender) | 26 |
| -- Mae (loan company) | 21 |
| -- Mae (loan provider) | 22 |
| -- Mae Brown (psychic in 'Ghost') | 41 |
| -- Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg's Oscar-winning 'Ghost' role) | 71 |
| -- Magic (Clorox stain remover) | 31 |
| -- Magli (shoe brand) | 21 |
| -- Mahal | 8 |
| -- majesty | 10 |
| -- majesty (high treason) | 25 |
| -- Major | 8 |
| -- Major (Big Dipper locale) | 28 |
| -- Major (constellation) | 24 |
| -- Major (Dog Star's constellation) | 39 |
| -- Major (Sirius' constellation) | 36 |
| -- man (unanimously) | 20 |
| -- many words | 13 |
| -- Marcus (luxury retailer) | 27 |
| -- Marcus (retailer) | 20 |
| -- Marie Presley | 16 |
| -- Martin (British auto) | 24 |
| -- Martin (British car) | 23 |
| -- Martin (car make) | 20 |
| -- Martin (cognac) | 18 |
| -- Martin (James Bond's car) | 32 |
| -- mater | 8 |
| -- mater (brain cover) | 22 |
| -- matter of course | 19 |
| -- Mawr | 7 |
| -- Mawr (suburb of Philly) | 26 |
| -- Mawr College | 15 |
| -- May ('The Beverly Hillbillies' daughter) | 51 |
| -- Mayer | 8 |
| -- McAn (shoe brand) | 20 |
| -- me tangere | 13 |
| -- me tangere (touch-me-not) | 28 |
| -- meal (dine) | 14 |
| -- merit in (deemed unworthy) | 29 |
| -- Mesa, California | 19 |
| -- message to (got in touch with) | 33 |
| -- metabolic rate | 17 |
| -- metabolism | 13 |
| -- mignon | 9 |
| -- mignons (pricey steaks) | 26 |