| Former Italian prime minister | 29 |
| Former Italian statesman | 24 |
| Former Japanese capital | 23 |
| Former Japanese dictator | 24 |
| Former Japanese naval base | 26 |
| Former Japanese news agency | 27 |
| Former Japanese statesman | 25 |
| Former Japanese V.I.P. | 22 |
| Former jet to the U.K. | 22 |
| Former Jets coach Ewbank | 24 |
| Former Jets coach Weeb | 22 |
| Former Jewish community | 23 |
| Former Jewish settlements | 25 |
| Former JFK Mach busters | 23 |
| Former Jordanian queen | 22 |
| Former Justice Dept. branch | 27 |
| Former Justice John Paul | 24 |
| Former Justice Potter et al. | 28 |
| Former Kampala kingpin | 22 |
| Former kingdom of Spain | 23 |
| Former kings of Bulgaria | 24 |
| Former Kiss guitarist Frehley | 29 |
| Former Kissinger-Nixon aide | 27 |
| Former Knick star Patrick | 25 |
| Former Knicks center Patrick | 28 |
| Former Knicks coach Thomas | 26 |
| Former Korean head of state | 27 |
| Former Korean politician | 24 |
| Former Korean president | 23 |
| Former Kremlin hotshots | 23 |
| Former Kremlin news source | 26 |
| Former Kremlin policymaker | 26 |
| Former Kremlin resident | 23 |
| Former labor leader Eugene | 26 |
| Former labor leader I. W. | 25 |
| Former labor secretary Chao | 27 |
| Former Labor Secretary Elaine | 29 |
| Former Lacoste partner | 22 |
| Former Laker great Baylor | 25 |
| Former lakeshore tribe | 22 |
| Former late-night host | 22 |
| Former late-night TV host | 25 |
| Former Latvian dollars | 22 |
| Former leader of Argentina | 26 |
| Former leader of Burma | 22 |
| Former leaders of Iran | 22 |
| Former leading man Power | 24 |
| Former length measures | 22 |
| Former Lenin adherent? | 22 |
| Former Leno announcer Hall | 26 |
| Former liberal, briefly | 23 |
| Former liberal, for short | 25 |
| Former liberal, perhaps | 23 |
| Former lightweight champ | 24 |
| Former London Laborite | 22 |
| Former longtime pitcher Jim | 27 |
| Former lottery runner: Abbr. | 28 |
| Former lover, in conversation | 29 |
| Former M&M's color | 26 |
| Former Mach 2 flier: Abbr. | 26 |
| Former Mach 2 fliers, briefly | 29 |
| Former Mach 2 fliers: Abbr. | 27 |
| Former Machu Picchu resident | 28 |
| Former Magic player Smith | 25 |
| Former Maine Sen. William | 25 |
| Former major-league catcher | 27 |
| Former maker of house calls | 27 |
| Former makers of house calls | 28 |
| Former Malabar Coast colony | 27 |
| Former Maltese currency | 23 |
| Former Man of the House? | 24 |
| Former manager of Mets | 22 |
| Former manager of The Beatles | 29 |
| Former Manhattan sight | 22 |
| Former Manhattan sights | 23 |
| Former Mar-a-Lago resident | 26 |
| Former Marseilles money | 23 |
| Former Maryland senator | 23 |
| Former mates, slangily | 22 |
| Former Mauritius Islander | 25 |
| Former mayor and Oscar winner | 29 |
| Former mayor of N.Y.C. | 22 |
| Former mayor of San Francisco | 29 |
| Former McCartney bandmate | 25 |
| Former Mediterranean coin | 25 |
| Former member of Congress | 25 |
| Former member of the Weavers | 28 |
| Former Met conductor Bruno | 26 |
| Former Met pitcher Roger | 24 |
| Former Met Throneberry | 22 |
| Former Mets catcher Todd | 24 |
| Former Mets infielder Todd | 26 |
| Former Mets manager Hodges | 26 |
| Former Mets manager Johnson | 27 |
| Former Mets manager Westrum | 27 |
| Former Mets outfielder Ochoa | 28 |
| Former Mets outfielder Tommie | 29 |
| Former Mexican president | 24 |
| Former Michigan governor | 24 |
| Former Microsoft holding | 24 |