| Valentine Day's gift, perhaps | 33 |
| Valentine color | 15 |
| Valentine cherub | 16 |
| Valentine character | 19 |
| Valentine candy message | 23 |
| Valentine candy invitation | 26 |
| Valentine bouquet item | 22 |
| Valentine bouquet | 17 |
| Valentine and others: Abbr. | 27 |
| Valentine adornments | 20 |
| Valentine acronym | 17 |
| Valent opening | 14 |
| Valens who sang "Donna" | 33 |
| Valens song: 1958 | 17 |
| Valens hit | 10 |
| Valens "La ___" | 25 |
| Valenciennes, e.g. | 18 |
| Valenciennes | 12 |
| Valencias, e.g. | 15 |
| Valencian rice dishes | 21 |
| Valencian rice dish | 19 |
| Valencian entree | 16 |
| Valencian dish | 14 |
| Valencia, for one | 17 |
| Valencia, e.g. | 14 |
| Valencia waters | 15 |
| Valencia valentine words | 24 |
| Valencia valediction | 20 |
| Valencia street | 15 |
| Valencia and bergamot | 21 |
| Valence valediction | 19 |
| Valence opening | 15 |
| Valence of sodium | 17 |
| Valence lead-in | 15 |
| Valen-time?: abbr. | 18 |
| Valen-time? (Abbr.) | 19 |
| Valemount area code, to Julius | 30 |
| Valedictory, e.g. | 17 |
| Valedictory deliverer, e.g. | 27 |
| Valedictories | 13 |
| Valedictorians, e.g. | 20 |
| Valedictorians have them | 24 |
| Valedictorians do it | 20 |
| Valedictorian? | 14 |
| Valedictorian, usually | 22 |
| Valedictorian, typically | 24 |
| Valedictorian, presumably | 25 |
| Valedictorian, for example | 26 |
| Valedictorian, e.g. | 19 |
| Valedictorian's rank | 24 |
| Valedictorian's pride: Abbr. | 32 |
| Valedictorian's pride, for short | 36 |
| Valedictorian's pride, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 64 |
| Valedictorian's pride | 25 |
| Valedictorian's position | 28 |
| Valedictorian's platform | 28 |
| Valedictorian's nightmare | 29 |
| Valedictorian's lone blemish? | 33 |
| Valedictorian's honor | 25 |
| Valedictorian's feat, perhaps | 33 |
| Valedictorian's disappointment? | 35 |
| Valedictorian's big moment | 30 |
| Valedictorian's achievement, perhaps | 40 |
| Valedictorian | 13 |
| Vale's partner | 18 |
| Vale's opposite | 19 |
| Vale ___ | 8 |
| Vale sacred to Apollo | 21 |
| Vale of ___, in Greece | 22 |
| Vale of ___ | 11 |
| Vale between Ossa and Olympus | 29 |
| Vale | 4 |
| Valdez with a burro | 19 |
| Valdez on coffee cans | 21 |
| Valdez of coffee advertising | 28 |
| Valdez et al. | 13 |
| Valdez cargo | 12 |
| Valdez and Marichal | 19 |
| Valéry's valentine | 25 |
| Valéry's vacation time | 29 |
| Valéry's "very" | 32 |
| Valance holder | 14 |
| Valance | 7 |
| Val.'s opposite | 19 |
| Val-d'_____ (French resort) | 31 |
| Val-d'___ (French départment named after a river) | 56 |
| Val's younger daughter in the comic strip "Stone Soup" | 68 |
| Val ___ (gold-mining center of Canada) | 38 |
| Val or Cluny | 12 |
| Val Kilmer movie (with "The") | 39 |
| Val Kilmer film | 15 |
| Val et al. | 10 |
| Val d'___, Italian Alps resort area | 39 |
| Val d'___, French ski resort | 32 |
| Val d'___, France, 1992 Olympics skiing site | 48 |
| Val d'___ (French ski resort) | 33 |
| Val d'___ (Alpine skiing destination) | 41 |
| Val d'___ | 13 |
| Val and Joan's mother in the comic strip "Stone Soup" | 67 |
| Val and Cluny | 13 |