| ___ water (prove true) | 22 |
| ___ water (on the ropes) | 24 |
| ___ water (on the carpet) | 25 |
| ___ water (facing trouble) | 26 |
| ___ water (cologne kin) | 23 |
| ___ Wat (Cambodian temple) | 26 |
| ___ Wars of ancient times | 25 |
| ___ Wars (Rome vs. Carthage) | 28 |
| ___ ware (Japanese porcelain) | 29 |
| ___ War: 1899–1902 | 25 |
| ___ War: 1839–42 | 23 |
| ___ War, great race horse | 25 |
| ___ War, famed race horse | 25 |
| ___ War, 1920 Belmont winner | 28 |
| ___ War in Colorado, 1879 | 25 |
| ___ War (Rome vs. Carthage) | 27 |
| ___ War (great race horse) | 26 |
| ___ War (famous racehorse) | 26 |
| ___ War (famed race horse) | 26 |
| ___ Walsh, N.B.A. executive | 27 |
| ___ walk (police procedure) | 27 |
| ___ walk (old house feature) | 28 |
| ___ Walesa, Polish hero | 23 |
| ___ Waldorf (famed maître) | 29 |
| ___ wait (prepares to ambush) | 29 |
| ___ wait (prepare to ambush) | 28 |
| ___ Wagner of baseball fame | 27 |
| ___ Wafers (Nabisco cookies) | 28 |
| ___ Wafers (Nabisco brand) | 26 |
| ___ Wafers (cookie brand) | 25 |
| ___ W (root beer brand) | 23 |
| ___ vu (eerie sensation) | 24 |
| ___ Vote Counts Amendment | 25 |
| ___ von Bock, German general | 28 |
| ___ volta (musical direction) | 29 |
| ___ volente (God willing) | 25 |
| ___ volens (willy-nilly) | 24 |
| ___ Volcanic National Park | 26 |
| ___ volatile (waker-upper) | 26 |
| ___ Vogler, German composer | 27 |
| ___ voce (without dissent) | 26 |
| ___ voce (very softly) | 22 |
| ___ voce (unanimously) | 22 |
| ___ voce (in a low voice) | 25 |
| ___ vivos (trust type) | 22 |
| ___ viveur (man about town) | 27 |
| ___ vivant (sustained pose) | 27 |
| ___ vitriol (sulfuric acid) | 27 |
| ___ vital (life force) | 22 |
| ___ vital (creative impulse) | 28 |
| ___ Vista Lake, Calif. | 22 |
| ___ Vista (part of Disney) | 26 |
| ___ Vista (Iowa county) | 23 |
| ___ vision (Superman skill) | 27 |
| ___ vin (chicken dish) | 22 |
| ___ ville (French town hall) | 28 |
| ___ view (disapproved) | 22 |
| ___ victory (Churchill sign) | 28 |
| ___ Vicente, El Salvador | 24 |
| ___ Vicente, Cape Verde | 23 |
| ___ vez (again, to Juan) | 24 |
| ___ vez (again, to Alfonso) | 27 |
| ___ vez (again, in Spanish) | 27 |
| ___ vez (again, in Spain) | 25 |
| ___ vez (again, in Avila) | 25 |
| ___ vez (again, in Acapulco) | 28 |
| ___ verte, green pigment | 24 |
| ___ verte (green earth) | 23 |
| ___ verte (gray-green) | 22 |
| ___ verso (back of a page) | 26 |
| ___ Verdes Estates, Calif. | 26 |
| ___ Verde National Park | 23 |
| ___ vera (skin soother) | 23 |
| ___ vera (skin conditioner) | 27 |
| ___ vera (medicinal plant) | 26 |
| ___ vera (lotion plant) | 23 |
| ___ vera (lotion ingredient) | 28 |
| ___ Venture, horse of 1936 | 26 |
| ___ Ventura, Carrey role | 24 |
| ___ Ventura (Jim Carrey role) | 29 |
| ___ Ventre, river in Wyo. | 25 |
| ___ Venezia (Italian resort) | 28 |
| ___ Veneta (handbag brand) | 26 |
| ___ Velva (aftershave brand) | 28 |
| ___ Vecchio, in Florence | 24 |
| ___ Vecchio, at Firenze | 23 |
| ___ Vecchio (Old Bridge) | 24 |
| ___ vase (precious porcelain) | 29 |
| ___ Varner, Faulkner woman | 26 |
| ___ Vanilli (dance group) | 25 |
| ___ Vance, Van Dine sleuth | 26 |
| ___ Vance, literary detective | 29 |
| ___ Vance, fictional sleuth | 27 |
| ___ van Holland, Neth. | 22 |
| ___ van Delft, Dutch painter | 28 |
| ___ valve, in the heart | 23 |
| ___ valve (part of an engine) | 29 |
| ___ value (reasonable price) | 28 |
| ___ Valley, San Francisco | 25 |
| ___ Valley, city near L.A. | 26 |