| __ de vie: brandy | 17 |
| __ de vie: French brandies | 26 |
| __ de vivre | 11 |
| __ Dea: Roman fertility goddess | 31 |
| __ deaf ear | 11 |
| __ deal | 7 |
| __ Deco | 7 |
| __ decongestant | 15 |
| __ Decor: home fashion mag | 26 |
| __ degree | 9 |
| __ Dei | 6 |
| __ Dei: lamb of God | 19 |
| __ Deion: NFL nickname | 22 |
| __ del Carmen, Mexico | 21 |
| __ del Fuego | 12 |
| __ del Rio, Cuba | 16 |
| __ del Sol | 10 |
| __ delta (Concorde wing shape) | 30 |
| __ den | 6 |
| __ depth finder | 15 |
| __ des Beaux-Arts | 17 |
| __ Detroit: "Guys and Dolls" role | 43 |
| __ Dhabi | 8 |
| __ di Lammermoor (opera heroine) | 32 |
| __ di Pisa | 10 |
| __ Diable | 9 |
| __ Diable: old penal colony site | 32 |
| __ Diamond | 10 |
| __ Diane | 8 |
| __ dicta (incidental remarks) | 29 |
| __ dictum: passing remark | 25 |
| __ Diego | 8 |
| __ Diego, CA | 12 |
| __ diem | 7 |
| __ diem worker | 14 |
| __ diem: seize the day | 22 |
| __ diet | 7 |
| __ dieu | 7 |
| __ difference (mattered) | 24 |
| __ diminishing returns | 22 |
| __ Dinh Diem | 12 |
| __ dip | 6 |
| __ dire: court oath | 19 |
| __ dire: juror examination | 26 |
| __ dire: jury interview | 23 |
| __ Direct: online bank | 22 |
| __ disadvantage | 15 |
| __ disco ('80s European music genre) | 40 |
| __ discount | 11 |
| __ disease: bovine infection | 28 |
| __ disease: tick-borne illness | 30 |
| __ disease: tick-transmitted affliction | 39 |
| __ dish | 7 |
| __ dish (coleslaw, e.g.) | 24 |
| __ dish (French fries, e.g.) | 28 |
| __ dish (fries or rice) | 23 |
| __ dish (lab container) | 23 |
| __ dish (lab item) | 18 |
| __ dish (lab vessel) | 20 |
| __ dish (mashed potatoes, e.g.) | 31 |
| __ dish (rice or beans, e.g.) | 29 |
| __ dish (rice, for instance) | 28 |
| __ dish: lab item | 17 |
| __ diver | 8 |
| __ dixit | 8 |
| __ dixit: assertion without proof | 33 |
| __ dixit: unfounded assertion | 29 |
| __ dixit: unfounded claim | 25 |
| __ dixit: unproven claim | 24 |
| __ doble (Latin dance) | 22 |
| __ doble (Spanish dance) | 24 |
| __ doctor | 9 |
| __ does it | 10 |
| __ dog | 6 |
| __ dog (Hawaiian mutt) | 22 |
| __ dog: conditioned reflex experiment | 37 |
| __ Dogg, Snoop's cousin | 27 |
| __ doing: thereby | 17 |
| __ Dolorosa | 11 |
| __ dome | 7 |
| __ Domingo | 10 |
| __ Domingo, Dominican Republic | 30 |
| __ Domini | 9 |
| __ donna | 8 |
| __ donna (diva) | 15 |
| __ donna (temperamental person) | 31 |
| __ dot | 6 |
| __ double | 9 |
| __ double take | 14 |
| __ double take (react) | 22 |
| __ down (disappoint) | 20 |
| __ down (massage) | 17 |
| __ down (pillow filling) | 24 |
| __ down (softened) | 18 |
| __ down the law | 15 |
| __ Downs | 8 |
| __ draft: was chilled | 21 |
| __ dragon | 9 |
| __ dragon: largest living lizard | 32 |
| __ dream: optimist's philosophy | 35 |