| __ knee (preparing to propose) | 30 |
| __ knife (large-blade weapon) | 29 |
| __ Kong | 7 |
| __ Kong (Chinese region) | 24 |
| __ Krabappel, Bart Simpson's teacher | 40 |
| __ Kreme doughnuts | 18 |
| __ Kringle | 10 |
| __ Krishna | 10 |
| __ Kush mountains | 17 |
| __ kwon do | 10 |
| __ l'Évêque: pale-yellow cheese | 42 |
| __ l'oeil: artistic effect | 30 |
| __ la la | 8 |
| __ la la (singing syllables) | 28 |
| __ la Paix (Paris street) | 25 |
| __ la Plata | 11 |
| __ la Plata (Buenos Aires' river) | 37 |
| __ La Table: high-end cookware shop | 35 |
| __ lab | 6 |
| __ Laboratories, company that introduced Tylenol | 48 |
| __ Lackawanna Railroad | 22 |
| __ Lackawanna Railway | 21 |
| __ Lactea (our galaxy) | 22 |
| __ ladder | 9 |
| __ Lake, town near Lake Placid | 30 |
| __ Lama | 7 |
| __ lamp | 7 |
| __ lamp (1960s fad) | 19 |
| __ land | 7 |
| __ land: unreality | 18 |
| __ lane | 7 |
| __ lane (carpoolers' convenience) | 37 |
| __ lane: carpooler's access | 31 |
| __ lang syne | 12 |
| __ Lanka | 8 |
| __ larceny | 10 |
| __ Laredo, Mexico | 17 |
| __ large | 8 |
| __ Largo, FL | 12 |
| __ later date | 13 |
| __ Lauro: ship in 1985 news | 27 |
| __ lava | 7 |
| __ Law | 6 |
| __ law (medieval code) | 22 |
| __ layer | 8 |
| __ lazuli | 9 |
| __ leaf | 7 |
| __ League | 9 |
| __ Leandro, CA | 14 |
| __ least | 8 |
| __ leaves | 9 |
| __ León: Monterrey's state | 33 |
| __ Lee (cake company) | 21 |
| __ Lee (cake name) | 18 |
| __ Lee Bunton, a.k.a. Baby Spice | 32 |
| __ Lee cakes | 12 |
| __ Lee of cake fame | 19 |
| __ Lee Schupf, eponymous daughter of a baking entrepreneur | 58 |
| __ Lee: dessert brand | 21 |
| __ left field | 13 |
| __ left field (wrong) | 21 |
| __ legs | 7 |
| __ legs (quadruped's pair) | 30 |
| __ legs: rear extremities | 25 |
| __ legs: rear pair | 18 |
| __ letter to (wrote) | 20 |
| __ level | 8 |
| __ Lewis, 2006 winner on U.K. talent show "The X Factor" | 66 |
| __ liberales: universidad course | 32 |
| __ license | 10 |
| __ life | 7 |
| __ Light | 8 |
| __ light (film-set need) | 24 |
| __ light: filmmaking arc lamp | 29 |
| __ light: moviemaker's tool | 31 |
| __ lights | 9 |
| __ Lilly & Co. | 18 |
| __ lily | 7 |
| __ lily (Utah state flower) | 27 |
| __ lily (Utah's state flower) | 33 |
| __ lily: calla | 14 |
| __ limit | 8 |
| __ Linda, CA | 12 |
| __ Linda, Calif. | 16 |
| __ Linda, California | 20 |
| __ Linda: city near Santa Ana | 29 |
| __ Linda: San Bernardino suburb | 31 |
| __ line | 7 |
| __ Line Railroad (Canadian Pacific line) | 40 |
| __ lines | 8 |
| __ Lingus | 9 |
| __ Lingus: Irish carrier | 24 |
| __ Lisa Vito: "My Cousin Vinny" role | 46 |
| __ list | 7 |
| __ List (political-action group) | 32 |
| __ List: Forbes best-companies feature | 38 |
| __ listening | 12 |
| __ Litella: Gilda Radner's "Never mind!" character | 64 |
| __ living (be employed) | 23 |
| __ lizzie | 9 |