| __ Loa | 6 |
| __ Loa (Hawaiian peak) | 22 |
| __ Loa (Hawaiian volcano) | 25 |
| __ loading (marathoner's ritual) | 36 |
| __ Lodge | 8 |
| __ Lodge: budget chain | 22 |
| __ long way | 11 |
| __ long way (last) | 18 |
| __ long way: help considerably | 30 |
| __ long way: last | 17 |
| __ Loops | 8 |
| __ Lopez (chess opening) | 24 |
| __ Lopez: chess opening | 23 |
| __ loss | 7 |
| __ loss for words | 17 |
| __ loss: puzzled | 16 |
| __ love | 7 |
| __ low | 6 |
| __ LuÃs, Brazil | 18 |
| __ Luck | 7 |
| __ Ludwig, biographer of Stalin, Napoleon, Goethe, and others | 61 |
| __ Luft, daughter of Judy Garland | 33 |
| __ Luke of Charlie Chan films | 29 |
| __ Lumpur, Malaysia | 19 |
| __ lunch (not paying attention) | 31 |
| __ luxury | 9 |
| __ Macbeth | 10 |
| __ Mae: student loan group | 26 |
| __ Mahal | 8 |
| __ mail | 7 |
| __ mail (business' postal rate) | 35 |
| __ main (primarily) | 19 |
| __ Majal | 8 |
| __ majesty | 10 |
| __ majesty (high crime) | 23 |
| __ Majesty, the Queen | 21 |
| __ majesty: high treason | 24 |
| __ Major | 8 |
| __ Major (Big Dipper constellation) | 35 |
| __ Major (Big Dipper's constellation) | 41 |
| __ Major (Big Dipper's locale) | 34 |
| __ Major (Big Dipper) | 21 |
| __ Major (constellation) | 24 |
| __ Major (dog of Orion) | 23 |
| __ Major (the Big Dipper) | 25 |
| __ Major: constellation | 23 |
| __ Major: Great Bear | 20 |
| __ Major: Great Dog constellation | 33 |
| __ male | 7 |
| __ Malvinas: the Falklands | 26 |
| __ Mama: rum drink | 18 |
| __ man | 6 |
| __ manager (cruise-ship executive) | 34 |
| __ mania, 17th-century Dutch phenomenon | 39 |
| __ manifold: engine part | 24 |
| __ Manor: "Batman" mansion | 36 |
| __ Manor: "Batman" setting | 36 |
| __ manual | 9 |
| __ many words | 13 |
| __ Mar, CA | 10 |
| __ Marbles (British Museum exhibit) | 35 |
| __ Marbles: historic sculptures | 31 |
| __ Maria | 8 |
| __ Maria Remarque, author of "All Quiet on the Western Front" | 71 |
| __ Maria: liqueur | 17 |
| __ Marker | 9 |
| __ market | 9 |
| __ marsala | 10 |
| __ Martin | 9 |
| __ Martin (007 auto) | 20 |
| __ Martin (British auto) | 24 |
| __ Martin (British car) | 23 |
| __ Martin (car) | 15 |
| __ Martin Cognac | 16 |
| __ Martin: 007's auto | 25 |
| __ Martin: Bond's car | 25 |
| __ Martin: cognac brand | 23 |
| __ Martin: flashy car | 21 |
| __ Martin: sports car | 21 |
| __ Mason: asset management giant | 32 |
| __ Mason: investment giant | 26 |
| __ masqué: dance with costumes | 33 |
| __ master | 9 |
| __ mat | 6 |
| __ Mateo, California | 20 |
| __ mater | 8 |
| __ mater (brain cover) | 22 |
| __ mater (brain covering) | 25 |
| __ Mater (Latin hymn) | 21 |
| __ mater (school once attended) | 31 |
| __ mater: brain covering | 24 |
| __ matter | 9 |
| __ matter of fact | 17 |
| __ Mawr | 7 |
| __ Mawr College | 15 |
| __ May Alcott | 13 |
| __ May Clampett | 15 |
| __ McCrae of Lonesome Dove | 28 |
| __ me tangere | 13 |
| __ me tangere: touch-me-not | 27 |