| ___ daisy (common flower) | 25 |
| ___ Dakka, town in Afghanistan | 30 |
| ___ Dal, Swedish river | 22 |
| ___ Daly of TV's "Cagney and Lacey" | 49 |
| ___ Dam | 7 |
| ___ Dam on the Sacramento River | 31 |
| ___ Dam on the Tennessee River | 30 |
| ___ Dame | 8 |
| ___ Dame de Paris | 17 |
| ___ Dame University | 19 |
| ___ dames (aristocratic women) | 30 |
| ___ Dames of America | 20 |
| ___ damnée | 13 |
| ___ damnée (willing tool) | 28 |
| ___ Damon of "Saving Private Ryan" | 44 |
| ___ Dan | 7 |
| ___ Dan (1970s band) | 20 |
| ___ Dan (Israeli archaeological site) | 37 |
| ___ Dan (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band) | 41 |
| ___ Dan (sexual device in William S. Burroughs's "Naked Lunch") | 77 |
| ___ dance | 9 |
| ___ dancer | 10 |
| ___ dancer (old slang for a railroad worker) | 44 |
| ___ dancer (railroad worker) | 28 |
| ___ dancer, railroad-track layer | 32 |
| ___ Dane | 8 |
| ___ dans la lune ("distracted" in French) | 51 |
| ___ dansant | 11 |
| ___ dansant (tea dance) | 23 |
| ___ Danssen (Heidi Klum's "Parks and Recreation" character) | 73 |
| ___ Dantès, the Count of Monte Cristo | 40 |
| ___ dare | 8 |
| ___ dark (clueless) | 19 |
| ___ Dark Materials (Philip Pullman trilogy that includes "The Golden Compass") | 88 |
| ___ Dark Materials (Philip Pullman trilogy) | 43 |
| ___ dark space (region in a vacuum tube) | 40 |
| ___ darn (cared) | 16 |
| ___ Darrow of "King Kong" | 35 |
| ___ Dartle, woman in "David Copperfield" | 50 |
| ___ Darwinism | 13 |
| ___ Darya | 9 |
| ___ Darya (Aral Sea feeder) | 27 |
| ___ Darya (Aral Sea tributary) | 30 |
| ___ Darya (Asian river) | 23 |
| ___ Darya (river to the Aral Sea) | 33 |
| ___ Darya (Soviet river) | 24 |
| ___ Darya river | 15 |
| ___ Darya River, in Asia | 24 |
| ___ Darya, Aral feeder | 22 |
| ___ Darya, Asian river | 22 |
| ___ Darya, Soviet river | 23 |
| ___ Darya, U.S.S.R. river | 25 |
| ___ das Cruzes, Brazil | 22 |
| ___ Dash | 8 |
| ___ Dashan (Ethiopian mountain) | 31 |
| ___ Dashan (highest point in Ethiopia) | 38 |
| ___ Dashan, highest Ethopian peak | 33 |
| ___ date | 8 |
| ___ date (begin wedding plans) | 30 |
| ___ date (current) | 18 |
| ___ date (make some plans) | 26 |
| ___ date (makes wedding plans) | 30 |
| ___ date: Abbr. | 15 |
| ___ dauber (wasp) | 17 |
| ___ Davenport, long-running "Doonesbury" character | 60 |
| ___ David | 9 |
| ___ David (presidential retreat) | 32 |
| ___ David (six-pointed figure) | 30 |
| ___ David (six-pointed star) | 28 |
| ___ David (Star of David) | 25 |
| ___ David's deer | 20 |
| ___ Davis Jr. | 13 |
| ___ Davis of "The Brady Bunch" | 40 |
| ___ Davis, "A Girl Like Me" documentarian | 51 |
| ___ Davis, county in Ga. or Tex. | 32 |
| ___ Davis, first African-American to win a Heisman | 50 |
| ___ Davis, first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy | 59 |
| ___ dawn | 8 |
| ___ Dawn (Muppet on "Sesame Street") | 46 |
| ___ dawn (rises early) | 22 |
| ___ Dawn Chong | 14 |
| ___ Dawn Chong of ''Quest for Fire'' | 52 |
| ___ Dawn Chong of "Commando" | 38 |
| ___ Dawn Chong of "Quest for Fire" | 44 |
| ___ Dawn Chong of films | 23 |
| ___ Day | 7 |
| ___ Day & the Knights | 25 |
| ___ Day & the Knights (band in "Animal House") | 60 |
| ___ Day (annual Hawaiian observance) | 36 |
| ___ Day (Annunciation) | 22 |
| ___ Day (April 22) | 18 |
| ___ day (dosage amount, perhaps) | 32 |
| ___ day (dosage) | 16 |
| ___ day (doseage instruction) | 29 |
| ___ Day (environmentalists' event) | 38 |
| ___ day (fasting period) | 24 |
| ___ Day (French holiday) | 24 |
| ___ Day (Hawaiian holiday celebrated on May 1) | 46 |
| ___ Day (Hawaiian holiday) | 26 |
| ___ Day (Holy Thursday) | 23 |