| ___ or nay | 10 |
| ___ or never | 12 |
| ___ or no | 9 |
| ___ or nothing | 14 |
| ___ or swim | 11 |
| ___ or twice | 12 |
| ___ or woe | 10 |
| ___ ora (N.Z. toast) | 20 |
| ___ orange | 10 |
| ___ orange (bowwood) | 20 |
| ___ orange (inedible fruit) | 27 |
| ___ Orange (Vietnam War defoliant) | 34 |
| ___ Orange, N.J. | 16 |
| ___ Orange, New Jersey | 22 |
| ___ orch. | 9 |
| ___ Orchestra ('70s jazz-rock fusion band) | 46 |
| ___ Orchestra (popular 30's band) | 37 |
| ___ Order | 9 |
| ___ order (align) | 17 |
| ___ order (not functioning) | 27 |
| ___ order (political slogan) | 28 |
| ___ order (Sen. McCarthy's questions) | 41 |
| ___ order (usable) | 18 |
| ___ ordinaire | 13 |
| ___ Oreille (Idaho lake) | 24 |
| ___ Oreo (bite-sized treat) | 27 |
| ___ Organa Solo | 15 |
| ___ Organa, "Star Wars" princess | 42 |
| ___ organs | 10 |
| ___ Oro | 7 |
| ___ Oro (part of Spanish Sahara) | 32 |
| ___ Oro, Africa | 15 |
| ___ Oro, African bay | 20 |
| ___ Oro, in NW Africa | 21 |
| ___ Oro, in Spanish Sahara | 26 |
| ___ Orthodox | 12 |
| ___ oryx (antelope with curved horns) | 37 |
| ___ Oscar (entree) | 18 |
| ___ other | 9 |
| ___ other (matchlessly) | 23 |
| ___ other (uniquely) | 20 |
| ___ other than | 14 |
| ___ oui (yes, of course) | 24 |
| ___ out | 7 |
| ___ out (abolish) | 17 |
| ___ out (achieving with difficulty) | 35 |
| ___ out (act boldly) | 20 |
| ___ out (arranged) | 18 |
| ___ out (attack verbally) | 25 |
| ___ out (attained with effort) | 30 |
| ___ out (attracted attention) | 29 |
| ___ out (avoid participation) | 29 |
| ___ out (awaits anxiously) | 26 |
| ___ out (barely accomplished) | 29 |
| ___ out (barely achieving) | 26 |
| ___ out (barely beaten) | 23 |
| ___ out (barely copes) | 22 |
| ___ out (barely coping) | 23 |
| ___ out (barely get by) | 23 |
| ___ out (barely get) | 20 |
| ___ out (barely gets by) | 24 |
| ___ out (barely gets) | 21 |
| ___ out (barely got) | 20 |
| ___ out (barely made) | 21 |
| ___ out (barely make do) | 24 |
| ___ out (barely make it) | 24 |
| ___ out (barely make) | 21 |
| ___ out (barely makes) | 22 |
| ___ out (barely managed) | 24 |
| ___ out (barely manages) | 24 |
| ___ out (barely win) | 20 |
| ___ out (barely won) | 20 |
| ___ out (be indiscreet) | 23 |
| ___ out (betrays) | 17 |
| ___ out (canceled) | 18 |
| ___ out (comes off well) | 24 |
| ___ out (declined) | 18 |
| ___ out (defeated narrowly) | 27 |
| ___ out (deletes) | 17 |
| ___ out (destroy) | 17 |
| ___ out (didn't participate) | 32 |
| ___ out (diminished gradually) | 30 |
| ___ out (discontinue) | 21 |
| ___ out (discontinued) | 22 |
| ___ out (discussed) | 19 |
| ___ out (display) | 17 |
| ___ out (display, in a way) | 27 |
| ___ out (do nothing) | 20 |
| ___ out (do nothing, in slang) | 30 |
| ___ out (dress nicely) | 22 |
| ___ out (dress up) | 18 |
| ___ out (eliminated in stages) | 30 |
| ___ out (eliminated) | 20 |
| ___ out (empty) | 15 |
| ___ out (end gradually) | 23 |
| ___ out (ended gradually) | 25 |
| ___ out (ended) | 15 |
| ___ out (endure) | 16 |
| ___ out (erase) | 15 |
| ___ out (espied) | 16 |