| ___ whole hog | 13 |
| ___ whole lot | 13 |
| ___ whoop | 9 |
| ___ whose time has come | 23 |
| ___ Wick (room deodorizer brand) | 32 |
| ___ wicket | 10 |
| ___ wide (extensively) | 22 |
| ___ Wiedersehen | 15 |
| ___ Wiesel, Nobelist for Peace | 30 |
| ___ wife | 8 |
| ___ Wiggin (protagonist of Orson Scott Card novels) | 51 |
| ___ Wilander, tennis star | 25 |
| ___ wild (run riot) | 19 |
| ___ Wildfire, Scott character | 29 |
| ___ Wilfred Laurier | 19 |
| ___ will (enmity) | 17 |
| ___ will (testate) | 18 |
| ___ Willard, 1919 Dempsey victim | 32 |
| ___ Willard, champ before Dempsey | 33 |
| ___ Willard, heavyweight champ dethroned by Jack Dempsey | 56 |
| ___ William, Lewis Carroll character | 36 |
| ___ Williams (big name in bourbon) | 34 |
| ___ Williams, Huck Finn's female alias | 42 |
| ___ Willie of comics | 20 |
| ___ Willie Winkie | 17 |
| ___ willow | 10 |
| ___ Wills Moody of tennis | 25 |
| ___ Wills Moody, of tennis fame | 31 |
| ___ Willy (schoolyard annoyance) | 32 |
| ___ Wilson of "The Royal Tenenbaums" | 46 |
| ___ Wilson, Aussie novelist | 27 |
| ___ Wilson, who played Sam in "Casablanca" | 52 |
| ___ Wimsey, Sayers sleuth | 25 |
| ___ win (compete vigorously) | 28 |
| ___ window | 10 |
| ___ window (impossible task) | 28 |
| ___ winds | 9 |
| ___ winds (herald of warm and muggy weather) | 44 |
| ___ wine (alcohol) | 18 |
| ___ Winfrey (TV talk-show host) | 31 |
| ___ wing and a prayer | 21 |
| ___ Wingate, British general: 1903–44 | 44 |
| ___ winks | 9 |
| ___ Winston ("Sons of Anarchy" character) | 51 |
| ___ Winston Churchill | 21 |
| ___ wintergreen | 15 |
| ___ Wintour, real-life editor on whom "The Devil Wears Prada" is based | 80 |
| ___ Wipes | 9 |
| ___ wire | 8 |
| ___ wisdom (sage advice) | 24 |
| ___ wish | 8 |
| ___ wit | 7 |
| ___ wit's end | 17 |
| ___ with (agreeing) | 19 |
| ___ with (aid) | 14 |
| ___ with (contend) | 18 |
| ___ with (dated) | 16 |
| ___ with (disarrange) | 21 |
| ___ with (encountered) | 22 |
| ___ with (equal to) | 19 |
| ___ with (equal) | 16 |
| ___ with (experienced) | 22 |
| ___ with (favored) | 18 |
| ___ with (fights against) | 25 |
| ___ with (get rid of) | 21 |
| ___ with (interfered) | 21 |
| ___ with (meddle) | 17 |
| ___ with (take liberties) | 25 |
| ___ with (tease) | 16 |
| ___ with (tolerate) | 19 |
| ___ with destiny | 16 |
| ___ with everything | 19 |
| ___ with faint praise | 21 |
| ___ With MoistureLoc (recalled contact lens cleaner) | 52 |
| ___ with pride | 14 |
| ___ with the same brush | 23 |
| ___ with words (was clever) | 27 |
| ___ witness | 11 |
| ___ witness (perjure oneself) | 29 |
| ___ Wojtyla (now Pope John Paul II) | 35 |
| ___ Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) | 31 |
| ___ wolf | 8 |
| ___ wolf (introvert) | 20 |
| ___ wolf (person who doesn't like to work with others) | 58 |
| ___ wolf (pirate) | 17 |
| ___ wolf (solitary one) | 23 |
| ___ Wolfcastle (action hero on "The Simpsons") | 56 |
| ___ Wolfe (detective created by Rex Stout) | 42 |
| ___ wolfhound | 13 |
| ___ wolfhound (large dog breed) | 31 |
| ___ Wolfsheim, gambler in "The Great Gatsby" | 54 |
| ___ wolves | 10 |
| ___ woman in half | 17 |
| ___ woman in half (magic trick) | 31 |
| ___ woman in half, as a magician | 32 |
| ___ Women | 9 |
| ___ wonder (athlete known for a single great play) | 50 |
| ___ wonder (musical flash in the pan) | 37 |
| ___ wonder (short-lived success) | 32 |
| ___ wonder (Tone Loc or Crowded House, e.g.) | 44 |