| ___ Wonderful (juice brand touting antioxidants) | 48 |
| ___ Wonderful (juice brand) | 27 |
| ___ wonders | 11 |
| ___ wonders (Tone Loc and 10,000 Maniacs, e.g.) | 47 |
| ___ Wong ("Resident Evil" spy) | 40 |
| ___ Wood (character in a tongue twister) | 40 |
| ___ wood (slept) | 16 |
| ___ wood (snored) | 17 |
| ___ wood (snores) | 17 |
| ___ Wood of boating fame | 24 |
| ___ Woods National Monument | 27 |
| ___ Woods National Monument, Calif. | 35 |
| ___ Woods, near S. F. | 21 |
| ___ wool (soft material) | 24 |
| ___ word | 8 |
| ___ word (briefly) | 18 |
| ___ word (coinage of a sort) | 28 |
| ___ word (retard) | 17 |
| ___ word, coined for single use | 31 |
| ___ worded (like a harsh reprimand) | 35 |
| ___ words | 9 |
| ___ words (equivocations) | 25 |
| ___ words (pun) | 15 |
| ___ words (retract) | 19 |
| ___ words (that is to say) | 26 |
| ___ words (verbalizes) | 22 |
| ___ Work | 8 |
| ___ Work ("Down Under" band from down under) | 54 |
| ___ Work (1980s pop group) | 26 |
| ___ work (drudgery) | 19 |
| ___ Work (road repair sign) | 27 |
| ___ work (road sign) | 20 |
| ___ work (toiling earnestly) | 28 |
| ___ Works | 9 |
| ___ World | 9 |
| ___ World (Columbus' discovery) | 35 |
| ___ World Peace | 15 |
| ___ World Peace (Ron Artest's newly-proposed name) | 54 |
| ___ World Service (international news provider) | 47 |
| ___ World Service (radio provider) | 34 |
| ___ World Tour (sports circuit) | 31 |
| ___ WorldCom | 12 |
| ___ Worm (1980s light-up toy) | 29 |
| ___ Worm (1980s Playskool toy) | 30 |
| ___ Worm (old Playskool toy) | 28 |
| ___ worm (punch line to a "What's worse ...?" riddle involving an apple) | 86 |
| ___ Worms | 9 |
| ___ worms (chewy candy) | 23 |
| ___ worse than death | 20 |
| ___ worship | 11 |
| ___ worth | 9 |
| ___ Wrap | 8 |
| ___ wraps (concealed) | 21 |
| ___ wreath | 10 |
| ___ wrench | 10 |
| ___ wrench (L-shaped hexagonal bar) | 35 |
| ___ wrestling | 13 |
| ___ Wuornos, "Monster" role for which Charlize Theron won an Oscar | 76 |
| ___ X | 5 |
| ___ X ("Saturday Night Live" character played by Chris Rock) | 70 |
| ___ X (Chris Rock "SNL" character) | 44 |
| ___ X (Chris Rock character on "SNL") | 47 |
| ___ X (Coca-Cola's secret ingredient) | 41 |
| ___ x height = area | 19 |
| ___ X of TV ads | 15 |
| ___ X'er (Baby Boomer's child, perhaps) | 47 |
| ___ X-ing | 9 |
| ___ Xer | 7 |
| ___ Xers | 8 |
| ___ Xers (baby boomers' kids) | 33 |
| ___ Xiaoping | 12 |
| ___ Xiaoping, China's paramount leader | 42 |
| ___ XII (leader during WWII) | 28 |
| ___ Ximénez (dessert sherry) | 31 |
| ___ Xing | 8 |
| ___ XING (road sign) | 20 |
| ___ Xing (sign) | 15 |
| ___ Xing (street sign's warning) | 36 |
| ___ XING (street sign) | 22 |
| ___ Xtra (Coca-Cola Company beverage) | 37 |
| ___ Xtra (Coca-Cola subbrand) | 29 |
| ___ Xtra (Dr Pepper rival) | 26 |
| ___ Xtra (soda brand) | 21 |
| ___ Xtra (soft drink brand) | 27 |
| ___ XVIII (monarch whose reign was interrupted by the Hundred Days) | 67 |
| ___ XXX (Coors brand) | 21 |
| ___ y Gasset | 12 |
| ___ y plata | 11 |
| ___ y plata (Montana motto) | 27 |
| ___ y Plata (Montana's motto) | 33 |
| ___ Yale (benefactor of a famed university) (5) | 47 |
| ___ Yale, for whom Yale University is named | 43 |
| ___ Yam, Israel | 15 |
| ___ yang | 8 |
| ___ Yang Twins (rap duo) | 24 |
| ___ Yankees | 11 |
| ___ Yards | 9 |
| ___ Yards (home of the Orioles) | 31 |
| ___ yarn (does some storytelling) | 33 |
| ___ yarn (tell a story) | 23 |