| The Mikado executioner | 25 |
| The Mighty Mississippi | 22 |
| The Mideast's ____ Strip | 28 |
| The Mideast's __ Strip | 26 |
| The Mideast's Gulf of ___ | 29 |
| The middle Simpson sibling | 26 |
| The middle Simpson child | 24 |
| The middle of next wk. | 22 |
| The middle number of 36-24-36 | 29 |
| The middle Corleone brother | 27 |
| The middle Andrews sister | 25 |
| The Middies' inst. | 22 |
| The mi. in Mile-High City | 25 |
| The Meuse, to the Dutch | 23 |
| The Mets' old home | 22 |
| The mess Esau got into? | 23 |
| The Mersey flows to it | 22 |
| The Merry Widow composer | 27 |
| The Meritorious ______ Cross | 28 |
| The merchant of Venice | 22 |
| The Men and Women of Troy | 25 |
| The Mekong flows through it | 27 |
| The Mekong and Nile have them | 29 |
| The Mediterranean, to Romans | 28 |
| The Mediterranean, to Hans | 26 |
| The Mediterranean, for one | 26 |
| The Mediterranean, e.g. | 23 |
| The Mayflower's cooper | 26 |
| The may be left in stitches | 27 |
| The may be in the closet | 24 |
| The max. score on it is 240 | 27 |
| The max is usually 4.0 | 22 |
| The max is 4.0, traditionally | 29 |
| The Mavericks, on scoreboards | 29 |
| The Matterhorn, for one | 23 |
| The matador's opponent | 26 |
| The matador's adversary | 27 |
| The mass of the people | 22 |
| The Masked Man's pal | 24 |
| The Marshall Plan, e.g.? | 24 |
| The Marshall Islands, e.g. | 26 |
| THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO | 22 |
| The mark on the C in Capek | 26 |
| The Marines want a few | 22 |
| The margin runs along it | 24 |
| The March King's family | 27 |
| The March King and family | 25 |
| The Marcels' biggest hit | 28 |
| The maples, to a botanist | 25 |
| The maple leaf, to Canada | 25 |
| The Mannings of the NFL | 23 |
| The Manning brothers, for two | 29 |
| The Manning brothers, e.g. | 26 |
| The mandible is part of it | 26 |
| The Manassa ___(Jack Dempsey) | 29 |
| The Man Without a Country | 25 |
| The man with the golden touch | 29 |
| The Man With the Golden Gun | 27 |
| The man who came to dinner | 26 |
| The Man of Cardinals history | 28 |
| The Man of a Thousand Faces | 27 |
| The Man in the ____ Mask | 24 |
| The man holding us up? | 22 |
| The man from U.N.C.L.E. | 23 |
| The man for all seasons | 23 |
| The Maldives are part of it | 27 |
| The makings of Adam: Gen. 2:7 | 29 |
| The majority of sissies? | 24 |
| The majority of Jutlanders | 26 |
| The majority of Antarctica | 26 |
| The Main ___ (Broadway) | 23 |
| The mail carrier is __ | 22 |
| The Maid was executed here | 26 |
| The Mahabharata, for one | 24 |
| The Magnificent Seven leader | 28 |
| The Magician from Riga | 22 |
| The Magic, on scoreboards | 25 |
| The Magic Flute, for one | 24 |
| The Magic Flute composer | 24 |
| The Magi, for instance | 22 |
| The Mad Hatter's drink | 26 |
| The Mad Hatter's beverage | 29 |
| The Mad Barbara Stanwyck | 27 |
| The Macbeths, for example | 25 |
| The Macarena and pet rocks | 26 |
| The M of "M.E." | 25 |
| The Lyna River, to a Berliner | 29 |
| The Luxor Bridge spans it | 25 |
| The Lusitania's undoer | 26 |
| The luck of the Irish? | 22 |
| The LPGA's Sorenstam | 24 |
| The LPGA's Michelle | 23 |
| The Loyal Order of ____ | 23 |
| The lower foreleg in beef | 25 |
| The Lower 48, to a Hawaiian | 27 |
| The lowdown on dancing? | 23 |
| The Love ____ :'73 song | 29 |
| The love of money it is said | 29 |
| The love of Juan's life? | 28 |
| The Love Bug, of Disney films | 29 |