| _____ in apple | 14 |
| _____ in the ointment | 21 |
| _____ in the right direction | 28 |
| _____ in xylophone | 18 |
| _____ incognita | 15 |
| _____ incognita (old map notation) | 34 |
| _____ ingly, Manitoba | 21 |
| _____ Institute (self-improvement group) | 40 |
| _____ Intruder, 1965 Nielsen movie | 34 |
| _____ iron | 10 |
| _____ Island | 12 |
| _____ Island ferry | 18 |
| _____ Island Lake, Quebec | 25 |
| _____ Island, Nova Scotia oil find | 34 |
| _____ Island, Ontario | 21 |
| _____ Island, Quebec | 20 |
| _____ Islands (Guam and others) | 31 |
| _____ Islands (Indian Ocean locale) | 35 |
| _____ Islands (Pacific group) | 29 |
| _____ Islands, British protectorate until 1965 | 46 |
| _____ Islands, near New Guinea | 30 |
| _____ Islands, Nova Scotia | 26 |
| _____ Islands, southwest of New Guinea | 38 |
| _____ it all | 12 |
| _____ it! | 9 |
| _____ jacket | 12 |
| _____ Janeiro | 13 |
| _____ Jay, BC's official bird | 33 |
| _____ Jean aka Marilyn | 22 |
| _____ Jean Baptiste Day | 23 |
| _____ jet | 9 |
| _____ Jima | 10 |
| _____ Jo, of the '88 Olympics | 33 |
| _____ Joaquin Valley | 20 |
| _____ Joe, of "Tom Sawyer" | 36 |
| _____ Jordan | 12 |
| _____ Jose | 10 |
| _____ judicata | 14 |
| _____ juice (milk) | 18 |
| _____ Jumpin (Canuck expletive) | 31 |
| _____ jure | 10 |
| _____ jure (by operation of law) | 32 |
| _____ Kan pet foods | 19 |
| _____ Kari | 10 |
| _____ Khan | 10 |
| _____ Khayyam | 13 |
| _____ King Cole | 15 |
| _____ Kippur | 12 |
| _____ Kournikova of tennis fame | 31 |
| _____ Krishna | 13 |
| _____ kwon do | 13 |
| _____ kwon do (Korean karate) | 29 |
| _____ kwon do (martial art) | 27 |
| _____ l'Évêque (French cheese) | 41 |
| _____ La Hache | 14 |
| _____ Labs | 10 |
| _____ Lackawanna Railway | 24 |
| _____ Lake, New Brunswick | 26 |
| _____ Lake, Alberta | 19 |
| _____ Lake, New Brunswick | 25 |
| _____ Lake, Quebec | 18 |
| _____ Lake, Saskatchewan | 24 |
| _____ Lama | 10 |
| _____ Lamaze ( winner of equestrian silver) | 43 |
| _____ Land (British Columbia's Fraser delta) | 48 |
| _____ Land (northern Greenland) | 31 |
| _____ landers (British Columbians jokingly) | 43 |
| _____ Landing, Quebec | 21 |
| _____ Lang (Superbody's girlfriend) | 39 |
| _____ Lanka | 11 |
| _____ law (physics principle) | 29 |
| _____ Lawrence College | 22 |
| _____ Lay (snack-food company) | 30 |
| _____ Le Pew | 12 |
| _____ League (group since 1945) | 31 |
| _____ League (Mideast group) | 28 |
| _____ Lee | 9 |
| _____ Lee cheesecake | 20 |
| _____ Lilas (Paris suburb) | 26 |
| _____ Lilly & Co. | 21 |
| _____ Linda, Calif. | 19 |
| _____ Lingus | 12 |
| _____ Lingus (Irish carrier) | 28 |
| _____ Lippo Lippi | 17 |
| _____ Lisa | 10 |
| _____ list | 10 |
| _____ lizzie | 12 |
| _____ Locks (Great Lakes passage) | 33 |
| _____ loss | 10 |
| _____ loss for words | 20 |
| _____ Lumpur | 12 |
| _____ Luthor | 12 |
| _____ MacNeil | 13 |
| _____ Madness | 13 |
| _____ Magazine | 14 |
| _____ Mahal | 11 |
| _____ majesty | 13 |
| _____ Major | 11 |
| _____ major (legal doctrine) | 28 |
| _____ Malaprop (Sheridan character) | 35 |