| John Denver hit "--- Song" | 36 |
| John Denver tune, with ''The'' | 46 |
| John Denver wrote two songs about this town | 43 |
| John Denver's "Christmas in _____" | 48 |
| John Denver's "___ Song" | 38 |
| John Denver's "_____Song" | 39 |
| John Donne's "___ Be Not Proud" | 45 |
| John Drew's co-star: 1892–97 | 39 |
| John Dunlop's 1888 invention | 32 |
| John Edward's supposed ability | 34 |
| John Edwards' dirty debate tactic #1 | 40 |
| John Edwards' dirty debate tactic #2 | 40 |
| John Edwards' dirty debate tactic #3 | 40 |
| John Entwistle "___ Strings" | 38 |
| John F. Kennedy Jr.'s magazine | 34 |
| John F. Kennedy Library architect | 33 |
| John F. Kennedy or George H. W. Bush | 36 |
| John Farnham "Don't Let ___" | 42 |
| John Ford 1952 film, with "The" | 41 |
| John Fowles novel, with "The" | 39 |
| John Frusciante song off "Curtains" | 45 |
| John Glenn in ''The Right Stuff'' | 49 |
| John Glenn or Davy Crockett, e.g. | 33 |
| John Glenn player in "The Right Stuff" | 48 |
| John Glenn's Mercury spacecraft | 35 |
| John Gotti's nickname, with "the" | 47 |
| John Grisham book about fashion show critics? | 45 |
| John Grisham novel, with "The" | 40 |
| John Grisham's "A Time to ___" | 44 |
| John Grisham's "___ to Kill" | 42 |
| John Guare play, with "The" | 37 |
| John H. ___, Jackson's first Secretary of War | 49 |
| John Hersey's 'A Bell for --' | 41 |
| John Hersey's "A Bell for ___" | 44 |
| John Hurt film, 1980 (with "The") | 44 |
| John III ___, King of Poland: 17th century | 42 |
| John Irving novel, with ''The'' | 47 |
| John Irving's 'A Prayer for -- Meany' | 49 |
| John Irving's "The ___ House Rules" | 49 |
| John Irving's "__ of the Circus" | 46 |
| John Irving's "___ of the Circus" | 47 |
| John Irving's A ____ of the Circus | 38 |
| John Irving's alma mater: Abbr. | 35 |
| John Irving's title hero T.S. | 33 |
| John Jacob who made a fortune in fur trading | 44 |
| John Jacob ___ (first U.S. millionaire) | 39 |
| John Kennedy Toole book about a desert union? | 45 |
| John Kenneth Galbraith's subj. | 34 |
| John Kerry's Colorado birthplace | 36 |
| John Kerry's senatorial predecessor | 39 |
| John Kerry's station in Vietnam | 35 |
| John known as the "Teflon Don" | 40 |
| John known for overlapping diagrams | 35 |
| John L. Lewis was its first pres. | 33 |
| John L. Lewis's group in the 30's | 41 |
| John Le Carré's Karla, for example | 41 |
| John Legend's "___ Me" | 36 |
| John Lennon "The Luck of the ___" | 43 |
| John Lennon "___ Hard" | 32 |
| John Lennon song "Dear ___" | 37 |
| John Lennon song for being left alone? | 38 |
| John Lennon song or Dick Van Dyke movie | 39 |
| John Lennon's "Dear ___" | 38 |
| John Lennon's "Instant ---" | 41 |
| John Lennon's "Instant ___!" | 42 |
| John Lennon's adopted middle name | 37 |
| John Lennon's last million-selling single | 45 |
| John Lennon: "___ Hard" | 33 |
| John Lindsay's "The ___" | 38 |
| John Logan's "To the Cuckoo," e.g. | 48 |
| John Maus "Rights for ___" | 36 |
| John Mayer "___ Given Thursday" | 41 |
| John Mayer song about an advertising sign? | 42 |
| John Mayer: "No ___ Thing" | 36 |
| John Maynard Keynes's alma mater | 36 |
| John McCain and Kurt Vonnegut, once, for short | 46 |
| John McCain's alma mater, briefly | 37 |
| John McCain's alma mater: Abbr. | 35 |
| John McCain's dirty debate tactic #1 | 40 |
| John McCain's dirty debate tactic #2 | 40 |
| John McCain's dirty debate tactic #3 | 40 |
| John McCain's dirty debate tactic #4 | 40 |
| John McCain, after not shaving for a few days? | 46 |
| John McCain, e.g., for over five years | 38 |
| John McEnroe went ballistic over them | 37 |
| John McGraw's "boy" | 33 |
| John Mellencamp "Get ___ Up" | 38 |
| John Mellencamp "I was born in ___" | 45 |
| John Mellencamp "Let It ___" | 38 |
| John Mellencamp "Now More ___ Ever" | 45 |
| John Mellencamp "Walk ___" | 36 |
| John Mellencamp "Women ___" | 37 |
| John Mellencamp's "Town" | 38 |
| John Montagu, Fourth --- Sandwich | 33 |
| John of ''Good Times'' | 38 |
| John of ''The Addams Family'' | 45 |
| John of 'Harold & Kumar' films | 42 |
| John of 'The Addams Family' | 35 |
| John of 'The Blues Brothers' | 36 |
| John of 'Three's Company' | 37 |