| Like some port authorities | 26 |
| Like B.B. King's music | 26 |
| Like Ma Rainey's music | 26 |
| Laura Dern film of '86 | 26 |
| Literary backing of a kind | 26 |
| Like a career-ruining move | 26 |
| Like a G-string, sometimes | 26 |
| Like one really into studs | 26 |
| Like a heavenly pot roast? | 26 |
| Limited military promotion | 26 |
| Like one who can be bought | 26 |
| Liquid at room temperature | 26 |
| Low-priced entrée item? | 26 |
| Leatherstocking name: Var. | 26 |
| Large gourd used for pipes | 26 |
| Like many radio talk shows | 26 |
| Language of southern China | 26 |
| Like a raspberry bush stem | 26 |
| Levy on flooring supplies? | 26 |
| Like some C.S.I. evidence? | 26 |
| Letter-shaped shop devices | 26 |
| Last Supper representation | 26 |
| Long-ago battle protection | 26 |
| Like some medicine bottles | 26 |
| Like a well-used fireplace | 26 |
| L'Oréal alternative | 26 |
| Like the best explanations | 26 |
| Like undercover operations | 26 |
| Laundromat machine feature | 26 |
| Like 17th-century Virginia | 26 |
| Loser's hoped-for path | 26 |
| Letters, for the most part | 26 |
| Like Shakespeare and Bacon | 26 |
| Like a refrigerated peach? | 26 |
| Like an unopened Zinfandel | 26 |
| Louis Armstrong, sometimes | 26 |
| Lively French social dance | 26 |
| Leading money winner: 1951 | 26 |
| Last mowing of the season? | 26 |
| Like some words and swords | 26 |
| Like many to-do list items | 26 |
| Lindsay's collaborator | 26 |
| Like Times Square on 12/31 | 26 |
| Like some religious groups | 26 |
| Like a handlebar moustache | 26 |
| Least burdensome, as a job | 26 |
| Like some kitchen cabinets | 26 |
| Louisiana's state tree | 26 |
| Like "symbolize" | 26 |
| Like heroes of melodramas? | 26 |
| Lacks the nerve, for short | 26 |
| Like events on a time line | 26 |
| Letters for Whitty or Hess | 26 |
| Letter of regret to a G.I. | 26 |
| Like many political issues | 26 |
| Lower in the social status | 26 |
| Large dog bred for hunting | 26 |
| Leather for a frontiersman | 26 |
| Like stallers' tactics | 26 |
| Low sand hills, in Britain | 26 |
| Like covert actions, often | 26 |
| Leave a mess on the stove? | 26 |
| Lucy's husband and son | 26 |
| Looks down on with disdain | 26 |
| Lunar sci-fi movie of 1950 | 26 |
| Like low-sodium foods, say | 26 |
| Loser's order, perhaps | 26 |
| Long Branch Saloon visitor | 26 |
| Like a perfect performance | 26 |
| Loving grandparents, often | 26 |
| Long-running sci-fi series | 26 |
| Lenny in "Lenny" | 26 |
| Like some airport shopping | 26 |
| Lots of unsolicited advice | 26 |
| Like the first in the room | 26 |
| Like paintings in progress | 26 |
| Like sushi fish, typically | 26 |
| Longtime variety show host | 26 |
| Long, slippery and sinuous | 26 |
| Letter after ka in Spanish | 26 |
| Like many planetary orbits | 26 |
| Like nations on the way up | 26 |
| Least forceful, as threats | 26 |
| Lake in Finland, to Swedes | 26 |
| Like cars in heavy traffic | 26 |
| Locomotive operator: Abbr. | 26 |
| Like the Temple of Artemis | 26 |
| Louis Braille and Les Paul | 26 |
| Landlord's last resort | 26 |
| Like a roller-coaster ride | 26 |
| Like former fleet admirals | 26 |
| Look at a traffic problem? | 26 |
| Like an unbelievable story | 26 |
| Long-running CBS news show | 26 |
| Line at a script's end | 26 |
| Lead to mislead, in bridge | 26 |
| Long for one's own bed | 26 |
| Like holiday get-togethers | 26 |
| Lined, as a furnace hearth | 26 |
| Last chance to strike out? | 26 |