| Less popular half of a 45 | 25 |
| Less popular half of a record | 29 |
| Less popular song, often | 24 |
| Less popular track, often | 25 |
| Less popular, as a restaurant | 29 |
| Less portable fire starter? | 27 |
| Less presentable, perhaps | 25 |
| Less promising of two songs | 27 |
| Less reassuring, perhaps | 24 |
| Less shake than a quake | 23 |
| Less sophisticated, in a way | 28 |
| Less sophisticated, maybe | 25 |
| Less sweet, at a wine tasting | 29 |
| Less tasteful, in a way | 23 |
| Less tended, as a garden | 24 |
| Less than 1 m.p.h., as winds | 28 |
| Less than 100 shares of stock | 29 |
| Less than 90 (degrees) | 22 |
| Less than 90°, as an angle | 29 |
| Less than a blockbuster | 23 |
| Less than a one-star movie | 26 |
| Less than a warm welcome | 24 |
| Less than average grades | 24 |
| Less than average tide | 22 |
| Less than enthusiastic | 22 |
| Less than occasionally | 22 |
| Less than quadraphonic | 22 |
| Less than satisfactory | 22 |
| Less than scintillating | 23 |
| Less than seldom, poetically | 28 |
| Less than slim, chancewise | 26 |
| Less than three-dimensional | 27 |
| Less valid, as an excuse | 24 |
| Less valid, excusewise | 22 |
| Less well-done, as steak | 24 |
| Less-bitter British beers | 25 |
| Less-filling Miller beers | 25 |
| Less-played tunes, typically | 28 |
| Less-than sign's keymate | 28 |
| Less-than-average grades | 24 |
| Less-than-average tide | 22 |
| Less-than-climactic start? | 26 |
| Less-than-great book #1 | 23 |
| Less-than-great book #2 | 23 |
| Less-than-great book #3 | 23 |
| Less-than-lovely ladies | 23 |
| Less-than-Ruthian hits | 22 |
| Less-than-social sorts | 22 |
| Less-than-spectacular effort | 28 |
| Lessee's responsibility | 27 |
| Lessen money in circulation | 27 |
| Lessen one's exposure | 25 |
| Lessen one's exposure? | 26 |
| Lessen the seriousness of | 25 |
| Lessen the worth of, as money | 29 |
| Lessen, as difficulties | 23 |
| Lessen, with "down" | 29 |
| Lessen, with "up" | 27 |
| Lessened, as enthusiasm | 23 |
| Lessened, as suffering | 22 |
| Lessens the discomfort of | 25 |
| Lessens, as discomfort | 22 |
| Lesser Antilles Indian | 22 |
| Lesser Antilles Indians | 23 |
| Lesser Antilles island | 22 |
| Lesser Antilles native | 22 |
| Lesser baseball leagues | 23 |
| Lesser Caribbean islands? | 25 |
| Lesser half of a hit 45 | 23 |
| Lesser nobleman, in Spain | 25 |
| Lesser Spanish noblemen | 23 |
| Lesser-known astrology symbol | 29 |
| Lesser-known part of a record | 29 |
| Lesser-known song on a 45 | 25 |
| Lesser-of-evils situation | 25 |
| Lesser-played half of a 45 | 26 |
| Lesser-played part of a 45 | 26 |
| Lesson about sin, say: Abbr. | 28 |
| Lesson duration, often | 22 |
| Lesson for beginning players | 28 |
| Lesson from Jack Nicklaus? | 26 |
| Lesson from Madame La Zonga | 27 |
| Lesson taught by a fable | 24 |
| Lesson-cheater's aid | 24 |
| Lessons for immigrants | 22 |
| Lessons from a tough school | 27 |
| Lessor's collection | 23 |
| Lessor's responsibility | 27 |
| Lester Bowles' bride | 24 |
| Lester Young sobriquet | 22 |
| Lester Young's sobriquet | 28 |
| Lestrade's title: Abbr. | 27 |
| Let --- (drop the matter) | 25 |
| Let a breeze in, in poetry | 26 |
| Let a judge hear the case | 25 |
| Let a scandal blow over, say | 28 |
| Let down one's guard | 24 |
| Let down, as one's hair | 27 |
| Let everyone else have a turn | 29 |
| Let float, as a currency | 24 |