| The largest asteroid in the solar system | 40 |
| The largest in captivity is about 23 feet long | 46 |
| The largest of the Ryukyu Islands | 33 |
| The last 30 seconds of many TV shows | 36 |
| The last amendment in the Bill of Rights | 40 |
| The Last Frontier's largest municipality | 44 |
| The last game there was played 9/28/2008 | 40 |
| The last King Richard of England | 32 |
| The last one's a backbreaker | 32 |
| The last palindromic one was 2002 | 33 |
| The last thing a fish might eat? | 32 |
| The last thing a Yale cheerleader wants | 39 |
| The last three presidents, in college | 37 |
| The last two were in St. Paul and Tampa | 39 |
| The last watch you'll ever need? | 36 |
| The last word in announcing home runs | 37 |
| The last word in many a foreign film | 36 |
| The last word of "The First Noel" | 43 |
| The late Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, familiarly | 41 |
| The late Peter Jennings's network | 37 |
| The latest celebrity transgression, say? | 40 |
| The latest from the world of corn? | 34 |
| The law for U.S. taxpayers (abbr.) | 34 |
| The law, according to Mr. Bumble | 32 |
| The League of Extraordinary Nitpickers? | 39 |
| The Lean One, in "Peer Gynt" | 38 |
| The Left Banke "Walk Away ___" | 40 |
| The Legend of Zelda console, for short | 38 |
| The Legend of Zelda platform, briefly | 37 |
| The Legend of Zelda platform, for short | 39 |
| The Legend of ___ (Nintendo game) | 33 |
| The Lemonheads lead singer Dando | 32 |
| The less you see of this person the better | 42 |
| The letter in "The Scarlet Letter" | 44 |
| The letter O doesn't have one | 33 |
| The Liberty Bell's strike note | 34 |
| The library does it again and again | 35 |
| The library in an old mansion may have one | 42 |
| The life of the party provides them | 35 |
| The life of ___ (luxurious existence) | 37 |
| The Lightning Seeds lead singer Broudie | 39 |
| The Lightning-Struck Tower, for one | 35 |
| The likes of fiction's Eloise | 33 |
| The lily maid of ___ (Tennyson's Elaine) | 44 |
| The limit's leader, after "the" | 45 |
| The lion's share of awards, at awards shows | 47 |
| The Lion, not the Witch or the Wardrobe | 39 |
| The Little Drummer Boy brought __ | 33 |
| The Little ___ (nursery-tale character) | 39 |
| The Littlest____(famous Canadian dog) | 37 |
| The London of "Brave New World," e.g. | 47 |
| The Lone Ranger's calling card | 34 |
| The Lone Ranger's faithful friend | 37 |
| The Lone Ranger's real identity | 35 |
| The Lone Ranger's shout to Silver | 37 |
| The Lone Ranger's silver bullet, e.g. | 41 |
| The Lone Ranger, after riding off | 33 |
| The Lonely Island "Jack ___" | 38 |
| The longer they are, the riskier | 32 |
| The loop it's best to be out of | 35 |
| The Loop's Marshall Field's, now | 40 |
| The Lord gave her a coat of skin: Gen. 3:21 | 43 |
| The lord in "The Lord of the Rings" | 45 |
| The Lord, as introduced to Moses | 32 |
| The Lorraine Campaign was part of it: Abbr. | 43 |
| The Lost ___ (post-W. W. I youths) | 34 |
| The Lost ____ , 1987 Hal-lowe'en horror story | 49 |
| The Louis whose mother was Marie Antoinette | 43 |
| The Love ___ (blow-up sheep novelty) | 36 |
| The Love ____ : Susan best-seller | 35 |
| The low (really low) self-esteem song? | 38 |
| The lowest form of humor, it's said | 39 |
| The lowest point on the earth's surface | 43 |
| The lumberjack quit because he was ___ | 38 |
| The Macarena or Psy's horse dance, e.g. | 43 |
| The mad scientist usually has one | 33 |
| The made-up country in "Duck Soup" | 44 |
| The Magellan spacecraft mapped it | 33 |
| The magic in the "Fireworks Music"? | 45 |
| The main characters are usually introduced in it | 48 |
| The major leagues are three levels above it | 43 |
| The majority of people live here | 32 |
| The majority of the world's population | 42 |
| The Mamas & the Papas' ode to an auto? | 46 |
| The man behind Fierce Creatures | 34 |
| The man behind "The Godfather" | 40 |
| The Man of Steel, as a young man | 32 |
| The man says, "I want to see ..." | 43 |
| The man's partner, in a Shaw title | 38 |
| The Manning with the most Super Bowl wins | 41 |
| The marijuana dealer tried to ... | 33 |
| The Marquis de Sade delivered his eulogy | 40 |
| The Mars Volta guitarist Rodriguez-Lopez | 40 |
| The Mars Volta guitarist ___ Rodriguez-Lopez | 44 |
| The Mars Volta: "Roulette ___" | 40 |
| The marshal in "Frontier Marshal" | 43 |
| The Marx Bros. left Paramount for it | 36 |
| The Marx Brothers spent a night there | 37 |
| The Marx Brothers, in "Monkey Business" | 49 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show anchorman | 38 |