| John Irving's T.S. | 22 |
| John Irving's peepers? | 26 |
| John Irving's alma mater | 28 |
| John Irving title protagonist | 29 |
| John Irving title character | 27 |
| John Irving protagonist | 23 |
| John Irving character Owen | 26 |
| John in the White House | 23 |
| John Huston's final film | 28 |
| John Huston war movie of 1981 | 29 |
| John Houseman ad phrase | 23 |
| John Herzfeld TV film: 1987 | 27 |
| John Hersey's bell town | 27 |
| John Hersey title from Psalms | 29 |
| John Henry's mother | 23 |
| John Harmon, in Dickens story | 29 |
| John Hancock, for short | 23 |
| John Hancock's place | 24 |
| John Hancock Tower designer | 27 |
| John Hancock and others | 23 |
| John Grisham best seller | 24 |
| John Grisham alma mater | 23 |
| John Greenleaf Whittier opus | 28 |
| John Glenn's state | 22 |
| John Glenn's achievement | 28 |
| John Glenn was one, twice | 25 |
| John George's better half | 29 |
| John Gay's classic | 22 |
| John Galway's collection | 28 |
| John Galsworthy wrote one | 25 |
| John Fowles's lady | 22 |
| John Fletcher's Rx? | 23 |
| John F. Kennedy's mother | 28 |
| John Evelyn's famous work | 29 |
| John Elway, for the Broncos | 27 |
| John Elroy Sanford, casually | 28 |
| John Ellis Bush, familiarly | 27 |
| John Edwards, once: Abbr. | 25 |
| John Edwards's alma mater | 29 |
| John Edwards' hometown | 26 |
| John Duns ____ 1265-? | 22 |
| John Dowland's instrument | 29 |
| John Dos Passos trilogy | 23 |
| John Doe or Richard Roe | 23 |
| John Dickson and Vikki | 22 |
| John Denver tune of '74 | 27 |
| John Denver sang it in 1975 | 27 |
| John Denver movie of 1977 | 25 |
| John Deere improved it | 22 |
| John Deere headquarters city | 28 |
| John Deere deer, for one | 24 |
| John Deere Classic org. | 23 |
| John Dalton theorized on them | 29 |
| John D.'s handouts | 22 |
| John D. Rockefeller, for one | 28 |
| John D. MacDonald sleuth | 24 |
| John Cusack movie of 1985 | 25 |
| John Cusack film of '88 | 27 |
| John Coltrane played it | 23 |
| John Clayton's alias | 24 |
| John Cheever title word | 23 |
| John Chancellor's field | 27 |
| John Carpenter horror classic | 29 |
| John Candy's old show | 25 |
| John Candy wrote for it | 23 |
| John Candy comedy series | 24 |
| John Calvin's city | 22 |
| John Cale's instrument | 26 |
| John Burke, Irish genealogist | 29 |
| John Brown's eulogizer | 26 |
| John Brown's eulogist | 25 |
| John Brown's crime | 22 |
| John Boy's bailiwick | 24 |
| John Boehner trademark | 22 |
| John Bobbitt's ex-wife | 26 |
| John Birchers' foes | 23 |
| John Birch, for one (abbr.) | 27 |
| John Belushi venue, for short | 29 |
| John Belushi portrayal | 22 |
| John Belushi played one | 23 |
| John Belushi character | 22 |
| John Belushi catchphrase | 24 |
| John Barth's goat-boy | 25 |
| John Barleycorn's vessel | 28 |
| John B of song, for one | 23 |
| John Astin's actor son | 26 |
| John Arbuckle's coffee | 26 |
| John and Yoko, for one | 22 |
| John and Yoko's son | 23 |
| John and Yoko's child | 25 |
| John and Yoko's boy | 23 |
| John and Paul, e.g.: Abbr. | 26 |
| John and McCartney, for two | 27 |
| John and Jane, notably | 22 |
| John and Jane, in case titles | 29 |
| John and Jane Doe, e.g. | 23 |
| John and David of films | 23 |
| John and Bonnie of song | 23 |
| John and Bobby's brother | 28 |
| John Adams, religiously | 23 |