| The very start | 14 |
| The very rich may have private ones | 35 |
| The very recent past: Abbr. | 27 |
| The very rear | 13 |
| The very picture of health? | 27 |
| The very one | 12 |
| The very notion | 15 |
| The very lowest level | 21 |
| The very latest, as of technology | 33 |
| The very latest | 15 |
| The very last green | 19 |
| The very highest | 16 |
| The very first watering hole | 28 |
| The very first day | 18 |
| The very end | 12 |
| The very bright | 15 |
| The very bottom | 15 |
| The very best's ending | 26 |
| The very best | 13 |
| The very beginning of an invention | 34 |
| The very beginning | 18 |
| The Veronicas "___ Apart" | 35 |
| The Veronicas "We ___" | 32 |
| The Verizon pitchman's query | 32 |
| The Verizon Guy's query | 27 |
| The verb to be ( in Vercheres) | 30 |
| The vengeful comedian ... | 25 |
| The Venerable ____ English historian | 37 |
| The Venerable ___, English theologian | 37 |
| The Venerable ___, English scholar | 34 |
| The Venerable ___, English monk | 31 |
| The Venerable ___ (old English historian) | 41 |
| The Venerable ___ | 17 |
| The Velvet Underground & ___ | 32 |
| The Velvet Underground & __ | 31 |
| The Velvet Fog's first name | 31 |
| The Velvet Fog | 14 |
| The velvet ant, for one | 23 |
| The velvet ant is one | 21 |
| The Veils song about bad reviews? | 33 |
| The vegetarian Simpson | 22 |
| The vault of the sky | 20 |
| The Vatican's vicinity | 26 |
| The Vatican's language | 26 |
| The Vatican's home | 22 |
| The vat man | 11 |
| The vast majority of Friendster messages, these days | 52 |
| The Vaselines song about being furry? | 37 |
| The varnished truth | 19 |
| The Vandals' school | 23 |
| The Vandals of the Western Athletic Conference | 46 |
| The Vancouver _____ | 19 |
| The Vancouver Sun Run, e.g. | 27 |
| The Vancouver Island marmot, for one | 36 |
| The Van __ (Dick and Jerry) | 27 |
| The van driver ... | 18 |
| The Vamp | 8 |
| The value of an Egyptian sun god's bales? | 45 |
| The value of actress Fabray? | 28 |
| The Valley Island | 17 |
| The Valkyries answered to him | 29 |
| The Vaisyas, for one | 20 |
| The vain put them on | 20 |
| The Vagabond King composer | 29 |
| The V of V.P. | 13 |
| The V in PVC | 12 |
| The utmost | 10 |
| The usual: Abbr. | 16 |
| The usual taunt from the crowd when the ball-playing urologists are up? | 71 |
| The usual suspects? | 19 |
| The usual run of things | 23 |
| The usual amts. | 15 |
| The usual | 9 |
| The USS Enterprise, e.g. | 24 |
| The Used: "___ Your own Throat" | 41 |
| The used-car dealer ordered ___ | 31 |
| The Used "___ Your Own Throat" | 40 |
| The Used "___ It Away" | 32 |
| The Used "Pieces ___" | 31 |
| The use of figurative language | 30 |
| The use of cigarettes and cigars | 32 |
| The USA: Abbr. | 14 |
| The USA's largest labor union | 33 |
| The USA's 50 | 16 |
| The USA's "uncle" | 31 |
| The US joined it in '17 | 27 |
| The US declared it eradicated in 2005 | 37 |
| The Urubamba river flows through them | 37 |
| The urge to go to a school dance? | 33 |
| The Urals, e.g. | 15 |
| The Urals divide it | 19 |
| The Urals are west of it | 24 |
| The Upright Citizens Brigade, e.g. | 34 |
| The upper Thames River | 22 |
| The upper part | 14 |
| The upper Midwest's ___ Canals | 34 |
| The Upper House, briefly | 24 |
| The upper crust | 15 |
| The upper class | 15 |
| The unwashed | 12 |