| __ manager (cruise-ship executive) | 34 |
| __ man | 6 |
| __ Mama: rum drink | 18 |
| __ Malvinas: the Falklands | 26 |
| __ male | 7 |
| __ Major: Great Dog constellation | 33 |
| __ Major: Great Bear | 20 |
| __ Major: constellation | 23 |
| __ Major (the Big Dipper) | 25 |
| __ Major (dog of Orion) | 23 |
| __ Major (constellation) | 24 |
| __ Major (Big Dipper) | 21 |
| __ Major (Big Dipper's locale) | 34 |
| __ Major (Big Dipper's constellation) | 41 |
| __ Major (Big Dipper constellation) | 35 |
| __ Major | 8 |
| __ majesty: high treason | 24 |
| __ Majesty, the Queen | 21 |
| __ majesty (high crime) | 23 |
| __ majesty | 10 |
| __ Majal | 8 |
| __ main (primarily) | 19 |
| __ mail (business' postal rate) | 35 |
| __ mail | 7 |
| __ Mahal | 8 |
| __ Mae: student loan group | 26 |
| __ Macbeth | 10 |
| __ luxury | 9 |
| __ lunch (not paying attention) | 31 |
| __ Lumpur, Malaysia | 19 |
| __ Luke of Charlie Chan films | 29 |
| __ Luft, daughter of Judy Garland | 33 |
| __ Ludwig, biographer of Stalin, Napoleon, Goethe, and others | 61 |
| __ Luck | 7 |
| __ LuÃs, Brazil | 18 |
| __ low | 6 |
| __ love | 7 |
| __ loss: puzzled | 16 |
| __ loss for words | 17 |
| __ loss | 7 |
| __ Lopez: chess opening | 23 |
| __ Lopez (chess opening) | 24 |
| __ Loops | 8 |
| __ long way: last | 17 |
| __ long way: help considerably | 30 |
| __ long way (last) | 18 |
| __ long way | 11 |
| __ Lodge: budget chain | 22 |
| __ Lodge | 8 |
| __ loading (marathoner's ritual) | 36 |
| __ Loa (Hawaiian volcano) | 25 |
| __ Loa (Hawaiian peak) | 22 |
| __ Loa | 6 |
| __ lizzie | 9 |
| __ living (be employed) | 23 |
| __ Litella: Gilda Radner's "Never mind!" character | 64 |
| __ listening | 12 |
| __ List: Forbes best-companies feature | 38 |
| __ List (political-action group) | 32 |
| __ list | 7 |
| __ Lisa Vito: "My Cousin Vinny" role | 46 |
| __ Lingus: Irish carrier | 24 |
| __ Lingus | 9 |
| __ lines | 8 |
| __ Line Railroad (Canadian Pacific line) | 40 |
| __ line | 7 |
| __ Linda: San Bernardino suburb | 31 |
| __ Linda: city near Santa Ana | 29 |
| __ Linda, California | 20 |
| __ Linda, Calif. | 16 |
| __ Linda, CA | 12 |
| __ limit | 8 |
| __ lily: calla | 14 |
| __ lily (Utah's state flower) | 33 |
| __ lily (Utah state flower) | 27 |
| __ lily | 7 |
| __ Lilly & Co. | 18 |
| __ lights | 9 |
| __ light: moviemaker's tool | 31 |
| __ light: filmmaking arc lamp | 29 |
| __ light (film-set need) | 24 |
| __ Light | 8 |
| __ life | 7 |
| __ license | 10 |
| __ liberales: universidad course | 32 |
| __ Lewis, 2006 winner on U.K. talent show "The X Factor" | 66 |
| __ level | 8 |
| __ letter to (wrote) | 20 |
| __ legs: rear pair | 18 |
| __ legs: rear extremities | 25 |
| __ legs (quadruped's pair) | 30 |
| __ legs | 7 |
| __ left field (wrong) | 21 |
| __ left field | 13 |
| __ Lee: dessert brand | 21 |
| __ Lee Schupf, eponymous daughter of a baking entrepreneur | 58 |
| __ Lee of cake fame | 19 |
| __ Lee cakes | 12 |
| __ Lee Bunton, a.k.a. Baby Spice | 32 |
| __ Lee (cake name) | 18 |