| __ Lee (cake company) | 21 |
| __ León: Monterrey's state | 33 |
| __ leaves | 9 |
| __ least | 8 |
| __ Leandro, CA | 14 |
| __ League | 9 |
| __ leaf | 7 |
| __ lazuli | 9 |
| __ layer | 8 |
| __ law (medieval code) | 22 |
| __ Law | 6 |
| __ lava | 7 |
| __ Lauro: ship in 1985 news | 27 |
| __ later date | 13 |
| __ Largo, FL | 12 |
| __ large | 8 |
| __ Laredo, Mexico | 17 |
| __ larceny | 10 |
| __ Lanka | 8 |
| __ lang syne | 12 |
| __ lane: carpooler's access | 31 |
| __ lane (carpoolers' convenience) | 37 |
| __ lane | 7 |
| __ land: unreality | 18 |
| __ land | 7 |
| __ lamp (1960s fad) | 19 |
| __ lamp | 7 |
| __ Lama | 7 |
| __ Lake, town near Lake Placid | 30 |
| __ ladder | 9 |
| __ Lactea (our galaxy) | 22 |
| __ Lackawanna Railway | 21 |
| __ Lackawanna Railroad | 22 |
| __ Laboratories, company that introduced Tylenol | 48 |
| __ lab | 6 |
| __ La Table: high-end cookware shop | 35 |
| __ la Plata (Buenos Aires' river) | 37 |
| __ la Plata | 11 |
| __ la Paix (Paris street) | 25 |
| __ la la (singing syllables) | 28 |
| __ la la | 8 |
| __ l'oeil: artistic effect | 30 |
| __ l'Évêque: pale-yellow cheese | 42 |
| __ kwon do | 10 |
| __ Kush mountains | 17 |
| __ Krishna | 10 |
| __ Kringle | 10 |
| __ Kreme doughnuts | 18 |
| __ Krabappel, Bart Simpson's teacher | 40 |
| __ Kong (Chinese region) | 24 |
| __ Kong | 7 |
| __ knife (large-blade weapon) | 29 |
| __ knee (preparing to propose) | 30 |
| __ Kitchen (organic food brand) | 31 |
| __ Kippur | 9 |
| __ Kinte ("Roots" patriarch) | 38 |
| __ Kinko's | 14 |
| __ King, close friend of Oprah | 30 |
| __ King Cole | 12 |
| __ king | 7 |
| __ Kim | 6 |
| __ KIDS Sprout (cable channel) | 30 |
| __ Kid (western hero) | 21 |
| __ Khan: Rita Hayworth's husband | 36 |
| __ Khan: "The Jungle Book" tiger | 42 |
| __ Khan (Kipling tiger) | 23 |
| __ Khan ("Jungle Book" tiger) | 39 |
| __ Khan | 7 |
| __ kebab | 8 |
| __ Karate: old aftershave | 25 |
| __ Kan: Alpo rival | 18 |
| __ Kan: Alpo alternative | 24 |
| __ Kan dog food | 15 |
| __ Kadabra: foe of the Flash | 28 |
| __ juvante: with God's help (Monaco's motto) | 52 |
| __ jure: by the law itself | 26 |
| __ jure | 7 |
| __ jumbo | 8 |
| __ Julia, who played Gomez Addams | 33 |
| __ Julia of "The Addams Family" | 41 |
| __ judicata: decided case | 25 |
| __ Juan, PR | 11 |
| __ Joy: candy bar | 17 |
| __ Jose | 7 |
| __ Jordan: Nike brand | 21 |
| __ Jones's locker | 21 |
| __ Jones' locker | 20 |
| __ Jones Industrials | 20 |
| __ Johnston, former fiancé of Bristol Palin | 46 |
| __ Joe: ground-beef-on-a-bun concoction | 39 |
| __ Joe | 6 |
| __ job: trickery | 16 |
| __ job on: deceive | 18 |
| __ job | 6 |
| __ Jima | 7 |
| __ jiffy | 8 |
| __ jet: Aviva sled | 18 |
| __ Jessica Parker | 17 |
| __ Jeanne d'Arc | 19 |
| __ jar: static electricity storage device | 41 |