| __ dish | 7 |
| __ disease: tick-transmitted affliction | 39 |
| __ disease: tick-borne illness | 30 |
| __ disease: bovine infection | 28 |
| __ discount | 11 |
| __ disco ('80s European music genre) | 40 |
| __ disadvantage | 15 |
| __ Direct: online bank | 22 |
| __ dire: jury interview | 23 |
| __ dire: juror examination | 26 |
| __ dire: court oath | 19 |
| __ dip | 6 |
| __ Dinh Diem | 12 |
| __ diminishing returns | 22 |
| __ difference (mattered) | 24 |
| __ dieu | 7 |
| __ diet | 7 |
| __ diem: seize the day | 22 |
| __ diem worker | 14 |
| __ diem | 7 |
| __ Diego, CA | 12 |
| __ Diego | 8 |
| __ dictum: passing remark | 25 |
| __ dicta (incidental remarks) | 29 |
| __ Diane | 8 |
| __ Diamond | 10 |
| __ Diable: old penal colony site | 32 |
| __ Diable | 9 |
| __ di Pisa | 10 |
| __ di Lammermoor (opera heroine) | 32 |
| __ Dhabi | 8 |
| __ Detroit: "Guys and Dolls" role | 43 |
| __ des Beaux-Arts | 17 |
| __ depth finder | 15 |
| __ den | 6 |
| __ delta (Concorde wing shape) | 30 |
| __ del Sol | 10 |
| __ del Rio, Cuba | 16 |
| __ del Fuego | 12 |
| __ del Carmen, Mexico | 21 |
| __ Deion: NFL nickname | 22 |
| __ Dei: lamb of God | 19 |
| __ Dei | 6 |
| __ degree | 9 |
| __ Decor: home fashion mag | 26 |
| __ decongestant | 15 |
| __ Deco | 7 |
| __ deal | 7 |
| __ deaf ear | 11 |
| __ Dea: Roman fertility goddess | 31 |
| __ de vivre | 11 |
| __ de vie: French brandies | 26 |
| __ de vie: brandy | 17 |
| __ de vente: bill of sale | 25 |
| __ de trois | 11 |
| __ de Triomphe | 14 |
| __ de Toulouse-Lautrec | 22 |
| __ de toilette | 14 |
| __ de Timbales: Tito Puente's nickname | 42 |
| __ de somme: beast of burden | 28 |
| __ de soie: silk cloth | 22 |
| __ de soie: bridal gown fabric | 30 |
| __ de plume | 11 |
| __ de mer | 9 |
| __ de menthe (liqueur) | 22 |
| __ de menthe | 12 |
| __ de Mayo | 10 |
| __ de leche (Spanish confection) | 32 |
| __ de la Cité | 16 |
| __ de Janeiro, Brazil | 21 |
| __ de Janeiro | 13 |
| __ de guerre | 12 |
| __ de gallo: Mexican salsa | 26 |
| __ de France: sports venue near Paris | 37 |
| __ de France | 12 |
| __ de force | 11 |
| __ de foie gras | 15 |
| __ de espera: waiting room | 26 |
| __ de deux | 10 |
| __ de corps | 11 |
| __ de combat | 12 |
| __ de Cologne | 13 |
| __ de coeur: pained outburst | 28 |
| __ de Chine: light fabric | 25 |
| __ de cacao | 11 |
| __ de Boulogne: Paris park | 26 |
| __ de Aneto (highest of the Pyrenees) | 37 |
| __ days (yore) | 14 |
| __ days (time long past) | 24 |
| __ days (long ago) | 18 |
| __ days (at present) | 20 |
| __ days | 7 |
| __ day: Wednesday | 17 |
| __ Day: dietary supplement brand | 32 |
| __ Day vitamins | 15 |
| __ Day (tree-planting time) | 27 |
| __ Day (tree-planting celebration) | 34 |
| __ Day (tree planting time) | 27 |
| __ Day (time to plant trees) | 28 |
| __ Day (September 19th celebration) | 35 |