| ___ Lee Nolin of "Baywatch" | 37 |
| ___ Lee of "Funny Face" | 33 |
| ___ Lee Parks, civil-rights activist | 36 |
| ___ Lee, who lived in a kingdom by the sea | 42 |
| ___ Lemaris, early love of Superman | 35 |
| ___ Lemon ("30 Rock" role) | 36 |
| ___ Lemon of "30 Rock" | 32 |
| ___ Leone, highest of the Lepontine Alps | 40 |
| ___ Leoni, Italian sculptor-medalist | 36 |
| ___ Leppard (British heavy metal band) | 38 |
| ___ Leslie, three-time W.N.B.A. M.V.P. | 38 |
| ___ Letterman (TV talk-show host) | 33 |
| ___ Levant, one of the Hyères | 32 |
| ___ Levenson (vixen on "The Office") | 46 |
| ___ Levy, Cohan's first wife | 32 |
| ___ Levy, four-time Super Bowl coach for Buffalo | 48 |
| ___ liberales (studies at universidades) | 40 |
| ___ Life ("Porgy and Bess" character) | 47 |
| ___ light (arc lamp used in moviemaking) | 40 |
| ___ light (movie maker's lamp) | 34 |
| ___ Lilly (pharmaceutical giant) | 32 |
| ___ Lilly and Co. (maker of Prozac) | 35 |
| ___ Lilly and Company (pharmaceutical giant) | 44 |
| ___ lily (Beehive State bloomer) | 32 |
| ___ Lily (Utah Native Plant Society newsletter) | 47 |
| ___ lily (Utah's state flower) | 34 |
| ___ Linda, CA (Nixon Library site) | 34 |
| ___ Linda, Calif. (Nixon's birthplace) | 42 |
| ___ Lindgren, creator of Pippi Longstocking | 43 |
| ___ Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking's creator | 46 |
| ___ Lindstrom (Ingrid Bergman's daughter) | 45 |
| ___ line (elaborate barrier system) | 35 |
| ___ Line (international boundary) | 33 |
| ___ line (major axis of an elliptical orbit) | 44 |
| ___ lines (mystical links of ancient monuments) | 47 |
| ___ Ling, Chinese mountain range | 32 |
| ___ linguae (slip of the tongue) | 32 |
| ___ Lingus (carrier based in Dublin) | 36 |
| ___ Lingus (Ireland's national airline) | 43 |
| ___ Lion (beast in one of Hercules' labors) | 47 |
| ___ Lions (Big Ten team from the Keystone State) | 48 |
| ___ List: feature of Winfrey's magazine | 43 |
| ___ Little ("The Wire" character) | 43 |
| ___ Little, "The Wire" antihero | 41 |
| ___ Little, "The Wire" gangster | 41 |
| ___ liver (delicacy in a butcher shop) | 38 |
| ___ living (bring home the bacon) | 33 |
| ___ Lo Green ("Fuck You!" singer) | 43 |
| ___ Lo Green ("Fuck You" singer) | 42 |
| ___ lo tanto (therefore, in Spain) | 34 |
| ___ loading (marathon runner's strategy) | 44 |
| ___ loading (marathoner's prep) | 35 |
| ___ Lobos (''La Bamba'' group) | 46 |
| ___ Lobos ("La Bamba" band) | 37 |
| ___ Lobos ("La Bamba" group) | 38 |
| ___ Locks (Great Lakes connectors) | 34 |
| ___ Locks (Sault Ste. Marie Canal) | 34 |
| ___ loco (in one's own place) | 33 |
| ___ Loeveberg, Norwegian soprano | 32 |
| ___ London ("What Not to Wear" co-host) | 49 |
| ___ Lonely Boys (2004 Grammy winners) | 37 |
| ___ Long, Louisiana senator, 1948-87 | 36 |
| ___ Long, Union general in the Civil War | 40 |
| ___ Longa (ancient city southeast of Rome) | 42 |
| ___ Longa (birthplace of Romulus and Remus) | 43 |
| ___ Longa, birthplace of Romulus and Remus | 42 |
| ___ Longa, city of ancient Latium | 33 |
| ___ Longa, where Romulus and Remus were born | 44 |
| ___ Longoria, 2008 A.L. Rookie of the Year | 42 |
| ___ Longstocking (children's story character) | 49 |
| ___ Loompa (Wonka chocolate factory worker) | 43 |
| ___ Loops (breakfast cereal brand) | 34 |
| ___ Lor-Van, Superman's biological mother | 45 |
| ___ Louise of "Gilligan's Island" | 47 |
| ___ Lovegood (friend of Harry Potter) | 37 |
| ___ Lovelace, computer programming pioneer | 42 |
| ___ Low, N.Y.C. mayor: 1901–3 | 36 |
| ___ Lowry, children's writer | 32 |
| ___ Lucia Cortez, "Lost" castaway | 43 |
| ___ Lumumba, Congo's first P.M. | 35 |
| ___ lunch (note on an office door) | 34 |
| ___ lunch (quits working to eat) | 32 |
| ___ Lund of "Casablanca" | 34 |
| ___ Lung, Chinese emperor: 18th century | 39 |
| ___ Lupin, the Prince of Thieves | 32 |
| ___ Luthor of "Superman" | 34 |
| ___ Luthor, of "Superman" | 35 |
| ___ Maar (Picasso mistress and subject) | 39 |
| ___ Maass, nurse on a 13¢ stamp | 34 |
| ___ MacGraw "Love Story" co-star | 42 |
| ___ Machine (Late 80s David Bowie band) | 39 |
| ___ machine (restaurant fixture) | 32 |
| ___ Macmillan, classmate of Harry Potter | 40 |
| ___ Mae ("Ghost" role) | 32 |
| ___ Mae (college money provider) | 32 |
| ___ Mae (Whoopi's "Ghost" role) | 45 |
| ___ Mae Brown ("Ghost" role) | 38 |
| ___ Mae Brown (Whoopi's Oscar-winning role) | 47 |
| ___ Mae Martinez (early female pro wrestler) | 44 |
| ___ magica (alchemist's work) | 33 |