| The last word on Sunday | 23 |
| The last word, often | 20 |
| The last word? | 14 |
| The last ___ | 12 |
| The Last ____ | 13 |
| The last _____ | 14 |
| The late actor Calhoun | 22 |
| The late Amin | 13 |
| The late Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, familiarly | 41 |
| The late Mr. Onassis | 20 |
| The late Orient Express | 23 |
| The late Peter Jennings's network | 37 |
| The late Sen. Thurmond | 22 |
| The latest | 10 |
| The latest celebrity transgression, say? | 40 |
| The latest fad | 14 |
| The latest from the world of corn? | 34 |
| The latest happenings | 21 |
| The latest in evidence | 22 |
| The latest in fashion | 21 |
| The latest info | 15 |
| The latest is breaking | 22 |
| The latest Mardi Gras can occur | 31 |
| The latest news | 15 |
| The latest one (so far) | 23 |
| The latest places to go | 23 |
| The latest rage | 15 |
| The latest thing | 16 |
| The latest thing in lists? | 26 |
| The latest word | 15 |
| The latest, in fashion | 22 |
| The latest, technologically | 27 |
| The launch of fifty fireworks in the span of a minute, say | 58 |
| The law for U.S. taxpayers (abbr.) | 34 |
| The law has a long one | 22 |
| The law has one | 15 |
| The Law of Moses | 16 |
| The law's is long | 21 |
| The law's long limb? | 24 |
| The law's reach | 19 |
| The law, according to Mr. Bumble | 32 |
| The law, per Dickens | 20 |
| The law, to Mr. Bumble | 22 |
| The lax may spare it | 20 |
| The lead pipe, the wrench or the candlestick, but not the rope | 62 |
| The lead reindeer | 17 |
| The lead, for instance | 22 |
| The League of Extraordinary Nitpickers? | 39 |
| The Leaky Cauldron, e.g. | 24 |
| The Lean One, in "Peer Gynt" | 38 |
| The Leaning Tower News, e.g.? | 29 |
| The Learning ___ | 16 |
| The Leary that was tripping | 27 |
| The least amount | 16 |
| The least bit | 13 |
| The least bit of concern | 24 |
| The least bit, informally | 25 |
| The least concern | 17 |
| The least expensive "dish" you can serve? | 51 |
| The least funny Marx? | 21 |
| The least little bit | 20 |
| The least one can do | 20 |
| The Left | 8 |
| The Left Banke "Walk Away ___" | 40 |
| The Left Banke: "I Haven't Got the ___" | 53 |
| The left one is for passing | 27 |
| The left, informally | 20 |
| The left, to a southpaw? | 24 |
| The legal profession | 20 |
| The Legend of Zelda console, for short | 38 |
| The Legend of Zelda platform, briefly | 37 |
| The Legend of Zelda platform, for short | 39 |
| The Legend of ___ (Nintendo game) | 33 |
| The legendary Babe | 18 |
| The legendary Fitzgerald | 24 |
| The legislative branch | 22 |
| The legislature, in Israel | 26 |
| The Lemonheads lead singer Dando | 32 |
| The Lemonheads' Dando | 25 |
| The length of a meter is based precisely on the amount of light emitted from this | 81 |
| The length Wilson went to? | 26 |
| The lens is behind it | 21 |
| The less you see of this person the better | 42 |
| The less-used end | 17 |
| The lesser of two --- | 21 |
| The lesser of two __ | 20 |
| The lesser of two ___ | 21 |
| The letter in "The Scarlet Letter" | 44 |
| The letter O doesn't have one | 33 |
| The Lettermen, e.g. | 19 |
| The letters in alphabet soup | 28 |
| The Libertines' Doherty | 27 |
| The Liberty Bell's strike note | 34 |
| The Liberty Tree and others | 27 |
| The Liberty Tree was one | 24 |
| The Liberty Tree, e.g. | 22 |
| The Liberty Tree, for one | 25 |
| The libido | 10 |
| The libido, in psychiatry | 25 |
| The library does it again and again | 35 |