| ___ metal (plating alloy) | 25 |
| ___ metal (nickel alloy) | 24 |
| ___ meridiem (morning: Lat.) | 28 |
| ___ Men's Health Crisis | 27 |
| ___ mediocritas (golden mean) | 29 |
| ___ media (middle way) | 22 |
| ___ media (middle course) | 25 |
| ___ means: certainly not | 24 |
| ___ means (not at all) | 22 |
| ___ means (certainly not) | 25 |
| ___ meal (forego lunch) | 23 |
| ___ me tangere (touch-me-not) | 29 |
| ___ me tangere (hands off!) | 27 |
| ___ me impune lacessit | 22 |
| ___ McNally (atlas publisher) | 29 |
| ___ McAn (shoe-store chain) | 27 |
| ___ Méditerranée | 22 |
| ___ mays (Indian corn) | 22 |
| ___ Mayer (wiener maker) | 24 |
| ___ May Clampett of 1960s TV | 28 |
| ___ May (mortgage group) | 24 |
| ___ Max, Mel Gibson role | 24 |
| ___ Mawr (Philly suburb) | 24 |
| ___ Mawddwy, peak in Wales | 26 |
| ___ maw (roseate tern) | 22 |
| ___ Maverick, Jack Kelly role | 29 |
| ___ Mauro (lunar plain) | 23 |
| ___ Maul (sci-fi villain) | 25 |
| ___ material (sturdy fabric) | 28 |
| ___ mater (where one went) | 26 |
| ___ Mater (Latin hymn) | 22 |
| ___ mater (cranial membrane) | 28 |
| ___ mater (brain part) | 22 |
| ___ mater (brain membrane) | 26 |
| ___ mater (brain enveloper) | 27 |
| ___ mater (brain covering) | 26 |
| ___ mater (brain cover) | 23 |
| ___ Matecumbe Key, Fla. | 23 |
| ___ mate (tealike beverage) | 27 |
| ___ mate (steeped beverage) | 27 |
| ___ maté (S. A. beverage) | 28 |
| ___ maté (brewed beverage) | 29 |
| ___ Master's Voice | 22 |
| ___ Master (title for Yoda) | 27 |
| ___ Mary's (L.A. college) | 29 |
| ___ Martini, former singer | 26 |
| ___ Martin (sports car) | 23 |
| ___ Martin (luxury car) | 23 |
| ___ Martin (luxury car brand) | 29 |
| ___ Martin (James Bond car) | 27 |
| ___ Martin (cognac brand) | 25 |
| ___ Martin (classic car) | 24 |
| ___ Martin (car maker) | 22 |
| ___ Martin (car for 007) | 24 |
| ___ Martin (British car make) | 29 |
| ___ Martin (Bond film car) | 26 |
| ___ Martin (007's auto) | 27 |
| ___ Martens (casual shoes) | 26 |
| ___ Marshall, U.S. historian | 28 |
| ___ Marshall (Cat Power) | 24 |
| ___ marigold (sticktight) | 25 |
| ___ Marie, R&B singer | 25 |
| ___ Marie Saint of films | 24 |
| ___ Maria (Kahlúa cousin) | 28 |
| ___ Maria (coffee liqueur) | 26 |
| ___ Marcus (retail chain) | 25 |
| ___ marchers of the 30's | 28 |
| ___ marché (cheaply): Fr. | 28 |
| ___ marché (cheaply) | 23 |
| ___ march on (gets the edge) | 28 |
| ___ maple, or box elder | 23 |
| ___ many irons in the fire | 26 |
| ___ many (that last drink) | 26 |
| ___ many (more than enough) | 27 |
| ___ Manuel river, Brazil | 24 |
| ___ Mansion, N.Y.C. landmark | 28 |
| ___ manner of speaking | 22 |
| ___ manner (conventionally) | 27 |
| ___ Mann's Earth Band | 25 |
| ___ Mann of 1960's pop | 26 |
| ___ Manette, Dickens heroine | 28 |
| ___ Mandlikova, 1985 champ | 26 |
| ___ man (versatile scholar) | 27 |
| ___ man (Scottish farmhand) | 27 |
| ___ man (property seizer) | 25 |
| ___ man (game-show creator) | 27 |
| ___ Man (discovery of 1891) | 27 |
| ___ Man (classic ad figure) | 27 |
| ___ mama (tropical drink) | 25 |
| ___ Malvinas (the Falklands) | 28 |
| ___ Mall (London street) | 24 |
| ___ Malau, Solomons group | 25 |
| ___ maker (freezer device) | 26 |
| ___ Major, locale of Sirius | 27 |
| ___ Major (the Great Bear) | 26 |
| ___ Major (the Big Dipper) | 26 |
| ___ Major (Great Bear) | 22 |
| ___ major (force of nature) | 27 |
| ___ Major (constellation) | 25 |
| ___ Major (Big Dipper locale) | 29 |