| Vanya, in Chekhov's play | 28 |
| Vessel in an alcove, perhaps | 28 |
| Vessel storing a cash stash? | 28 |
| Vandenberg or Edwards: Abbr. | 28 |
| Villainous ones in the Bible | 28 |
| Versatile vehicle, for short | 28 |
| VC help for schnitzel cooks? | 28 |
| Varnished surface, sometimes | 28 |
| VC help of the standard kind | 28 |
| VC help for problem solvers? | 28 |
| Vacation home feature, often | 28 |
| Virginia creeper (not Dare!) | 28 |
| View through a pay telescope | 28 |
| Va-va-___ (exciting quality) | 28 |
| V.I.P.'s on Election Day | 28 |
| Visibility, in product names | 28 |
| Valley Forge for Washington | 28 |
| Vessels with rounded bottoms | 28 |
| Vegas resort developer Steve | 28 |
| V.P. Cheney's home state | 28 |
| Village People disco classic | 28 |
| Veers off in a new direction | 28 |
| Vigoda of Barney Miller | 27 |
| Victim of a sibling rivalry | 27 |
| Violation, as of privileges | 27 |
| Very close friend, in slang | 27 |
| Verse with a hidden message | 27 |
| Very little, as of ointment | 27 |
| Victoria Beckham, née __ | 27 |
| Vandenberg or Vance (abbr.) | 27 |
| Very eager to see something | 27 |
| Victor over Antony: 31 B.C. | 27 |
| Victor at Actium in 31 B.C. | 27 |
| Verdi's Ethiopian slave | 27 |
| View through the crosshairs | 27 |
| Veep between Harry and Dick | 27 |
| Visitor from another planet | 27 |
| Venerable topical treatment | 27 |
| View from une chalet, maybe | 27 |
| Vienna Woods' mountains | 27 |
| Violist's clef, perhaps | 27 |
| Visa alternative, for short | 27 |
| Visa competitor, familiarly | 27 |
| Video plots might have them | 27 |
| Verbal negative contraction | 27 |
| Vultures were sacred to him | 27 |
| Valor, virtue, etc., in sum | 27 |
| Van Gogh's adopted city | 27 |
| View from the Leaning Tower | 27 |
| View from the Ponte Vecchio | 27 |
| Visual communication: Abbr. | 27 |
| Venomous snakes of the Nile | 27 |
| Very, in musical directions | 27 |
| View from Casablanca: Abbr. | 27 |
| Volcanic island near Russia | 27 |
| Volunteer babysitter, often | 27 |
| Volunteer babysitter, maybe | 27 |
| Vienna's venue, briefly | 27 |
| Vienna's country: Abbr. | 27 |
| Von Richthofen and Humboldt | 27 |
| Venerable English historian | 27 |
| Valentine's Day message | 27 |
| Vereen of "Roots" | 27 |
| Valentine's Day symbols | 27 |
| Victoria's Secret stock | 27 |
| Very dry, as some champagne | 27 |
| Vessel tapered at both ends | 27 |
| View from the Bay of Naples | 27 |
| Vehicles in airplane aisles | 27 |
| Venerable computer language | 27 |
| Vending machine merchandise | 27 |
| Vogue competitor, for short | 27 |
| Vanishing PC monitor choice | 27 |
| Vampire's home, perhaps | 27 |
| Vaults in Westminster Abbey | 27 |
| Vatican administrative body | 27 |
| Vice president after George | 27 |
| Virgil put him through hell | 27 |
| Virginia of the lost colony | 27 |
| Very good, in the 'hood | 27 |
| Voltaire and Franklin, e.g. | 27 |
| V.P. Biden's home state | 27 |
| Variance, in the vernacular | 27 |
| Velvet Monkeys' Fleming | 27 |
| Varsity ___, 30's dance | 27 |
| Voices irrelevant arguments | 27 |
| Very dark black, poetically | 27 |
| Vandalized, Halloween-style | 27 |
| Veteran journalist ___ Abel | 27 |
| Vogue 's French rival | 27 |
| Valuable find from Colombia | 27 |
| Village of a biblical witch | 27 |
| Vance Air Force Base locale | 27 |
| Virtually pointless weapons | 27 |
| Versifier's inspiration | 27 |
| Versifier's preposition | 27 |
| Verdi's '-- tu' | 27 |
| Valentine's Day visitor | 27 |
| Vowels on the Rosetta Stone | 27 |
| Virginie-Occidentale et al. | 27 |