| ___ Levant, French island | 25 |
| ___ lettre (literally) | 22 |
| ___ lepton (physics particle) | 29 |
| ___ Leppard (British rockers) | 29 |
| ___ Leo and the Pharmacists | 27 |
| ___ length (inch or meter) | 26 |
| ___ Lenape, Delaware Indian | 27 |
| ___ Lemper, German chanteuse | 28 |
| ___ legend (modern-day myth) | 28 |
| ___ leg up (lent a hand) | 24 |
| ___ left feet (is clumsy) | 25 |
| ___ Lee, Valentino co-star | 26 |
| ___ Lee, star of the 20's | 29 |
| ___ Lee of Marvel Comics | 24 |
| ___ Lee (big name in cakes) | 27 |
| ___ Lederer (Ann Landers) | 25 |
| ___ leather (shoe material) | 27 |
| ___ League (Mideast alliance) | 29 |
| ___ Le Pew, cartoon skunk | 25 |
| ___ Le Pew of cartoons | 22 |
| ___ Le Moko of fiction | 22 |
| ___ López of chess fame | 26 |
| ___ là ? (who goes there?) | 28 |
| ___ lazuli (shade of blue) | 26 |
| ___ lazuli (blue mineral) | 25 |
| ___ lawyer (gets advice) | 24 |
| ___ Lawrence College, N.Y. | 26 |
| ___ Lawn, Chicago suburb | 24 |
| ___ Lawn (suburb of Chicago) | 28 |
| ___ law, used by the Franks | 27 |
| ___ law, in electricity | 23 |
| ___ Law of current flow | 23 |
| ___ law (spending theory) | 25 |
| ___ law (physics formulation) | 29 |
| ___ law (physics formula) | 25 |
| ___ law (old Frankish code) | 27 |
| ___ law (Germanic code) | 23 |
| ___ law (Frankish code) | 23 |
| ___ law (early legal code) | 26 |
| ___ law (code of the Franks) | 28 |
| ___ law (circuitry concept) | 27 |
| ___ law (ancient code) | 22 |
| ___ Lauro (ship in 1985 news) | 29 |
| ___ Laurier, Quebec resort | 26 |
| ___ Lauder, cosmetics giant | 27 |
| ___ Lauder (cosmetics brand) | 28 |
| ___ Latino (hip cuisine) | 24 |
| ___ Laszlo skin care products | 29 |
| ___ Laszlo (skin care brand) | 28 |
| ___ Last Theorem, math wonder | 29 |
| ___ Las Vegas (luxury hotel) | 28 |
| ___ Largo, James Bond villain | 29 |
| ___ Lao, leftist Asian group | 28 |
| ___ Lanza, memorable tenor | 26 |
| ___ Lanka (formerly Ceylon) | 27 |
| ___ Lang, Superboy's love | 29 |
| ___ Lang of Smallville | 22 |
| ___ Lane, admirer of Superman | 29 |
| ___ Lane, 1814 battle site | 26 |
| ___ lane (commuters' aid) | 29 |
| ___ Lands of South Dakota | 25 |
| ___ Land, in Antarctica | 23 |
| ___ Land in Antarctica | 22 |
| ___ land (isolated area) | 24 |
| ___ land (dreamlike state) | 26 |
| ___ lamp (1960s novelty) | 24 |
| ___ lamp ('60s novelty) | 27 |
| ___ lamb (main dish choice) | 27 |
| ___ Lakes, trio in N.Y. | 23 |
| ___ Lagos (region of Chile) | 27 |
| ___ Lady of Perpetual Help | 26 |
| ___ Lady (kind of saleswoman) | 29 |
| ___ lady (doorbell ringer) | 26 |
| ___ Lackawanna Railway | 22 |
| ___ Lackawanna Railroad | 23 |
| ___ la vie (such is life) | 25 |
| ___ la Plata, S.A. estuary | 26 |
| ___ la la (singing syllables) | 29 |
| ___ la Cité (Paris site) | 27 |
| ___ l'Etang (French port) | 29 |
| ___ kwon do (martial art) | 25 |
| ___ kwon do (Korean karate) | 27 |
| ___ Kross ('90s rap duo) | 28 |
| ___ Kreuger, the Match King | 27 |
| ___ Krai, U.S.S.R. territory | 28 |
| ___ Koussi, peak in Chad | 24 |
| ___ Kong (Chinese province) | 27 |
| ___ Kong (Chinese port) | 23 |
| ___ knowledge (Eden landmark) | 29 |
| ___ Know, Abbott infielder | 26 |
| ___ knot, used in rug weaving | 29 |
| ___ Knight (J. G. Blaine) | 25 |
| ___ knee (posed to propose) | 27 |
| ___ Kitty (popular toy line) | 28 |
| ___ Kitchen, in Manhattan | 25 |
| ___ kiss (rubbing of noses) | 27 |
| ___ Kirk, singer-actress | 24 |
| ___ Kinte, Haley ancestor | 25 |
| ___ king, Germanic imp | 22 |
| ___ King, Derby winner, 1932 | 28 |