| Direct passage | 14 |
| Direct order? | 13 |
| Direct or fact ending | 21 |
| Direct opposites | 16 |
| Direct opposite | 15 |
| Direct one's course | 23 |
| Direct objects, usually | 23 |
| Direct means of communication to a news outlet | 46 |
| Direct means of communication | 29 |
| Direct mail sticker | 19 |
| Direct link | 11 |
| Direct lines, in the ER | 23 |
| Direct insult | 13 |
| Direct info source | 18 |
| Direct inaccurately | 19 |
| Direct in speech | 16 |
| Direct in secret | 16 |
| Direct hit without aiming | 25 |
| Direct hit | 10 |
| Direct flight | 13 |
| Direct finish? | 14 |
| Direct finish | 13 |
| Direct extension? | 17 |
| Direct extender | 15 |
| Direct everyone | 15 |
| Direct ending? | 14 |
| Direct ending | 13 |
| Direct end | 10 |
| Direct elsewhere | 16 |
| Direct descendant of the Mayflower Pilgrims, e.g. | 49 |
| Direct deposits, e.g. | 21 |
| Direct deposit, briefly | 23 |
| Direct deposit abbr. | 20 |
| Direct course | 13 |
| Direct contact | 14 |
| Direct confrontations | 21 |
| Direct conflict | 15 |
| Direct conclusion? | 18 |
| Direct conclusion | 17 |
| Direct communications links | 27 |
| Direct communication | 20 |
| Direct cattle? | 14 |
| Direct attention to | 19 |
| Direct attention elsewhere | 26 |
| Direct attention away from, as criticism | 40 |
| Direct attention away from | 26 |
| Direct attention (to) | 21 |
| Direct attention | 16 |
| Direct at, verbally | 19 |
| Direct at, as remarks | 21 |
| Direct answer to "why can't you get it up?" | 57 |
| Direct an aide to handle, e.g. | 30 |
| Direct an aide to handle | 24 |
| Direct air service | 18 |
| Direct a team | 13 |
| Direct a jet | 12 |
| Direct a helmsman | 17 |
| Direct a dog | 12 |
| Direct a comment at | 19 |
| Direct (to) | 11 |
| Direct | 6 |
| Dirección that the Santa Maria sailed | 40 |
| Dirección sailed by Columbus | 31 |
| Dirección from which the sun rises | 37 |
| Dirección from Mexicali to Tijuana | 37 |
| Dire ____ | 9 |
| Dire ___, rock group | 20 |
| Dire Straits: "Brothers ___" | 38 |
| Dire Straits' first hit | 27 |
| Dire Straits' "Brothers in Arms" was the first | 60 |
| Dire Straits sidekick for "Juliet" | 44 |
| Dire Straits gets paid to eat? | 30 |
| Dire Straits bee-side | 21 |
| Dire Straits "___ Life" | 33 |
| Dire Straits "Brothers" were in them | 46 |
| Dire Straits "Brothers in ___" | 40 |
| Dire situation | 14 |
| Dire sign | 9 |
| Dire prophecy | 13 |
| Dire proof-of-purchase slip? | 28 |
| Dire places for worms | 21 |
| Dire leader | 11 |
| Dire hosp. area | 15 |
| Dire fates | 10 |
| Dire fate | 9 |
| Dire early morning warning? | 27 |
| Dire destiny | 12 |
| Dire declaration | 16 |
| Dire circumstance, idiomatically? | 33 |
| Dire alternatives | 17 |
| Dire | 4 |
| Dircaean Swan's output | 26 |
| Dir. with a heading of 67.5 degrees | 35 |
| Dir. when taking one's talents from Cleveland to South Beach? | 65 |
| Dir. to Rochester from Buffalo | 30 |
| Dir. to Paris from London | 25 |
| Dir. to Blarney from Killarney | 30 |
| Dir. the Wichita River flows | 28 |
| Dir. the Ebro flows | 19 |
| Dir. that some trails run | 25 |