| A large part of Mongolia | 24 |
| A large quantity | 16 |
| A large spread | 14 |
| A lark | 6 |
| A laser might read it | 21 |
| A last name in astronomy | 24 |
| A last word | 11 |
| A Lauder | 8 |
| A laugh-a-minute | 16 |
| A laundry product | 17 |
| A Laurel | 8 |
| A law -- oneself | 16 |
| A law follows his name | 22 |
| A law unto -- | 13 |
| A law __ itself | 15 |
| A law __ oneself | 16 |
| A law ___ itself | 16 |
| A law ___ oneself | 17 |
| A layer with a hole | 19 |
| A layoff, unpolitely | 20 |
| A lazy person might need to get off theirs | 42 |
| A leader and follower? | 22 |
| A leader in 1789 | 16 |
| A leader no matter how you look at it | 37 |
| A leader of modernism in art | 28 |
| A leader of the Dada movement | 29 |
| A leader of the Pre-Raphaelites | 31 |
| A leader to the Promised Land | 29 |
| A leading Japanese golfer | 25 |
| A leading lady Down Under | 25 |
| A leading manufacturer of cars | 30 |
| A league: Abbr. | 15 |
| A leap, in fencing | 18 |
| A learned Mann | 14 |
| A learning method | 17 |
| A leatherworker | 15 |
| A Leb. neighbor | 15 |
| A Leeward Island | 16 |
| A left or a right | 17 |
| A leg up | 8 |
| A legal deg. | 12 |
| A legal holiday in some states | 30 |
| A legend in his own mind | 24 |
| A legendary septet | 18 |
| A legitimate object of attack | 29 |
| A legume | 8 |
| A Lemmon | 8 |
| A length of yarn | 16 |
| A Lennon | 8 |
| A Lennon sister | 15 |
| A lens fits in it | 17 |
| A LEO | 5 |
| A leporid | 9 |
| A less grand rapid | 18 |
| A less-than-average tide | 24 |
| A Lesson From ____ : Fugard play | 34 |
| A letter + broadcast + loyal + a deer = ? | 41 |
| A letter + low in fat + huggable toy = ? | 40 |
| A letter + nautical term + query start + ray source = ? | 55 |
| A letter + smell + a letter + unbiased + a pronoun = ? | 54 |
| A letter carrier has one (abbr.) | 32 |
| A Letter for ____ : '45 film | 34 |
| A letter from Greece | 20 |
| A letter may be attached to it | 30 |
| A letter may offer one | 22 |
| A letter opener | 15 |
| A letter provides one | 21 |
| A lettuce | 9 |
| A level playing field | 21 |
| A leveler | 9 |
| A leveret is a young one | 24 |
| A Levy of Broadway | 18 |
| A Levy who loved a Murphy | 25 |
| A liar's are on fire, so they say | 37 |
| A LIBRA | 7 |
| A library book may be on it | 27 |
| A library does it | 17 |
| A librettist for Verdi | 22 |
| A lick ___ promise | 18 |
| A life ___ | 10 |
| A lifeguard's whistle might create one | 42 |
| A lifetime at the North Pole? | 29 |
| A lift, in Aspen | 16 |
| A light bulb contains one | 25 |
| A light covering | 16 |
| A light green | 13 |
| A light may be set on one | 25 |
| A light overhead? | 17 |
| A light portmanteau | 19 |
| A light: Slang | 14 |
| A lightbulb can represent it | 28 |
| A likely story | 14 |
| A likely story! | 15 |
| A Lille love | 12 |
| A lily | 6 |
| A lily's cover? | 19 |
| A lime-flavored version of it came out in 2004 | 46 |
| A limit | 7 |
| A limited number | 16 |
| A limited number of | 19 |