| ___ up (has a tantrum) | 22 |
| ___ up (highly agitated) | 24 |
| ___ up (highly excited) | 23 |
| ___ up (improve the look of) | 28 |
| ___ up (increases power) | 24 |
| ___ up (joined together) | 24 |
| ___ up (learned the ropes) | 26 |
| ___ up (like some jalopies) | 27 |
| ___ up (makes more exciting) | 28 |
| ___ up (pay one's share) | 28 |
| ___ up (prepare to play pool) | 29 |
| ___ up (prepared to drive) | 26 |
| ___ up (quits talking) | 22 |
| ___ up (reviewed briefly) | 25 |
| ___ up (screwy, slangily) | 25 |
| ___ up (secured, as a win) | 26 |
| ___ up (show interest) | 22 |
| ___ up (spill the beans) | 24 |
| ___ up (squeal on oneself) | 26 |
| ___ up (stopped being a fool) | 29 |
| ___ Up (The Slits singer) | 25 |
| ___ up on (be current) | 22 |
| ___ up to (approach slyly) | 26 |
| ___ up to (approached) | 22 |
| ___ up to (became genial) | 25 |
| ___ up with (tolerate) | 22 |
| ___ upon (comment critically) | 29 |
| ___ upon (find by accident) | 27 |
| ___ upon (weighed heavily) | 26 |
| ___ uproar (tumultuous) | 23 |
| ___ upswing (improving) | 23 |
| ___ Vader (sci-fi guy) | 22 |
| ___ Vader, film villain | 23 |
| ___ Vaishnavism (Hindu sect) | 28 |
| ___ Valente (clothing line) | 27 |
| ___ Valley (ski resort) | 23 |
| ___ Valley, California | 22 |
| ___ Valley, city near L.A. | 26 |
| ___ Valley, San Francisco | 25 |
| ___ value (reasonable price) | 28 |
| ___ valve (part of an engine) | 29 |
| ___ valve, in the heart | 23 |
| ___ van Delft, Dutch painter | 28 |
| ___ van Holland, Neth. | 22 |
| ___ Vance, fictional sleuth | 27 |
| ___ Vance, literary detective | 29 |
| ___ Vance, Van Dine sleuth | 26 |
| ___ Vanilli (dance group) | 25 |
| ___ Varner, Faulkner woman | 26 |
| ___ vase (precious porcelain) | 29 |
| ___ Vecchio (Old Bridge) | 24 |
| ___ Vecchio, at Firenze | 23 |
| ___ Vecchio, in Florence | 24 |
| ___ Velva (aftershave brand) | 28 |
| ___ Veneta (handbag brand) | 26 |
| ___ Venezia (Italian resort) | 28 |
| ___ Ventre, river in Wyo. | 25 |
| ___ Ventura (Jim Carrey role) | 29 |
| ___ Ventura, Carrey role | 24 |
| ___ Venture, horse of 1936 | 26 |
| ___ vera (lotion ingredient) | 28 |
| ___ vera (lotion plant) | 23 |
| ___ vera (medicinal plant) | 26 |
| ___ vera (skin conditioner) | 27 |
| ___ vera (skin soother) | 23 |
| ___ Verde National Park | 23 |
| ___ Verdes Estates, Calif. | 26 |
| ___ verso (back of a page) | 26 |
| ___ verte (gray-green) | 22 |
| ___ verte (green earth) | 23 |
| ___ verte, green pigment | 24 |
| ___ vez (again, in Acapulco) | 28 |
| ___ vez (again, in Avila) | 25 |
| ___ vez (again, in Spain) | 25 |
| ___ vez (again, in Spanish) | 27 |
| ___ vez (again, to Alfonso) | 27 |
| ___ vez (again, to Juan) | 24 |
| ___ Vicente, Cape Verde | 23 |
| ___ Vicente, El Salvador | 24 |
| ___ victory (Churchill sign) | 28 |
| ___ view (disapproved) | 22 |
| ___ ville (French town hall) | 28 |
| ___ vin (chicken dish) | 22 |
| ___ vision (Superman skill) | 27 |
| ___ Vista (Iowa county) | 23 |
| ___ Vista (part of Disney) | 26 |
| ___ Vista Lake, Calif. | 22 |
| ___ vital (creative impulse) | 28 |
| ___ vital (life force) | 22 |
| ___ vitriol (sulfuric acid) | 27 |
| ___ vivant (sustained pose) | 27 |
| ___ viveur (man about town) | 27 |
| ___ vivos (trust type) | 22 |
| ___ voce (in a low voice) | 25 |
| ___ voce (unanimously) | 22 |
| ___ voce (very softly) | 22 |
| ___ voce (without dissent) | 26 |
| ___ Vogler, German composer | 27 |
| ___ volatile (waker-upper) | 26 |
| ___ Volcanic National Park | 26 |