| The way a criminal works | 24 |
| The water you drink in Paris | 28 |
| The Water Rat's friend | 26 |
| The Waste Land poet | 22 |
| The Washington Monument? | 24 |
| The Washington Monument, e.g. | 29 |
| The Warta's outlet | 22 |
| The Wall Street Journal topic | 29 |
| The W's in LLWWWWWL | 23 |
| The Volunteer State: Abbr. | 26 |
| The Volunteer State (abbr.) | 27 |
| The Volga, in ancient days | 26 |
| The Volga's destination | 27 |
| The Volga River flows into it | 29 |
| The void of infinite space | 26 |
| The voice of Porky Pig | 22 |
| The voice of Lamb Chop | 22 |
| The Vltava, to a Berliner | 25 |
| The virgin birth and others | 27 |
| The Violets' inst. | 22 |
| The Village Voice award | 23 |
| The village blacksmith did it | 29 |
| The view from Port Sudan | 24 |
| The view from here is nice | 26 |
| The victuals available | 22 |
| The Vicar of Wakefield | 22 |
| The veterinarian tried to ... | 29 |
| The very recent past: Abbr. | 27 |
| The very picture of health? | 27 |
| The very first watering hole | 28 |
| The very best's ending | 26 |
| The Verizon Guy's query | 27 |
| The vengeful comedian ... | 25 |
| The velvet ant, for one | 23 |
| The vegetarian Simpson | 22 |
| The Vatican's vicinity | 26 |
| The Vatican's language | 26 |
| The Vatican's home | 22 |
| The Vandals' school | 23 |
| The Vancouver Sun Run, e.g. | 27 |
| The Van __ (Dick and Jerry) | 27 |
| The value of actress Fabray? | 28 |
| The Valkyries answered to him | 29 |
| The Vagabond King composer | 29 |
| The usual run of things | 23 |
| The USS Enterprise, e.g. | 24 |
| The US joined it in '17 | 27 |
| The Urals are west of it | 24 |
| The upper Thames River | 22 |
| The Upper House, briefly | 24 |
| The Untouchables, for short | 27 |
| The Untouchables, e.g. | 22 |
| The Untouchables, briefly | 25 |
| The Untouchables' leader | 28 |
| The unscrupulous Mr. Heep | 25 |
| The unknown author, briefly | 27 |
| The university community | 24 |
| The universe on day one | 23 |
| The United States, to Mexico | 28 |
| The United States, notably | 26 |
| The United States, for one | 26 |
| The United States, e.g. | 23 |
| The unambitious worker ___ | 26 |
| The ultimate starter home | 25 |
| The ultimate motivator | 22 |
| The ultimate is the Nth | 23 |
| The ultimate in priorities | 26 |
| The ultimate in indulgence | 26 |
| The ultimate in elegance | 24 |
| The ultimate in dexterity | 25 |
| The ultimate early riser | 24 |
| The ugly duckling, when grown | 29 |
| The Ugly Duckling, really | 25 |
| The Ugly Duckling, eventually | 29 |
| The Ugly Duckling, e.g. | 23 |
| The UAW was founded within it | 29 |
| The UAE is a member of it | 25 |
| The U.S., to an overseas G.I. | 29 |
| The U.S., metaphorically | 24 |
| The U.S., it's said | 23 |
| The U.S., in Mexican slang | 26 |
| The U.S. Virgin Is., e.g. | 25 |
| The U.S. has a Great one | 24 |
| The U.S. Constitution had 39 | 28 |
| The U.S. banned it in 1968 | 26 |
| The U.S. banned it in 1967 | 26 |
| The U.S. and Can. are in it | 27 |
| The U.N.'s ___ Ki-moon | 26 |
| The U.N.'s ___ Annan | 24 |
| The U.N.'s Kofi ___ Annan | 29 |
| The U.N.'s Kofi ___ | 23 |
| The U.N. might send it | 22 |
| The U.K. is a member of it | 26 |
| The U.A.E. belongs to it | 24 |
| The U's in B.T.U.'s | 27 |
| The U in 'IOU' | 22 |
| The two things tires do best? | 29 |
| The twist, once, and others | 27 |
| The Twins of the zodiac | 23 |
| The Twins and The Bull, e.g. | 28 |