| ___ wit's end | 17 |
| ___ wit | 7 |
| ___ wish | 8 |
| ___ wisdom (sage advice) | 24 |
| ___ wire | 8 |
| ___ Wipes | 9 |
| ___ Wintour, real-life editor on whom "The Devil Wears Prada" is based | 80 |
| ___ wintergreen | 15 |
| ___ Winston Churchill | 21 |
| ___ Winston ("Sons of Anarchy" character) | 51 |
| ___ winks | 9 |
| ___ Wingate, British general: 1903–44 | 44 |
| ___ wing and a prayer | 21 |
| ___ Winfrey (TV talk-show host) | 31 |
| ___ wine (alcohol) | 18 |
| ___ winds (herald of warm and muggy weather) | 44 |
| ___ winds | 9 |
| ___ window (impossible task) | 28 |
| ___ window | 10 |
| ___ win (compete vigorously) | 28 |
| ___ Wimsey, Sayers sleuth | 25 |
| ___ Wilson, who played Sam in "Casablanca" | 52 |
| ___ Wilson, Aussie novelist | 27 |
| ___ Wilson of "The Royal Tenenbaums" | 46 |
| ___ Willy (schoolyard annoyance) | 32 |
| ___ Wills Moody, of tennis fame | 31 |
| ___ Wills Moody of tennis | 25 |
| ___ willow | 10 |
| ___ Willie Winkie | 17 |
| ___ Willie of comics | 20 |
| ___ Williams, Huck Finn's female alias | 42 |
| ___ Williams (big name in bourbon) | 34 |
| ___ William, Lewis Carroll character | 36 |
| ___ Willard, heavyweight champ dethroned by Jack Dempsey | 56 |
| ___ Willard, champ before Dempsey | 33 |
| ___ Willard, 1919 Dempsey victim | 32 |
| ___ will (testate) | 18 |
| ___ will (enmity) | 17 |
| ___ Wilfred Laurier | 19 |
| ___ Wildfire, Scott character | 29 |
| ___ wild (run riot) | 19 |
| ___ Wilander, tennis star | 25 |
| ___ Wiggin (protagonist of Orson Scott Card novels) | 51 |
| ___ wife | 8 |
| ___ Wiesel, Nobelist for Peace | 30 |
| ___ Wiedersehen | 15 |
| ___ wide (extensively) | 22 |
| ___ wicket | 10 |
| ___ Wick (room deodorizer brand) | 32 |
| ___ whose time has come | 23 |
| ___ whoop | 9 |
| ___ whole lot | 13 |
| ___ whole hog | 13 |
| ___ whole | 9 |
| ___ Who | 7 |
| ___ whiz | 8 |
| ___ whites (teeth) | 18 |
| ___ White, one of the girls in "Dreamgirls" | 53 |
| ___ White (Clue character) | 26 |
| ___ white | 9 |
| ___ whistle | 11 |
| ___ whisker (close) | 19 |
| ___ whisker | 11 |
| ___ whim (spontaneously) | 24 |
| ___ whim | 8 |
| ___ while (linger) | 18 |
| ___ while | 9 |
| ___ Whigs | 9 |
| ___ which way (disordered) | 26 |
| ___ which way | 13 |
| ___ when | 8 |
| ___ wheels (sporty rims) | 24 |
| ___ wheels | 10 |
| ___ Wheeler, 1964-70 chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | 58 |
| ___ wheel (rotating engine part) | 32 |
| ___ wheel | 9 |
| ___ whales | 10 |
| ___ whale | 9 |
| ___ Wetsy (old doll) | 20 |
| ___ wet hen | 11 |
| ___ wet (soaked) | 16 |
| ___ wet | 7 |
| ___ Western Reserve University | 30 |
| ___ Western in "Tom Jones" | 36 |
| ___ West, of old films | 22 |
| ___ West, Fla. | 14 |
| ___ West of "Batman" | 30 |
| ___ West (life preserver) | 25 |
| ___ West (life jacket) | 22 |
| ___ West (inflatable life jacket) | 33 |
| ___ West (Batman man) | 21 |
| ___ West ("Diamond Lil" star) | 39 |
| ___ West | 8 |
| ___ were (so to speak) | 22 |
| ___ were (seemingly) | 20 |
| ___ were | 8 |
| ___ Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone | 36 |
| ___ Wenger (Arsenal's coach) | 32 |
| ___ Wences, ventriloquist | 25 |
| ___ Wences, puppeteer | 21 |