| ___ War, famed race horse | 25 |
| ___ War, famed horse | 20 |
| ___ War, 1920 Belmont winner | 28 |
| ___ War, 1899-1902 | 18 |
| ___ war syndrome | 16 |
| ___ War of 1899 | 15 |
| ___ War of 1853-56 | 18 |
| ___ War in Colorado, 1879 | 25 |
| ___ War (Rome vs. Carthage) | 27 |
| ___ War (race horse) | 20 |
| ___ War (great race horse) | 26 |
| ___ war (fought) | 16 |
| ___ War (famous racehorse) | 26 |
| ___ War (famed race horse) | 26 |
| ___ War (Churchill's first) | 31 |
| ___ War (1899-1902) | 19 |
| ___ War ("Charge of the Light Brigade" conflict) | 58 |
| ___ War | 7 |
| ___ Wantanabe, Japanese figure skater | 37 |
| ___ Wang, emperor of China who established the first zoo | 56 |
| ___ Wan Kenobi | 14 |
| ___ Walton, author of "The Compleat Angler" | 53 |
| ___ Walton League (conservation group) | 38 |
| ___ Walsh, three-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist | 60 |
| ___ Walsh, N.B.A. executive | 27 |
| ___ wallop | 10 |
| ___ Wallach, actor from Brooklyn | 32 |
| ___ wall game (football/rugby mashup played at an all-boys school) | 66 |
| ___ Wall | 8 |
| ___ Walker, Boston anchorwoman | 30 |
| ___ walk (police procedure) | 27 |
| ___ walk (old house feature) | 28 |
| ___ walk (controversial police practice) | 40 |
| ___ Walesa, Polish hero | 23 |
| ___ Waldorf (famed maître) | 29 |
| ___ Walcott, 1992 Literature Nobelist | 37 |
| ___ Waitz, nine-time New York City Marathon winner | 50 |
| ___ wait (prepares to ambush) | 29 |
| ___ wait (prepare to ambush) | 28 |
| ___ wait (lurks) | 16 |
| ___ wait | 8 |
| ___ waist | 9 |
| ___ wahr? | 9 |
| ___ wagon (ambulance, in slang) | 31 |
| ___ wagon | 9 |
| ___ Wagner, player on an ultrarare baseball card | 48 |
| ___ Wagner of baseball fame | 27 |
| ___ wage | 8 |
| ___ Wafers (Nabisco cookies) | 28 |
| ___ Wafers (Nabisco brand) | 26 |
| ___ Wafers (cookie brand) | 25 |
| ___ Wafers | 10 |
| ___ wafer | 9 |
| ___ Wade (Supreme Court decision) | 33 |
| ___ W (root beer brand) | 23 |
| ___ Vue (eyeglass manufacturer) | 31 |
| ___ vu (paramnesia) | 19 |
| ___ vu (eerie sensation) | 24 |
| ___ vu (already seen) | 21 |
| ___ vu | 6 |
| ___ vs. Wade | 12 |
| ___ voyage | 10 |
| ___ vous plaît | 17 |
| ___ Vote Counts Amendment | 25 |
| ___ vortex (winter weather phenomenon) | 38 |
| ___ von Stroheim | 16 |
| ___ von Skoda, Czech industrialist | 34 |
| ___ von Habsburg (last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary) | 55 |
| ___ Von D | 9 |
| ___ Von Braun | 13 |
| ___ von Bock, German general | 28 |
| ___ von Bismarck (namesake of North Dakota's capital) | 57 |
| ___ von Bismarck | 16 |
| ___ von Baeyer, Nobel-winning chemist | 37 |
| ___ von Baeyer, 1905 Chemistry Nobelist | 39 |
| ___ vomica | 10 |
| ___ volta (musical direction) | 29 |
| ___ Volta (former name of Burkina Faso) | 39 |
| ___ Volta | 9 |
| ___ Volt | 8 |
| ___ volente. | 12 |
| ___ volente (God willing) | 25 |
| ___ volente (by God's will) | 31 |
| ___ volente ("God being willing") | 43 |
| ___ volente | 11 |
| ___ volens (willy-nilly) | 24 |
| ___ Voldemort (villian in the Harry Potter series) | 50 |
| ___ Volcanic National Park | 26 |
| ___ volatile (waker-upper) | 26 |
| ___ volatile (pungent-smelling solution) | 40 |
| ___ volatile | 12 |
| ___ Void ("Never Say Never" new wavers) | 49 |
| ___ Vogue | 9 |
| ___ Vogler, German composer | 27 |
| ___ voce: Very softly | 21 |
| ___ voce (without dissent) | 26 |
| ___ voce (whispered) | 20 |
| ___ voce (very softly) | 22 |
| ___ voce (unanimously) | 22 |
| ___ voce (softly) | 17 |