| The letters in alphabet soup | 28 |
| The Libertines' Doherty | 27 |
| The Liberty Tree and others | 27 |
| The Liberty Tree was one | 24 |
| The Liberty Tree, e.g. | 22 |
| The Liberty Tree, for one | 25 |
| The libido, in psychiatry | 25 |
| The life of Riley, say | 22 |
| The life of ___ (ease) | 22 |
| The light bulb, to Edison | 25 |
| The Lily Maid of Astolat | 24 |
| The limit, in a saying | 22 |
| The limit, proverbially | 23 |
| The limits of modernism? | 24 |
| The Lincoln Memorial is one | 27 |
| The line before mine, e.g. | 26 |
| The line before yours, e.g. | 27 |
| The line y = 0, in math | 23 |
| The lingerie manufacturer ... | 29 |
| The Lions play under one | 24 |
| The Lions, on scoreboards | 25 |
| The liquid part of blood | 24 |
| The Little Bear: Abbr. | 22 |
| The Little Flower of Jesus | 26 |
| The little grace sayer | 22 |
| The Little Mermaid's name | 29 |
| The Little Red Book author | 26 |
| The little troublemaker | 23 |
| The Lizard constellation | 24 |
| The Log Lady lived there | 24 |
| The London Zoo has one | 22 |
| The Lone Eagle's monogram | 29 |
| The Lone Ranger's horse | 27 |
| The Lone Ranger's pal | 25 |
| The Lone Ranger, for one | 24 |
| The Lone Ranger, to Tonto | 25 |
| The loneliest number of song | 28 |
| The loneliest number, in song | 29 |
| The long and short ___ | 22 |
| The Long Goodbye author | 26 |
| The long or short of it | 23 |
| The longest river in France | 27 |
| The Lord's Prayer pronoun | 29 |
| The Lord's Prayer start | 27 |
| The Lord's Prayer starter | 29 |
| The lord's servants | 23 |
| The losing combatant, usually | 29 |
| The Louvre, e.g.: Abbr. | 23 |
| The Louvre, Notre Dame, etc.? | 29 |
| The Louvre, originally | 22 |
| The Louvre, par exemple | 23 |
| The Louvre, to Jacques | 22 |
| The lovable Mr. Holden | 22 |
| The Love Bug, of Disney films | 29 |
| The love of Juan's life? | 28 |
| The love of money it is said | 29 |
| The Love ____ :'73 song | 29 |
| The lowdown on dancing? | 23 |
| The Lower 48, to a Hawaiian | 27 |
| The lower foreleg in beef | 25 |
| The Loyal Order of ____ | 23 |
| The LPGA's Michelle | 23 |
| The LPGA's Sorenstam | 24 |
| The luck of the Irish? | 22 |
| The Lusitania's undoer | 26 |
| The Luxor Bridge spans it | 25 |
| The Lyna River, to a Berliner | 29 |
| The M of "M.E." | 25 |
| The Macarena and pet rocks | 26 |
| The Macbeths, for example | 25 |
| The Mad Barbara Stanwyck | 27 |
| The Mad Hatter's beverage | 29 |
| The Mad Hatter's drink | 26 |
| The Magi, for instance | 22 |
| The Magic Flute composer | 24 |
| The Magic Flute, for one | 24 |
| The Magic, on scoreboards | 25 |
| The Magician from Riga | 22 |
| The Magnificent Seven leader | 28 |
| The Mahabharata, for one | 24 |
| The Maid was executed here | 26 |
| The mail carrier is __ | 22 |
| The Main ___ (Broadway) | 23 |
| The majority of Antarctica | 26 |
| The majority of Jutlanders | 26 |
| The majority of sissies? | 24 |
| The makings of Adam: Gen. 2:7 | 29 |
| The Maldives are part of it | 27 |
| The man for all seasons | 23 |
| The man from U.N.C.L.E. | 23 |
| The man holding us up? | 22 |
| The Man in the ____ Mask | 24 |
| The Man of a Thousand Faces | 27 |
| The Man of Cardinals history | 28 |
| The man who came to dinner | 26 |
| The Man With the Golden Gun | 27 |
| The man with the golden touch | 29 |
| The Man Without a Country | 25 |
| The Manassa ___(Jack Dempsey) | 29 |
| The mandible is part of it | 26 |