| Former kin of NATO | 18 |
| Former king of Greece | 21 |
| Former king of Jordan | 21 |
| Former king of Norway | 21 |
| Former king of Sweden | 21 |
| Former kingdom of Spain | 23 |
| Former kings of Bulgaria | 24 |
| Former Kiss guitarist Frehley | 29 |
| Former Kissinger-Nixon aide | 27 |
| Former kiwi kin | 15 |
| Former Knick star Patrick | 25 |
| Former Knicks center Patrick | 28 |
| Former Knicks coach | 19 |
| Former Knicks coach Thomas | 26 |
| Former Kobe coin | 16 |
| Former Korean head of state | 27 |
| Former Korean leader | 20 |
| Former Korean politician | 24 |
| Former Korean president | 23 |
| Former Korean president and family | 34 |
| Former Kremlin despot | 21 |
| Former Kremlin hotshots | 23 |
| Former Kremlin news source | 26 |
| Former Kremlin policymaker | 26 |
| Former Kremlin resident | 23 |
| Former L.A. Laker silhouetted in the NBA logo | 45 |
| Former L.A. manager and family | 30 |
| Former L.A. pitcher | 19 |
| Former L.A. Ram who holds the N.F.L. record for most receiving yards in a game (336) | 84 |
| Former L.A. Times publisher Chandler | 36 |
| Former labor leader | 19 |
| Former labor leader Eugene | 26 |
| Former labor leader I. W. | 25 |
| Former labor leader's family | 32 |
| Former labor org. | 17 |
| Former labor secretary Chao | 27 |
| Former Labor Secretary Elaine | 29 |
| Former Labour leader | 20 |
| Former Labour Party leader Kinnock | 34 |
| Former Lacoste partner | 22 |
| Former Laker great Baylor | 25 |
| Former Laker Jerry who is silhouetted in the NBA logo | 53 |
| Former Laker star | 17 |
| Former Lakers center who won two Olympic silver medals playing with Yugoslavia | 78 |
| Former lakeshore tribe | 22 |
| Former laptop maker | 19 |
| Former laptop name | 18 |
| Former largest nation, for short | 32 |
| Former larva | 12 |
| Former larvae | 13 |
| Former larvas | 13 |
| Former late-night host | 22 |
| Former late-night TV host | 25 |
| Former Latvian dollars | 22 |
| Former leader of Argentina | 26 |
| Former leader of Burma | 22 |
| Former leader of the nonaligned movement | 40 |
| Former leader? | 14 |
| Former leaders | 14 |
| Former leaders of Iran | 22 |
| Former leading light | 20 |
| Former leading man Power | 24 |
| Former Left Bank cash | 21 |
| Former lefty, perhaps | 21 |
| Former Lehrer partner | 21 |
| Former length measures | 22 |
| Former Lenin adherent? | 22 |
| Former Leno announcer Hall | 26 |
| Former liberal, briefly | 23 |
| Former liberal, for short | 25 |
| Former liberal, perhaps | 23 |
| Former liberals | 15 |
| Former life | 11 |
| Former lightweight champ | 24 |
| Former Likud leader | 19 |
| Former lives | 12 |
| Former London criminal sanctuary | 32 |
| Former London Laborite | 22 |
| Former London prison | 20 |
| Former London street | 20 |
| Former London transit | 21 |
| Former longtime pitcher Jim | 27 |
| Former Los Angeles and New York Philharmonic conductor | 54 |
| Former Los Angeles mayor Richard | 32 |
| Former lottery org. | 19 |
| Former lottery runner: Abbr. | 28 |
| Former lover of Riker on "Star Trek: T.N.G." | 54 |
| Former lover, in conversation | 29 |
| Former lovers, e.g. | 19 |
| Former lovers, maybe | 20 |
| Former low-value coin | 21 |
| Former M&M's color | 26 |
| Former Mach 2 craft | 19 |
| Former Mach 2 flier | 19 |
| Former Mach 2 flier: Abbr. | 26 |
| Former Mach 2 fliers, briefly | 29 |
| Former Mach 2 fliers: Abbr. | 27 |
| Former Mach 2 flyers | 20 |
| Former Machu Picchu resident | 28 |
| Former Madrid coin | 18 |