| Middle East desert region | 25 |
| Marlin's son, in film | 25 |
| Marlin and Dory found him | 25 |
| Marquee material, perhaps | 25 |
| Mathlete, stereotypically | 25 |
| Maker of the Super Soaker | 25 |
| Monster-hunters' loch | 25 |
| Monster's watery lair | 25 |
| Mythical beast, to locals | 25 |
| Make business connections | 25 |
| Minnesota Wild's org. | 25 |
| Mystical chanteuse Stevie | 25 |
| My daughter, to my sister | 25 |
| Milieu of the sacred ibis | 25 |
| McKinley's birthplace | 25 |
| Martial arts movie figure | 25 |
| Milk-bottle top, possibly | 25 |
| Members of the Fish, e.g. | 25 |
| Mobile-to-Birmingham dir. | 25 |
| Monterey-to-Stockton dir. | 25 |
| Mobile-to-Huntsville dir. | 25 |
| Miami-to-N.Y.C. direction | 25 |
| Methuselah's grandson | 25 |
| Mother Teresa's prize | 25 |
| Midnight's antithesis | 25 |
| Midnights' antitheses | 25 |
| Mrs. Charles of mysteries | 25 |
| Most slush pile responses | 25 |
| Muzzle-loaded attachment? | 25 |
| Mo. for a Scorpio, mostly | 25 |
| Minute minute part: Abbr. | 25 |
| Minute fraction of a min. | 25 |
| Monogram of the Big Apple | 25 |
| Moscovite's negatives | 25 |
| Material for wine barrels | 25 |
| Maryland's state tree | 25 |
| Morsel a horse'll eat | 25 |
| Meal for Sunny's Halo | 25 |
| Martial artist's wear | 25 |
| Monopolize one's mind | 25 |
| Milieu of some greyhounds | 25 |
| Mo. for an apple festival | 25 |
| Major mo. for campaigners | 25 |
| Molding called cyma recta | 25 |
| Many a nude beach visitor | 25 |
| Man-eating meanie of myth | 25 |
| Master of literary twists | 25 |
| Miami University location | 25 |
| McKinley's home state | 25 |
| Made a hinge less squeaky | 25 |
| Motor or mineral, for two | 25 |
| Migrant worker of fiction | 25 |
| Merle Haggard or Tom Joad | 25 |
| Mills of portraiture fame | 25 |
| Many a class reunion tune | 25 |
| Mrs. in Chicago fire lore | 25 |
| Mrs. with an infamous cow | 25 |
| Miscellaneous collections | 25 |
| Maneuver in skateboarding | 25 |
| Man with Stan, familiarly | 25 |
| Merlin of football and TV | 25 |
| Mary-Kate or Ashley, e.g. | 25 |
| Marlon Brando, originally | 25 |
| Musandam Peninsula nation | 25 |
| Melville South Seas novel | 25 |
| Meditator's syllables | 25 |
| Metallica's first hit | 25 |
| Missing broadcast channel | 25 |
| Minimum attendance figure | 25 |
| Most eligible for service | 25 |
| Most suitable for service | 25 |
| Most eligible, to the SSS | 25 |
| Man-to-man, in basketball | 25 |
| Mary Martin musical: 1943 | 25 |
| Mideast cartel for short | 25 |
| Maureen Dowd pieces, e.g. | 25 |
| Many Molly Ivins writings | 25 |
| Makes the first poker bet | 25 |
| Magic words of literature | 25 |
| Meyerbeer's specialty | 25 |
| Morphine or codeine, e.g. | 25 |
| Made one's view known | 25 |
| Marsupial that plays dead | 25 |
| Mississippi-born TV mogul | 25 |
| Minnie Pearl's milieu | 25 |
| Make a choice in favor of | 25 |
| Most favorable conditions | 25 |
| Most favorable situations | 25 |
| Major musical composition | 25 |
| Mythical source of wisdom | 25 |
| Maker of electric brushes | 25 |
| Malay for "man" | 25 |
| Make a delivery, in a way | 25 |
| Miner's vein contents | 25 |
| Matricidal figure of myth | 25 |
| Make comfortable, perhaps | 25 |
| Maryland's state bird | 25 |
| Meadowlark's relative | 25 |
| Mythical master of Sirius | 25 |
| Magic board abbreviation? | 25 |