| Like the verbs "cast" and "cost": Abbr. | 59 |
| Like the verbs "come" and "go": Abbr. | 57 |
| Like the victims in "Arsenic and Old Lace" | 52 |
| Like the Victory of Samothrace | 30 |
| Like the vicuña | 18 |
| Like the Vietnamese calendar | 28 |
| Like the Vietnamese language | 28 |
| Like the Vikings | 16 |
| Like the Vikings' stadium | 29 |
| Like the village blacksmith's hands | 39 |
| Like the voice of Brando's Godfather | 40 |
| Like the voice of The Godfather | 31 |
| Like the votes of a college | 27 |
| Like the vulture | 16 |
| Like the W.C.T.U. | 17 |
| Like the wall behind Sammy Sosa | 31 |
| Like the Wallendas | 18 |
| Like the walls at Harvard | 25 |
| Like the walls at Wrigley | 25 |
| Like the walls at Wrigley Field | 31 |
| Like the walls of academia | 26 |
| Like the walls of Harvard Yard | 30 |
| Like the walls of many dens | 27 |
| Like the walls of some college buildings | 40 |
| Like the wars between Carthage and Rome | 39 |
| Like the wash on a damp day | 27 |
| Like the wash, before the rinse cycle | 37 |
| Like the Washington Monument at night | 37 |
| Like the watches in "The Persistence of Memory" | 57 |
| Like the water in inflatable kiddie pools, typically | 52 |
| Like the way to Tipperary | 25 |
| Like the weakened Samson | 24 |
| Like the weather around lighthouses, often | 42 |
| Like the West Coast's U.S. Route 101 | 40 |
| Like the West, once | 19 |
| Like the wheat belt | 19 |
| Like the White Rabbit | 21 |
| Like the White Rabbit of Wonderland | 35 |
| Like The Who's Tommy | 24 |
| Like The Who, in the '60s | 29 |
| Like the Who, in the 60's | 29 |
| Like the whooping crane | 23 |
| Like the wicked stepsisters vis-‡-vis Cinderella | 52 |
| Like the Wicked Witch of the West | 33 |
| Like the Wicked Witch of the West at the end of "The Wizard of Oz" | 76 |
| Like the Wild West | 18 |
| Like the Wild West of yore | 26 |
| Like the Willis Tower and Shaq | 30 |
| Like the wind | 13 |
| Like the wind that brings Mary Poppins | 38 |
| Like the winner in a guessing contest | 37 |
| Like the winner in a number-guessing contest, perhaps | 53 |
| Like the winner of the Miss Influenza pageant? | 46 |
| Like the winning dessert in a bake-off, perhaps | 47 |
| Like the winter sky, often | 26 |
| Like the wire in a croquet wicket | 33 |
| Like the Witch of the West | 26 |
| Like the witness in "Witness" | 39 |
| Like the witness in the Harrison Ford movie "Witness" | 63 |
| Like the Wizard's heartless visitor | 39 |
| Like the WNBA | 13 |
| Like the Wolf Man | 17 |
| Like the Wolfman | 16 |
| Like the woman in a Roy Orbison classic | 39 |
| Like the woman of Chaillot | 26 |
| Like the women in a famous Rubens painting | 42 |
| Like the wood in an archer's bow | 36 |
| Like the word "curiae" in "amicus curiae" | 61 |
| Like the word "cwm" | 29 |
| Like the word "its," often | 36 |
| Like the word "kiwi" | 30 |
| Like the word of God | 20 |
| Like the words "hoagie" and "kitty-corner" | 62 |
| Like the words of a man of few words | 36 |
| Like the words of Jesus | 23 |
| Like the works of Handel and Bach | 33 |
| Like the World Cup finals | 25 |
| Like the world to pre-Columbians | 32 |
| Like the world, to the ancients | 31 |
| Like the worst excuse | 21 |
| Like the worst guests you wished you hadn't invited | 55 |
| Like the worst of excuses | 25 |
| Like the worst of gossips | 25 |
| Like the worst of pittances | 27 |
| Like the worst predictions | 26 |
| Like the WTO | 12 |
| Like the x- or y-axis | 21 |
| Like the x-, y- or z-axis | 25 |
| Like the X-Men | 14 |
| Like the yak | 12 |
| Like the yang: Abbr. | 20 |
| Like the year's middle third, letterwise | 44 |
| Like the Yeti | 13 |
| Like the yin side: Abbr. | 24 |
| Like the yolk of a poached egg | 30 |
| Like the youngest Cratchit | 26 |
| Like the Yule tree | 18 |
| Like the zebu or anoa | 21 |
| Like the ZIP code system | 24 |
| Like theater seating | 20 |