| Leave in after all, to an editor | 32 |
| Leave in a hurry, with "out" | 38 |
| Leave in a hurry (with "out") | 39 |
| Leave in a hurry (with ''out'') | 47 |
| Leave confidently in one's care | 35 |
| Leave by horseback, as into the sunset | 38 |
| Leave Benedict XVI in the lurch? | 32 |
| Leave behind, as a "friend" | 37 |
| Leave behind ... or not leave behind | 36 |
| Leave angrily with "off" | 34 |
| Leave an audience in the aisles, say | 36 |
| Leave an argument unresolved, say | 33 |
| Leathernecks' outfit (abbr.) | 32 |
| Leather-jacketed "Happy Days" guy | 43 |
| Leather used for winter clothing | 32 |
| Leather that can be ruined in the rain | 38 |
| Leather sharpener used in old-timey barber shops | 48 |
| Leather named for a Western city | 32 |
| Leather features that are awl done | 34 |
| Leather designer's naughty exhibition? | 42 |
| Leather accessory for ING's logo? | 37 |
| Least-likely invite to the office party | 39 |
| Least powerful member of the board? | 35 |
| Least populous state with a major sports team | 45 |
| Least populous state in the U.S. | 32 |
| Least popular job at the circus? | 32 |
| Least number of nonstudio films? | 32 |
| Least likely to win a Tony, perhaps | 35 |
| Least impressive place of business? | 35 |
| Least bustling, as a part of town | 33 |
| Leary's 'prescription' | 34 |
| Leary of TV's "Rescue Me" | 39 |
| Leary of "The Amazing Spider-Man" | 43 |
| Leary in "Wag the Dog" | 32 |
| Leary in ''Wag the Dog'' | 40 |
| Learns the ropes, with "on" | 37 |
| Learning the __ (getting trained) | 33 |
| Learning that there's no Santa Claus | 40 |
| Learning technique in a US citizenship class? | 45 |
| Learning place for working adults | 33 |
| Learning method that "works for me" | 45 |
| Learning by repetitive memorization | 35 |
| Learner's permit prerequisite, often | 40 |
| Learned role on "The Waltons" | 39 |
| Learned and smart, in rebus puzzles | 35 |
| Learn through trying different things | 37 |
| Learn by --- (take in effortlessly) | 35 |
| Learn all about the capital of Ecuador? | 39 |
| Learn about, with "on" | 32 |
| Learn about, as through research | 32 |
| Learn about all things rosy-colored? | 36 |
| LEAR/ALCOA merger confined to one neighborhood | 46 |
| Lear's Pobble hasn't any | 32 |
| Leap into a crowd of rowdy concertgoers | 39 |
| Leap from a plane, with "out" | 39 |
| LeAnn Rimes's "Love ___ Army" | 43 |
| LeAnn Rimes's "How Do __" | 39 |
| Leaning Ani DiFranco song (with "The")? | 49 |
| Leandro's partner in a Mancinelli opera | 43 |
| Leandro's partner in a Handel title | 39 |
| Leandro's love, in a Mancinelli opera | 41 |
| Leandro's love, in a Handel cantata | 39 |
| Leander's milieu and high priest | 36 |
| Leander's love, Italian style | 33 |
| Lean, mean fighting machines, perhaps | 37 |
| Lean toward, as with a demographic | 34 |
| Leakeys' famous African gorge | 33 |
| League's top performer, briefly | 35 |
| League with the Spirits of St. Louis: Abbr. | 43 |
| League with the Sixth Woman of the Year award | 45 |
| League with Dartmouth and Cornell | 33 |
| League with Bulls and Timberwolves (abbr.) | 42 |
| League with a red, white and blue ball | 38 |
| League where Dr. J's pro career began | 41 |
| League the Lehigh Valley IronPigs play in | 41 |
| League of Women Voters organizer | 32 |
| League of Women Voters founder Carrie | 37 |
| League of the Albuquerque Isotopes | 34 |
| League including St. L. and Pitt. | 33 |
| League including Cin., St. L., etc. | 35 |
| League for the Sun, Sky and Storm | 33 |
| League for L.S.U. and Mississippi St. | 37 |
| League for armchair quarterbacks | 32 |
| League championship series prize | 32 |
| Leafy vegetable in the beet family | 34 |
| Leafy vegetable in Asian cuisine | 32 |
| Leafy green that's high in vitamin K | 40 |
| Leaflock, e.g. in "The Two Towers" | 44 |
| Leafless, white plant of the U.S. | 33 |
| Leaf drawn on many a teen's folder | 38 |
| Leads or contributes to a result | 32 |
| Leadoff hitter's accumulation | 33 |
| Leading woulda-coulda-shoulda words | 35 |
| Leading the "in-the-pink" group | 41 |
| Leading shoot-'em-up computer game | 38 |
| Leading record label of the early 1900s | 39 |
| Leading money-winning horse: 1955 | 33 |
| Leading members of dogsled teams | 32 |
| Leading man of "Top Hat" | 34 |
| Leading man in "The Misfits" | 38 |