| _____ no good | 13 |
| _____ Newtons | 13 |
| _____ New Guinea | 16 |
| _____ Ness | 10 |
| _____ nelson | 12 |
| _____ needles | 13 |
| _____ Naval Weapons Station, N.J. | 33 |
| _____ nails | 11 |
| _____ Na Na | 11 |
| _____ my Eggo | 13 |
| _____ mutantur (all things change) | 34 |
| _____ mutantur (all thing change) | 33 |
| _____ Muslims | 13 |
| _____ Mujeres, Mexico | 21 |
| _____ Muffins | 13 |
| _____ mouthful | 14 |
| _____ Mountain, Newfoundland | 28 |
| _____ Mountain, British Columbia | 32 |
| _____ mother | 12 |
| _____ mortis | 12 |
| _____ morgana (mirage) | 22 |
| _____ Monte | 11 |
| _____ monkey | 12 |
| _____ Mongolia | 14 |
| _____ Moines | 12 |
| _____ mode | 10 |
| _____ mo | 8 |
| _____ Miss | 10 |
| _____ million | 13 |
| _____ Millay of "Red River" | 37 |
| _____ Militaire (Napoleon's alma mater) | 43 |
| _____ Mile House, British Columbia | 34 |
| _____ Miguel, Azores | 20 |
| _____ Memorial | 14 |
| _____ me tangere | 16 |
| _____ mater (brain membrane) | 28 |
| _____ mater | 11 |
| _____ match (cricket event) | 27 |
| _____ Martin, 007's auto | 28 |
| _____ marshal (British officer) | 31 |
| _____ Maritime (Rouen's department) | 39 |
| _____ Marino | 12 |
| _____ Marie Saint | 17 |
| _____ Marie Presley-Jackson | 27 |
| _____ Maria | 11 |
| _____ Marcos, Tex. | 18 |
| _____ maple | 11 |
| _____ many words | 16 |
| _____ Mann Bridge | 17 |
| _____ Manitoba | 14 |
| _____ Manifesto (1854 proclamation) | 35 |
| _____ man out | 13 |
| _____ man (unanimously) | 23 |
| _____ Malaprop (Sheridan character) | 35 |
| _____ major (legal doctrine) | 28 |
| _____ Major | 11 |
| _____ majesty | 13 |
| _____ Mahal | 11 |
| _____ Magazine | 14 |
| _____ Madness | 13 |
| _____ MacNeil | 13 |
| _____ Luthor | 12 |
| _____ Lumpur | 12 |
| _____ loss for words | 20 |
| _____ loss | 10 |
| _____ Locks (Great Lakes passage) | 33 |
| _____ lizzie | 12 |
| _____ list | 10 |
| _____ Lisa | 10 |
| _____ Lippo Lippi | 17 |
| _____ Lingus (Irish carrier) | 28 |
| _____ Lingus | 12 |
| _____ Linda, Calif. | 19 |
| _____ Lilly & Co. | 21 |
| _____ Lilas (Paris suburb) | 26 |
| _____ Lee cheesecake | 20 |
| _____ Lee | 9 |
| _____ League (Mideast group) | 28 |
| _____ League (group since 1945) | 31 |
| _____ Le Pew | 12 |
| _____ Lay (snack-food company) | 30 |
| _____ Lawrence College | 22 |
| _____ law (physics principle) | 29 |
| _____ Lanka | 11 |
| _____ Lang (Superbody's girlfriend) | 39 |
| _____ Landing, Quebec | 21 |
| _____ landers (British Columbians jokingly) | 43 |
| _____ Land (northern Greenland) | 31 |
| _____ Land (British Columbia's Fraser delta) | 48 |
| _____ Lamaze ( winner of equestrian silver) | 43 |
| _____ Lama | 10 |
| _____ Lake, Saskatchewan | 24 |
| _____ Lake, Quebec | 18 |
| _____ Lake, New Brunswick | 25 |
| _____ Lake, Alberta | 19 |
| _____ Lake, New Brunswick | 26 |
| _____ Lackawanna Railway | 24 |
| _____ Labs | 10 |
| _____ La Hache | 14 |
| _____ l'Évêque (French cheese) | 41 |