| A letter + nautical term + query start + ray source = ? | 55 |
| A letter + smell + a letter + unbiased + a pronoun = ? | 54 |
| A letter carrier has one (abbr.) | 32 |
| A Letter for ____ : '45 film | 34 |
| A letter from Greece | 20 |
| A letter may be attached to it | 30 |
| A letter may offer one | 22 |
| A letter opener | 15 |
| A letter provides one | 21 |
| A lettuce | 9 |
| A level playing field | 21 |
| A leveler | 9 |
| A leveret is a young one | 24 |
| A Levy of Broadway | 18 |
| A Levy who loved a Murphy | 25 |
| A liar's are on fire, so they say | 37 |
| A LIBRA | 7 |
| A library book may be on it | 27 |
| A library does it | 17 |
| A librettist for Verdi | 22 |
| A lick ___ promise | 18 |
| A life ___ | 10 |
| A lifeguard's whistle might create one | 42 |
| A lifetime at the North Pole? | 29 |
| A lift, in Aspen | 16 |
| A light bulb contains one | 25 |
| A light covering | 16 |
| A light green | 13 |
| A light may be set on one | 25 |
| A light overhead? | 17 |
| A light portmanteau | 19 |
| A light: Slang | 14 |
| A lightbulb can represent it | 28 |
| A likely story | 14 |
| A likely story! | 15 |
| A Lille love | 12 |
| A lily | 6 |
| A lily's cover? | 19 |
| A lime-flavored version of it came out in 2004 | 46 |
| A limit | 7 |
| A limited number | 16 |
| A limited number of | 19 |
| A limited one can be valuable | 29 |
| A limp affects it | 17 |
| A Lincoln | 9 |
| A Lincoln biographer | 20 |
| A Lindbergh | 11 |
| A line and sack dress | 21 |
| A line in an A-line? | 20 |
| A line may be drawn in it | 25 |
| A line or two | 13 |
| A line to cross | 15 |
| A line winds in and out of it | 29 |
| A line winds out of it | 22 |
| A line, e.g. | 12 |
| A lines, e.g. | 13 |
| A lingua franca | 15 |
| A link between words? | 21 |
| A lion has one | 14 |
| A lion or the ocean | 19 |
| A lion, but not a giraffe | 25 |
| A lion, it's said | 21 |
| A lion, sometimes | 17 |
| A liqueur | 9 |
| A Lisa | 6 |
| A list of the A-list | 20 |
| A Liszt offering | 16 |
| A lit torch | 11 |
| A literary Bell | 15 |
| A literary Ephron | 17 |
| A literary incongruity | 22 |
| A literary Lamb | 15 |
| A literary plain Jane | 21 |
| A literary pseudonym | 20 |
| A litter of _____ | 17 |
| A little | 8 |
| A little in Sevilla | 20 |
| A little "out there," as humor | 40 |
| A little above average | 22 |
| A little advance work | 21 |
| A little after, timewise | 24 |
| A little anxious | 16 |
| A little assistance | 19 |
| A little at a time | 18 |
| A little batty | 14 |
| A little before the hour | 24 |
| A little behind | 15 |
| A little better than average | 28 |
| A little Biblical misfortune? | 29 |
| A little bigger than med. | 25 |
| A little bird | 13 |
| A little birdie | 15 |
| A little bit | 12 |
| A little bit lit | 16 |
| A little bit of everything | 26 |
| A little bit of haven? | 22 |
| A little bit of history | 23 |
| A little bit of rain? | 21 |
| A little bit of salt | 20 |
| A little bit of sunshine | 24 |