| Metallic element used in spark plugs | 36 |
| Metallic element used in surgical tools | 39 |
| Metallic element's obstacle? | 32 |
| Metallic restraint on Baryshnikov? | 34 |
| Metallic ring cap on the end of a handle | 40 |
| Metallica "Hero of the Day" album | 43 |
| Metallica "Holier Than ___" | 37 |
| Metallica "I ___ lost the will to live" | 49 |
| Metallica "Nothing ___ Matters" | 41 |
| Metallica "Trapped Under ___" | 39 |
| Metallica "Until It Sleeps" album | 43 |
| Metallica "Until It ___" | 34 |
| Metallica "Wherever I May ___" | 40 |
| Metallica "Wherever I ___ Roam" | 41 |
| Metallica "___ and Destroy" | 37 |
| Metallica "___ Magnetic" | 34 |
| Metallica "___ Sandman" | 33 |
| Metallica "___ the Beholder" | 38 |
| Metallica's "Nothing __ Matters" | 46 |
| Metallica's "Nothing ___ Matters" | 47 |
| Metallica, by Jethro Tull in 1989 | 33 |
| Metallica: "Nothing ___ Matters" | 42 |
| Metallica: "Where the Wild Things ___" | 48 |
| Metallica: "___ and Destroy" | 38 |
| Metallurgist's palindromic analysis | 39 |
| Metallurgist's raw materials | 32 |
| Metals giant in the Dow Jones industrial average | 48 |
| Metalworker's "glue" | 34 |
| Metaphor for a middle-class American | 36 |
| Metaphor for an undesirable detour | 34 |
| Metaphor for annoying repetition | 32 |
| Metaphor for architectural excess | 33 |
| Metaphor for repetitious futility | 33 |
| Metaphor for the JFK administration | 35 |
| Metaphoric word for a close call | 32 |
| Metaphorical "sticking" place | 39 |
| Metaphorical cause of discomfort | 32 |
| Metaphorical device of oppression | 33 |
| Metaphorical reading to a misbehaving kid | 41 |
| Metaphorical site of some presidential chats | 44 |
| Metaphysical poet: 1573–1631 | 35 |
| Meteor shooting across the sky, maybe | 37 |
| Meteorological effect caused by refraction | 42 |
| Meteorologist's favorite movie of 1939? | 43 |
| Meteorologist's favorite movie of 1952? | 43 |
| Meteorologist's favorite movie of 2000? | 43 |
| Meteorologist's or motorist's concern | 45 |
| Meteorologist's palindromic report | 38 |
| Meteorologist's pressure line | 33 |
| Meteorologist's study, squashed flat? | 41 |
| Meteorologist's urgent warning | 34 |
| Meteorology student's hurdle? | 33 |
| Meter reader's determination | 32 |
| Meter units ... or meter alternatives | 37 |
| Method by which you got a very up-to-date prize? | 48 |
| Method for checking a statistical hypothesis | 44 |
| Method for mixing cards, Illinois-style? | 40 |
| Method of convertible hair control? | 35 |
| Method of education by memorization | 35 |
| Method of figuring bank interest | 32 |
| Method of long-distance delivery | 32 |
| Method of meditation and exercise | 33 |
| Method of pairing off for safety | 32 |
| Method that imparts an aged look to bronze | 42 |
| Method to manufacture a material | 32 |
| Methodically organize, as clothes | 33 |
| Methods of creating computer graphics, etc. | 43 |
| Methods of separating chaff from grain? | 39 |
| Methuselah outlived him by 64 years | 35 |
| Methuselah's great-great-great-grandfather | 46 |
| Methuselah's longevity rival | 32 |
| Methyl ___ (liquid used in making detergents) | 45 |
| Metis's daughter, in mythology | 34 |
| MetLife Stadium athlete, for short | 34 |
| MetLife Stadium athlete, in headlines | 37 |
| Metric "Help I'm ___" | 35 |
| Metric prefix between deci- and milli- | 38 |
| Metric prefix between femto- and zepto- | 39 |
| Metric prefix between milli- and nano- | 38 |
| Metric prefix for "1000" | 34 |
| Metric prefix for "thousand" | 38 |
| Metric prefix that's the reciprocal of exa- | 47 |
| Metric prefix that's the reciprocal of hecto- | 49 |
| Metric prefix that's the reciprocal of pico- | 48 |
| Metric speed measurement, abbr. | 32 |
| Metrical consideration for Wilbur | 33 |
| Metrical foot of three syllables | 32 |
| Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference team | 39 |
| Metronome's measurement, briefly | 36 |
| Metropolitan Opera star, 1918-37 | 32 |
| Metropolitan symbol of the American mainstream | 46 |
| Mets pitcher who was 1984 N.L. Rookie of the Year | 49 |
| Mets shortstop/speedster José | 32 |
| Mets' "Marvelous" one of yore | 43 |
| Metta World Peace's former first name | 41 |
| Metta World Peace's old first name | 38 |
| Mettle that might win you a medal | 33 |
| Metwally of "Rendition" | 33 |
| mewithoutYou "In a Sweater Poorly ___" | 48 |
| MewithoutYou "Sweater Poorly ___" | 43 |