| Loosen Timberlands | 18 |
| Loosen the bonds | 16 |
| Loosen laces | 12 |
| Loosen an ascot | 15 |
| Loosen a lacet | 14 |
| Liberate, maybe | 15 |
| Liberate, in a way | 18 |
| Liberate from the hitching post | 31 |
| Grayson Hugh "I Can't ___ You From Me" | 52 |
| Go ahead in overtime? | 21 |
| Get the knot out of | 19 |
| Get rid of a knot | 17 |
| Free, as laces | 14 |
| Free, as knots | 14 |
| Free from restraints, in a way | 30 |
| Disentangle, e.g. | 17 |
| Destroy a knot | 14 |
| Destroy a bow | 13 |
| Deal with knotted laces | 23 |
| Correct knotted laces | 21 |
| Cause a knot to be not | 22 |
| Bad Company "___ the Knot" | 36 |
| Loose, as shoelaces | 19 |
| Loose, as laces | 15 |
| Dangerous shoe state | 20 |
| Solved a knotty problem? | 24 |
| Removed a knot | 14 |
| Not knotted | 11 |
| Loose, as shoestrings | 21 |
| Loose at last | 13 |
| Let go, as a prisoner | 21 |
| Carrier whose passengers leave their shoes off? | 47 |
| Embarrassing reason that hospital gown won't stay put? | 58 |
| Wardrobe malfunction? | 21 |
| Conditions of kids' shoes, too often? | 41 |
| Frees from one's bonds | 26 |
| Renders knotless | 16 |
| Removes, as a knot | 18 |
| Removes a sheepshank | 20 |
| Reduces a knot to naught, say | 29 |
| Looses | 6 |
| Frees from Matthew Walker | 25 |
| As far as | 9 |
| Up to the time that | 19 |
| "Wait ___ Dark" | 25 |
| Up to, but not beyond | 21 |
| Up to such time as | 18 |
| To that time | 12 |
| Sammy Kaye's "___ Tomorrow" | 41 |
| Limiting word | 13 |
| "Wait ___ Dark," 1967 film | 36 |
| To a specified time | 19 |
| Not after | 9 |
| 1967 film, ''Wait ___ Dark'' | 44 |
| "Wait __ Dark": 1967 film | 35 |
| "Don't open ___ Christmas!" | 41 |
| ". . . ___ death do us part" | 38 |
| Word after open, in retail | 26 |
| Wait ____ Dark : Hepburn movie | 32 |
| Up to the time | 14 |
| Up to the point when | 20 |
| To the time when | 16 |
| To the time that | 16 |
| Preposition on a business-hours sign | 36 |
| Not later than | 14 |
| Innocent -- proven guilty | 25 |
| Innocent ___ proven guilty | 26 |
| Fats Waller's "___ the Real Thing Comes Along" | 60 |
| Countdown calendar word | 23 |
| Bromfield's "___ the Day Break" | 45 |
| 1948 Tommy Dorsey hit | 21 |
| "Wait --- Dark" | 25 |
| "Wait ___ Dark": 1967 film | 36 |
| "Wait ___ Dark," B'way play | 41 |
| "So hold me ___ it sleeps" (Metallica) | 48 |
| "... ___ death do us part" | 36 |
| "_____ Tomorrow" (Sammy Kaye hit) | 43 |
| "___ Tomorrow" (Sammy Kaye) | 37 |
| "___ They Sail," P. Newman film | 41 |
| "___ then ..." (on-air sign-off) | 42 |
| "___ the twelfth of never ..." | 40 |
| "___ the end of time ..." | 35 |
| "___ It Sleeps" Metallica | 35 |
| "___ It Sleeps" (1996 Metallica hit) | 46 |
| "__ we meet again" | 28 |
| ''__ we meet again'' | 36 |
| -- the cows come home | 21 |
| Notice to employees, part 3 | 27 |
| Like wallpapered walls | 22 |
| Response (Part 3) | 17 |
| Not cultivated | 14 |
| Ibuprofen: "Line up arrows on cap and bottle. Push cap with thumbs"... | 80 |
| Parting words on Tuesday to one you'll see on Wednesday, maybe | 66 |
| "___ meet again" | 26 |
| "___ meet again!" | 27 |
| Intelligence explanation, perhaps (Part 4) | 42 |
| Part 4 of the memo | 18 |
| Not checked for speed | 21 |
| Like open-ended tests | 21 |
| Happening at a more unsuitable moment | 37 |