| Less-filling Miller beers | 25 |
| Less-bitter British beers | 25 |
| Less well-done, as steak | 24 |
| Less valid, excusewise | 22 |
| Less valid, as an excuse | 24 |
| Less than three-dimensional | 27 |
| Less than slim, chancewise | 26 |
| Less than seldom, poetically | 28 |
| Less than scintillating | 23 |
| Less than satisfactory | 22 |
| Less than quadraphonic | 22 |
| Less than occasionally | 22 |
| Less than enthusiastic | 22 |
| Less than average tide | 22 |
| Less than average grades | 24 |
| Less than a warm welcome | 24 |
| Less than a one-star movie | 26 |
| Less than a blockbuster | 23 |
| Less than 90°, as an angle | 29 |
| Less than 90 (degrees) | 22 |
| Less than 100 shares of stock | 29 |
| Less than 1 m.p.h., as winds | 28 |
| Less tended, as a garden | 24 |
| Less tasteful, in a way | 23 |
| Less sweet, at a wine tasting | 29 |
| Less sophisticated, maybe | 25 |
| Less sophisticated, in a way | 28 |
| Less shake than a quake | 23 |
| Less reassuring, perhaps | 24 |
| Less promising of two songs | 27 |
| Less presentable, perhaps | 25 |
| Less portable fire starter? | 27 |
| Less popular, as a restaurant | 29 |
| Less popular track, often | 25 |
| Less popular song, often | 24 |
| Less popular half of a record | 29 |
| Less popular half of a 45 | 25 |
| Less pleasing to the ear | 24 |
| Less plausible, as an excuse | 28 |
| Less open and forthright | 24 |
| Less likely to win the race | 27 |
| Less likely to win a race | 25 |
| Less likely to stay inflated | 28 |
| Less likely to start a trend | 28 |
| Less likely to reconcile | 24 |
| Less likely to put up a fight | 29 |
| Less likely to make mistakes | 28 |
| Less likely to lose it | 22 |
| Less likely to let you down | 27 |
| Less likely to have waffles | 27 |
| Less likely to give in | 22 |
| Less likely to float away | 25 |
| Less likely to double-cross | 27 |
| Less likely to collapse | 23 |
| Less likely to cause injury | 27 |
| Less likely to catch on | 23 |
| Less likely to be winded | 24 |
| Less likely to be seen | 22 |
| Less likely to be read | 22 |
| Less likely to be in Mensa | 26 |
| Less likely to be given up | 26 |
| Less likely to be G-rated | 25 |
| Less likely to be found | 23 |
| Less likely to be carded, say | 29 |
| Less likely to be available | 27 |
| Less like Oscar Madison | 23 |
| Less like a milquetoast | 23 |
| Less leafy, like a tree | 23 |
| Less inclined to ramble | 23 |
| Less glamorous tour bus | 23 |
| Less formal, in speech | 22 |
| Less filling, to an adman | 25 |
| Less encumbered by clothing | 27 |
| Less desirable turkey parts | 27 |
| Less desirable berth, perhaps | 29 |
| Less cooked, as a steak | 23 |
| Less convincing, as an excuse | 29 |
| Less clear, as river water | 26 |
| Less clear, as a printed page | 29 |
| Less choppy, as the seas | 24 |
| Less casual, as attire | 22 |
| Less believable, as an excuse | 29 |
| Less attractive enthusiast? | 27 |
| Less appetizing, in a way | 25 |
| Less appealing cosmetically | 27 |
| Less affected by gusts | 22 |
| Less affected by blowing | 24 |
| Less adorned, as walls | 22 |
| Less adequate, as an excuse | 27 |
| Lesotho, to South Africa | 24 |
| Lesotho surrounder: Abbr. | 25 |
| Leslie-Burke song: 1935 | 23 |
| Leslie who played Gigi | 22 |
| Leslie of "Gigi" | 26 |
| Leslie of "Fanny" | 27 |
| Leslie of 'Gigi' | 24 |
| Leslie Nielsen comedy of 1995 | 29 |
| Leslie King became one | 22 |
| Leslie Caron title role | 23 |
| Leslie Caron role: 1953 | 23 |