| Merge spiritually (with) | 24 |
| Merged coastal access? | 22 |
| Merged Soviet news agency | 25 |
| Mergenthaler patent of 1884 | 27 |
| Merger of two quartets | 22 |
| Merger organizers e.g. | 23 |
| Merger partner of 1955: Abbr. | 29 |
| Merger partner of the AFL | 25 |
| Merino mama's mate | 22 |
| Merino, Suffolk and Dorset | 26 |
| Merino-dachshund hybrid? | 24 |
| Merit badge awarders: abbr. | 27 |
| Merit badge earner, perhaps | 27 |
| Merit badge's place | 23 |
| Merit, as compensation | 22 |
| Meriting a "Q.E.D." | 29 |
| Meriting an R, perhaps | 22 |
| Meriting two Jacksons? | 22 |
| Merits at least a 20% tip? | 26 |
| Merits, as compensation | 23 |
| Merkel and O'Connor | 23 |
| Merkel of German politics | 25 |
| Merkel's namesakes | 22 |
| Merle of the silver screen | 27 |
| Merle and a fairy king | 22 |
| Merle Haggard or Tom Joad | 25 |
| Merle Haggard song character | 28 |
| Merle Haggard, in song | 22 |
| Merle Miller subject: Abbr. | 27 |
| Merlin of football and TV | 25 |
| Merlin of football fame | 23 |
| Merlin Olsen teammate Grier | 27 |
| Merlin Olsen was one, briefly | 29 |
| Merlin Olsen's team | 23 |
| Merlin Olsen, 14 times | 22 |
| Merlin Olsen, once, for short | 29 |
| Merlin on an Imax screen? | 25 |
| Merlin ___, sportscaster | 24 |
| Merlin's expertise? | 23 |
| Merlin's furnishing | 23 |
| Merlin's stock-in-trade | 27 |
| Merlot, Médoc, etc. | 22 |
| Merlot-maker's trade | 24 |
| Mermaid voiced by Jodi Benson | 29 |
| Mermaid, Moocher and Mouse | 26 |
| Merman of Broadway fame | 23 |
| Merrie Melodies mainstay | 24 |
| Merrie Melodies regular | 23 |
| Merrill and Milnes, e.g. | 24 |
| Merrill Lynch bull, for one | 27 |
| Merrill Lynch employee, e.g. | 28 |
| Merrill of 'Desk Set' | 29 |
| Merrimac's ironclad foe | 27 |
| Merry creatures of myth | 23 |
| Merry Marseilles month | 22 |
| Merry old king of rhyme | 23 |
| Merry Pranksters leader Ken | 27 |
| Merry Pranksters member Ken | 27 |
| Merry Pranksters' vehicle | 29 |
| Merry sound of the season | 25 |
| Merry Widow composer | 23 |
| Merry __ (Honolulu bay) | 23 |
| Merry ___ (strapless corset) | 28 |
| Merry, to a Euskara speaker | 27 |
| Merry-go-round music, e.g. | 26 |
| Merry-go-round, for one | 23 |
| Meryl from Summit, N.J. | 23 |
| Meryl of "Doubt" | 26 |
| Meryl Streep alma mater | 23 |
| Meryl Streep film of 1992 | 25 |
| Meryl Streep film: 1982 | 23 |
| Meryl Streep film: 1985 | 23 |
| Meryl Streep Oscar film | 23 |
| Meryl Streep thriller of 1982 | 29 |
| Meryl Streep title role | 23 |
| Meryl Streep's alma mater | 29 |
| Meryl Streep's first film | 29 |
| Meryl Streep, circa 1974 | 24 |
| Meryl who played Julia Child | 28 |
| Meryl won one in '81 | 24 |
| Mes después de la Navidad | 28 |
| Mesa dwellers of Arizona | 24 |
| Mesa ___ National Park | 22 |
| Mesa ___ National Park, CO | 26 |
| Mesa _____ National Park | 24 |
| Mesa's state: Abbr. | 23 |
| Mesabi Range excavation | 23 |
| Mescal or prickly pear | 22 |
| Mescaline-yielding cactus | 25 |
| Meshech prince, in the Bible | 28 |
| Meshed foundation in lace | 25 |
| Meshlike curtain fabric | 23 |
| Mesmer's spiritlike force | 29 |
| Mesopotamia border river | 24 |
| Mesopotamia's land | 22 |
| Mesopotamia's place | 23 |
| Mesopotamian savings plan? | 26 |
| Mesopotamian's Urfa | 23 |
| Mesozoic and Paleozoic | 22 |
| Mesozoic and Victorian | 22 |