| ___ love (flighty one) | 22 |
| ___ Loves You (kids' toy) | 29 |
| ___ Lucano, Italian town | 24 |
| ___ luck (took chances) | 23 |
| ___ Luirc, County Cork town | 27 |
| ___ LUNCH (store sign) | 22 |
| ___ Lupin, Leblanc character | 28 |
| ___ Lupin, Leblanc sleuth | 25 |
| ___ Maar (Picasso subject) | 26 |
| ___ Maar (Picasso's muse) | 29 |
| ___ Maar, Picasso subject | 25 |
| ___ Mac (eschews a PC) | 22 |
| ___ Machin, peak in China | 25 |
| ___ machine (phonograph) | 24 |
| ___ Madness (Snapple flavor) | 28 |
| ___ Madonna, Red Square icon | 28 |
| ___ Madre (mountain range) | 26 |
| ___ Madrid (soccer team) | 24 |
| ___ Mae (government lender) | 27 |
| ___ Magic (stain remover) | 25 |
| ___ Mahal (beer brand) | 22 |
| ___ Mahal (Indian beer brand) | 29 |
| ___ mai (Asian dumplings) | 25 |
| ___ mai (dim sum dish) | 22 |
| ___ maiden (torture device) | 27 |
| ___ Maiden of Nuremberg | 23 |
| ___ Maidens, floaters in Oz | 27 |
| ___ mail (e-mail alternative) | 29 |
| ___ mail (e-mail folder) | 24 |
| ___ Mail: online service | 24 |
| ___ maison (indoors): Fr. | 25 |
| ___ majeste (high treason) | 26 |
| ___ majesty (act of treason) | 28 |
| ___ majesty (high crime) | 24 |
| ___ majesty (high treason) | 26 |
| ___ Majesty's Ship | 22 |
| ___ Major (army staff) | 22 |
| ___ Major (Big Dipper locale) | 29 |
| ___ Major (constellation) | 25 |
| ___ major (force of nature) | 27 |
| ___ Major (Great Bear) | 22 |
| ___ Major (the Big Dipper) | 26 |
| ___ Major (the Great Bear) | 26 |
| ___ Major, locale of Sirius | 27 |
| ___ maker (freezer device) | 26 |
| ___ Malau, Solomons group | 25 |
| ___ Mall (London street) | 24 |
| ___ Malvinas (the Falklands) | 28 |
| ___ mama (tropical drink) | 25 |
| ___ Man (classic ad figure) | 27 |
| ___ Man (discovery of 1891) | 27 |
| ___ man (game-show creator) | 27 |
| ___ man (property seizer) | 25 |
| ___ man (Scottish farmhand) | 27 |
| ___ man (versatile scholar) | 27 |
| ___ Mandlikova, 1985 champ | 26 |
| ___ Manette, Dickens heroine | 28 |
| ___ Mann of 1960's pop | 26 |
| ___ Mann's Earth Band | 25 |
| ___ manner (conventionally) | 27 |
| ___ manner of speaking | 22 |
| ___ Mansion, N.Y.C. landmark | 28 |
| ___ Manuel river, Brazil | 24 |
| ___ many (more than enough) | 27 |
| ___ many (that last drink) | 26 |
| ___ many irons in the fire | 26 |
| ___ maple, or box elder | 23 |
| ___ march on (gets the edge) | 28 |
| ___ marché (cheaply) | 23 |
| ___ marché (cheaply): Fr. | 28 |
| ___ marchers of the 30's | 28 |
| ___ Marcus (retail chain) | 25 |
| ___ Maria (coffee liqueur) | 26 |
| ___ Maria (Kahlúa cousin) | 28 |
| ___ Marie Saint of films | 24 |
| ___ Marie, R&B singer | 25 |
| ___ marigold (sticktight) | 25 |
| ___ Marshall (Cat Power) | 24 |
| ___ Marshall, U.S. historian | 28 |
| ___ Martens (casual shoes) | 26 |
| ___ Martin (007's auto) | 27 |
| ___ Martin (Bond film car) | 26 |
| ___ Martin (British car make) | 29 |
| ___ Martin (car for 007) | 24 |
| ___ Martin (car maker) | 22 |
| ___ Martin (classic car) | 24 |
| ___ Martin (cognac brand) | 25 |
| ___ Martin (James Bond car) | 27 |
| ___ Martin (luxury car brand) | 29 |
| ___ Martin (luxury car) | 23 |
| ___ Martin (sports car) | 23 |
| ___ Martini, former singer | 26 |
| ___ Mary's (L.A. college) | 29 |
| ___ Master (title for Yoda) | 27 |
| ___ Master's Voice | 22 |
| ___ maté (brewed beverage) | 29 |
| ___ maté (S. A. beverage) | 28 |
| ___ mate (steeped beverage) | 27 |
| ___ mate (tealike beverage) | 27 |
| ___ Matecumbe Key, Fla. | 23 |