| ___ volens (willy-nilly) | 24 |
| ___ volente (God willing) | 25 |
| ___ volta (musical direction) | 29 |
| ___ von Bock, German general | 28 |
| ___ Vote Counts Amendment | 25 |
| ___ vu (eerie sensation) | 24 |
| ___ W (root beer brand) | 23 |
| ___ Wafers (cookie brand) | 25 |
| ___ Wafers (Nabisco brand) | 26 |
| ___ Wafers (Nabisco cookies) | 28 |
| ___ Wagner of baseball fame | 27 |
| ___ wait (prepare to ambush) | 28 |
| ___ wait (prepares to ambush) | 29 |
| ___ Waldorf (famed maître) | 29 |
| ___ Walesa, Polish hero | 23 |
| ___ walk (old house feature) | 28 |
| ___ walk (police procedure) | 27 |
| ___ Walsh, N.B.A. executive | 27 |
| ___ War (famed race horse) | 26 |
| ___ War (famous racehorse) | 26 |
| ___ War (great race horse) | 26 |
| ___ War (Rome vs. Carthage) | 27 |
| ___ War in Colorado, 1879 | 25 |
| ___ War, 1920 Belmont winner | 28 |
| ___ War, famed race horse | 25 |
| ___ War, great race horse | 25 |
| ___ War: 1839–42 | 23 |
| ___ War: 1899–1902 | 25 |
| ___ ware (Japanese porcelain) | 29 |
| ___ Wars (Rome vs. Carthage) | 28 |
| ___ Wars of ancient times | 25 |
| ___ Wat (Cambodian temple) | 26 |
| ___ water (cologne kin) | 23 |
| ___ water (facing trouble) | 26 |
| ___ water (on the carpet) | 25 |
| ___ water (on the ropes) | 24 |
| ___ water (prove true) | 22 |
| ___ water (under fire) | 22 |
| ___ water (up the creek) | 24 |
| ___ way (gets oriented) | 23 |
| ___ Way (herbal supplements) | 28 |
| ___ way (to some extent) | 24 |
| ___ way, shape or form | 22 |
| ___ way, shape, or form | 23 |
| ___ Weapons (NYC rock band) | 27 |
| ___ Wednesday (Lent starter) | 28 |
| ___ weed (Western plant) | 24 |
| ___ weed, rangeland plant | 25 |
| ___ weight (measuring scheme) | 29 |
| ___ well (is a good sign) | 25 |
| ___ Wences (ventriloquist) | 26 |
| ___ Wences of puppetry fame | 27 |
| ___ Wences, ventriloquist | 25 |
| ___ were (so to speak) | 22 |
| ___ West (life jacket) | 22 |
| ___ West (life preserver) | 25 |
| ___ West, of old films | 22 |
| ___ wheels (sporty rims) | 24 |
| ___ which way (disordered) | 26 |
| ___ whim (spontaneously) | 24 |
| ___ White (Clue character) | 26 |
| ___ whose time has come | 23 |
| ___ wide (extensively) | 22 |
| ___ Wilander, tennis star | 25 |
| ___ Wildfire, Scott character | 29 |
| ___ Wills Moody of tennis | 25 |
| ___ Wilson, Aussie novelist | 27 |
| ___ Wimsey, Sayers sleuth | 25 |
| ___ win (compete vigorously) | 28 |
| ___ window (impossible task) | 28 |
| ___ wisdom (sage advice) | 24 |
| ___ with (encountered) | 22 |
| ___ with (experienced) | 22 |
| ___ with (fights against) | 25 |
| ___ with (take liberties) | 25 |
| ___ with the same brush | 23 |
| ___ with words (was clever) | 27 |
| ___ witness (perjure oneself) | 29 |
| ___ wolf (solitary one) | 23 |
| ___ Wonderful (juice brand) | 27 |
| ___ Wood of boating fame | 24 |
| ___ Woods National Monument | 27 |
| ___ wool (soft material) | 24 |
| ___ word (coinage of a sort) | 28 |
| ___ words (equivocations) | 25 |
| ___ words (that is to say) | 26 |
| ___ words (verbalizes) | 22 |
| ___ Work (1980s pop group) | 26 |
| ___ Work (road repair sign) | 27 |
| ___ work (toiling earnestly) | 28 |
| ___ Worm (1980s light-up toy) | 29 |
| ___ Worm (old Playskool toy) | 28 |
| ___ worms (chewy candy) | 23 |
| ___ XII (leader during WWII) | 28 |
| ___ XING (street sign) | 22 |
| ___ Xtra (Coca-Cola subbrand) | 29 |
| ___ Xtra (Dr Pepper rival) | 26 |
| ___ Xtra (soft drink brand) | 27 |
| ___ y plata (Montana motto) | 27 |
| ___ Yang Twins (rap duo) | 24 |