| Miss's proverbial equivalent | 32 |
| Miss, south of the border: Abbr. | 32 |
| Missed connections in this puzzle | 33 |
| Missed signals from Little Boy Blue, maybe | 42 |
| Missed some of the action, in a way | 35 |
| Missed ___ (blew one's entrance) | 36 |
| Misses part of the lecture, perhaps | 35 |
| Misses some of the lecture, perhaps | 35 |
| Missile intercepted by a Patriot | 32 |
| Missile part with the explosive charge | 38 |
| Missile that could destroy a destroyer: Abbr. | 45 |
| Missile that might be tipped with curare | 40 |
| Missile used during the first Gulf War | 38 |
| Missiles fired in the first Gulf War | 36 |
| Missiles may be delivered in one | 32 |
| Missing all one's jumpers, e.g. | 35 |
| Missing button on an iPod: Abbr. | 32 |
| Missing feature in a Michael Jackson caricature | 47 |
| Missing floor in Caesar's Palace? | 37 |
| Missing from one's company, perhaps | 39 |
| Missing glasses' location, usually | 38 |
| Missing pencils may be found behind these | 41 |
| Missing person in Buchanan's term | 37 |
| Missing Persons "Walking ___" | 39 |
| Missing primrose with a ransom note, for example? | 49 |
| Missing, as the start of a party | 32 |
| Mission Impossible composer Schifrin | 39 |
| Mission in "The Thin Red Line" | 40 |
| Mission of an Army officers' school? | 40 |
| Mission people, not tech support | 32 |
| Mission where Davy Crockett was killed | 38 |
| Mission: Defeat the Blue Meanies | 32 |
| Mission: Impossible theme composer Schifrin | 46 |
| Missionary who discovered Victoria Falls | 40 |
| Missionary winner of the Nobel Peace Prize | 42 |
| Missionary's target, perhaps | 32 |
| Mississippi (with ''state'') | 44 |
| Mississippi B.B. King Museum city | 33 |
| Mississippi city where Elvis Presley was born | 45 |
| Mississippi city where Elvis was born | 37 |
| Mississippi county whose seat is Tupelo | 39 |
| Mississippi River discoverer of 1541 | 36 |
| Mississippi river named by La Salle | 35 |
| Mississippi river to the Mississippi River | 42 |
| Mississippi River vis-a-vis Mississippi | 39 |
| Mississippi River's largest tributary | 41 |
| Mississippi senator will catch on? | 34 |
| Mississippi senator's family | 32 |
| Mississippi tributary in Mississippi | 36 |
| Mississippi tributary named by La Salle | 39 |
| Mississippi's junior senator | 32 |
| Mississippi's official airline? | 35 |
| Mississippi's ___ State University | 38 |
| Missive leading to military service | 35 |
| Missouri ballplayer's connection? | 37 |
| Missouri city where Jesse James was killed | 42 |
| Missouri county on the border of Arkansas | 41 |
| Missouri end of the Pony Express | 32 |
| Missouri is beginning to turn humid (5) | 39 |
| Missouri or Mississippi, briefly | 32 |
| Missouri river to the Missouri River | 36 |
| Missouri River's largest tributary | 38 |
| Missouri State Highway Patrol captain Johnson | 45 |
| Missouri town where Harry Truman was born | 41 |
| Missouri town where Truman was born | 35 |
| Missouri town, birthplace of H.S.T. | 35 |
| Missouri's first elected female senator | 43 |
| Missouri, Arkansas or Connecticut, e.g. | 39 |
| Missouri, Arkansas or Connecticut? | 34 |
| Missouri, Arkansas or Ohio, e.g. | 32 |
| Missouri-based chemicals company | 32 |
| Missouri-based paddling team? (distance) | 40 |
| Missouri/Arkansas mountain range | 32 |
| Missouri/Kentucky municipal bond | 32 |
| Missouri/Nebraska municipal bond | 32 |
| Missourian who became an Oklahoman | 34 |
| Missourian's additional invitation | 38 |
| Misspell "misspell," e.g. | 35 |
| Missy Higgins "They ___ There" | 40 |
| Missy Higgins "Where I ___" | 37 |
| Missy Higgins song about driving? | 33 |
| Missy Higgins song that leaves a mark? | 38 |
| Missy ___ with the 2002 hit "Work It" | 47 |
| Mistake that's in a class of its own? | 41 |
| Mistake whose name has military origins | 39 |
| Mistakes made by some bad drivers | 33 |
| Mister : English :: ___ : German | 32 |
| Mister Ed's "no" vote? | 36 |
| Mister Lemmon in "Mister Roberts" | 43 |
| Misters from the same place as you | 34 |
| Mistimed excursion in S California locale? | 42 |
| Mistreats, figuratively speaking | 32 |
| Mistress of an elegant household | 32 |
| Mistress Quickly in "Henry IV" | 40 |
| Misty May and Kerri Walsh, in Athens | 36 |
| Misuse one's checking account | 33 |
| MIT president instrumental in founding NASA | 43 |
| MIT's newspaper, with "The" | 41 |
| MIT's ___ School of Management | 34 |
| Mitch Miller found it instrumental | 34 |