| The Lean One, in "Peer Gynt" | 38 |
| The Leaky Cauldron, e.g. | 24 |
| The League of Extraordinary Nitpickers? | 39 |
| The lead, for instance | 22 |
| The lead reindeer | 17 |
| The lead pipe, the wrench or the candlestick, but not the rope | 62 |
| The lax may spare it | 20 |
| The law, to Mr. Bumble | 22 |
| The law, per Dickens | 20 |
| The law, according to Mr. Bumble | 32 |
| The law's reach | 19 |
| The law's long limb? | 24 |
| The law's is long | 21 |
| The Law of Moses | 16 |
| The law has one | 15 |
| The law has a long one | 22 |
| The law for U.S. taxpayers (abbr.) | 34 |
| The launch of fifty fireworks in the span of a minute, say | 58 |
| The latest, technologically | 27 |
| The latest, in fashion | 22 |
| The latest word | 15 |
| The latest thing in lists? | 26 |
| The latest thing | 16 |
| The latest rage | 15 |
| The latest places to go | 23 |
| The latest one (so far) | 23 |
| The latest news | 15 |
| The latest Mardi Gras can occur | 31 |
| The latest is breaking | 22 |
| The latest info | 15 |
| The latest in fashion | 21 |
| The latest in evidence | 22 |
| The latest happenings | 21 |
| The latest from the world of corn? | 34 |
| The latest fad | 14 |
| The latest celebrity transgression, say? | 40 |
| The latest | 10 |
| The late Sen. Thurmond | 22 |
| The late Peter Jennings's network | 37 |
| The late Orient Express | 23 |
| The late Mr. Onassis | 20 |
| The late Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, familiarly | 41 |
| The late Amin | 13 |
| The late actor Calhoun | 22 |
| The last _____ | 14 |
| The Last ____ | 13 |
| The last ___ | 12 |
| The last word? | 14 |
| The last word, often | 20 |
| The last word on Sunday | 23 |
| The last word of this puzzle's five longest answers is a type of one | 72 |
| The last word of "The First Noel" | 43 |
| The last word in worship | 24 |
| The last word in some stories | 29 |
| The last word in movies? | 24 |
| The last word in many a foreign film | 36 |
| The last word in home runs | 26 |
| The last word in flowers? | 25 |
| The last word in churches | 25 |
| The last word in announcing home runs | 37 |
| The last word | 13 |
| The last watch you'll ever need? | 36 |
| The last was Nicholas II | 24 |
| The last wardrobe element left on after doing this puzzle, perhaps | 66 |
| The last two were in St. Paul in 2008 and NYC in 2004 | 53 |
| The last two were in St. Paul and Tampa | 39 |
| The last Triple Crown winner in baseball, for short | 51 |
| The last three presidents, in college | 37 |
| The last thing the Colorado Rockies won in 2007: Abbr. | 54 |
| The last thing in lists? | 24 |
| The last thing in lists | 23 |
| The last thing a Yale cheerleader wants | 39 |
| The last thing a gambler loses? | 31 |
| The last thing a fish might eat? | 32 |
| The Last Supper, for one | 24 |
| The last Stuart monarch | 23 |
| The last stand? | 15 |
| The last song on Bob Dylan's "Desire," named for his then-wife | 76 |
| The last shift | 14 |
| The last roundup? | 17 |
| The last Pope Urban | 19 |
| The last Pope Paul, e.g. | 24 |
| The last Pope Julius | 20 |
| The last place a bachelor walks | 31 |
| The last palindromic one was 2002 | 33 |
| The last ones can be doozies | 28 |
| The last one's a backbreaker | 32 |
| The last one is not least | 25 |
| The last one begins "Praise ye the Lord" | 50 |
| The last Oldsmobile made | 24 |
| The last of us | 14 |
| The Last of the Mohicans | 24 |
| The last of any series | 22 |
| The last of a count | 19 |
| The last of 26 | 14 |
| The last of "Hamlet" | 30 |
| The last of "Aïda" | 31 |
| The last novel featuring him was "Stopover: Tokyo" | 60 |
| The last name for this puzzle | 29 |
| The last Mrs. Charlie Chaplin | 29 |