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- Love god
- "Love it!"
- Love of Spanish?
- [Love you!]
- Love, in Lima
- "Lovely" and "wonderful" food, per Monty Python
- Loves of the past
- Low notes, but not the lowest
- Low scorer on a pH test
- Low voice
- Low-___ diet
- Low-budget Chinese shopping site
- Low-lying area
- Low-lying landform
- Low-priced car introduced in 1980
- Low-quality A.I. content
- Lower-right button on YouTube ads
- Lowest numbers in sudoku
- Lowly worker
- Luau instruments, informally
- Luau strings, informally
- "___ luck!"
- Luggage
- Luminesce
- Luminous stellar explosion
- Lumps of coal, for a snowman
- Lunchtime, say
- Lundi ___, festive Monday observance in New Orleans
- Lush hair's quality
- Luxuriate in a bathtub
- Luxury auto whose logo is four overlapping rings
- Luxury goods retailer since 1867
- Luxury health retreats
- ___ Lydic of "The Daily Show"
- Lyft competitor
- Lying about
- Lying on
- Lyrical works
- M, on a form
- M.B.A. subj.
- M.C.'s need
- M.I.T. Mystery ___ (annual puzzle competition)
- M.L.B. stadium demolished in 2009
- M.L.B. team that awarded a record-breaking $765 million contract to Juan Soto in 2024
- M.L.B. team whose stadium is less than 10 miles from another M.L.B. team's
- MacFarlane who voiced Ted in "Ted"
- Machu Picchu constructor
- MacMurray of "Double Indemnity"
- "Madam, I'm ___"
- Made an appearance
- Made haste
- Made out
- Madonna's "La ___ Bonita"
- Madre's baby
- Magazine fig.
- Magazine whose cover featured Elizabeth Taylor a record 14 times
- Magic power
- Magician's "And just like that, it's gone!"
- Magician's "Look at what I just did!"
- Magician's "Look what I did!"
- Magician's accessory
- Magnanimous words at a bar
- Magnetite and bauxite
- Magnum ___ (masterpiece)
- "Magnum, P.I." setting
- ___ Mai, Grammy-winning R&B singer
- Main characters for an early reader
- Main greeting
- Main ingredients in unagi don
- Maine city near the mouth of the Kennebec River
- Maintained, as a position
- ___ Major
- ___ Major (constellation)
- Major export of Ghana
- Major exporter of pistachios
- Major misfortunes
- Major N.Y.S.E. events
- Major or general
- Major tennis tournament
- Major, e.g.
- Major-leaguers
- Make
- Make ___ (earn vast sums)
- Make a lasting impression
- Make a long story short, say
- Make a lot, say?
- *Make a scar
- Make a whoopsie
- Make airtight
- Make an impression
- Make do
- Make friendly to humans
- Make like a hot dog
- Make one
- Make out, in England
- Make out, in Manchester
- Make over
- Make some alterations
- Make some changes
- Makeover
- Maker of the iconic Billy bookcase
- Maker of the Q3
- Maker of the Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream
- Makes a choice
- Makes a choice, with "for"
- Makes a mistake
- Makes an oopsie
- Makes angry, old-style
- Makes less noisy, in a way
- Makes some calls
- Makes sound through one's gums
- Makes unfair, in a way
- Makeup of a certain web
- Makeup of a plot
- Malarkey
- Male deer
- Mallorca or Menorca, por ejemplo
- Mallorca, por ejemplo
- Malt-drying kiln
- Mama ___ of the Mamas & the Papas
- Mama's mama
- "Mamma Mia" group
- Mammoth
- Mamá's boy
- Man's name that describes a radio that's lost half its frequencies?
- Man's name that's a citrus fruit spelled backward
- Man's name that's Italian for "eight"
- Manage, as a bar
- Manager of an apt. bldg.
- Manager's helper: Abbr.
- Mandolin accessory
- Mango leftovers
- Manufacturer's gross product?
- Many a "good buddy"
- Many a bonny bairn
- Many a call from an unknown number
- Many a character in "The Grapes of Wrath"
- Many a choirgirl
- Many a classic Steinbeck character
- Many a commencement speaker, in brief
- Many a discovery in the Valley of the Kings
- Many a drop-down
- Many a fund-raising target, informally
- Many a guest writer's piece
- Many a listing in an etiquette book
- Many a Mideast native
- Many a North African
- Many a politician with a legal background, for short
- Many a popular TikTok
- Many a rescue dog
- Many a Scottish native
- Many a spacious apartment
- Many a sports bet
- Many a tech alum: Abbr.
- Many a university benefactor, informally
- Many a vacation package
- Many a viral post
- Many an Alpha Beta in "Revenge of the Nerds"
- Many bills in tip jars
- Many C-suite degs.
- Many great athletes play with it
- Many internet spammers
- Many N.Y.C. addresses: Abbr.
- Many Pablo Neruda works
- Many profs
- Many Snapchats, informally
- Many tech start-up ideas
- Many, many millennia
- Maori dance with rhythmic chanting
- Map out
- March 15, e.g.
- March Madness org.
- March Madness pick
- March Madness placement
- Marchers in sidewalk cracks
- Marching band?
- Marco Polo made his way across it
- Mardi Gras city, informally
- Margarine
- Margin
- ___ Marian (English folklore heroine)
- ___ Marian, Robin Hood's beloved
- Marine menace
- Mariner's greeting
- Mariner's septet
- Mark left by a whip
- Mark of an old injury
- Mark's successor
- Markdown on Cyber Monday, e.g.
- Marries
- Marsh grass
- Marshy areas
- Martial art with shoulder throws
- Marvel-ous Lee
- Marx who wrote "Das Kapital"
- Marx with a manifesto
- Masala ___ (Indian spiced tea)
- Mascara coats one
- Mass
- Mass unit
- Massage gun target
- Matador charger
- Matador's opponent
- ___ mater
- Material for a certain pocket
- *Material for a sidewalk
- Material in a classical timepiece
- Material theorized as a possible cause of ancient Rome's decline, given its widespread use
- Materials mined in Minecraft
- Mates
- Math function
- Mathematician John who won a Nobel in economic science in 1994
- Matriarch of six of the 12 tribes of Israel
- Mattress supporter
- Mauna Loa output
- ___ Mawr
- ___ Mawr College
- Maximum measure of attractiveness, say
- May honorees
- Mayberry boy of ’60s TV
- Mayberry kid on old TV
- Maze runners, sometimes
- Maze's goal
- McAuliffe's one-word reply to a German commander's demand of surrender
- McEntire of country music
- McFlurry flavor
- McGwire's rival in 1990s M.L.B.
- McIntosh (or Macintosh) component
- McMullin of Utah politics
- "Me neither"
- ___ me tangere (Latin warning)
- "___ ME" (humorous "sign")
- "Me, too"
- Meander
- Meanie face
- Meaning of "vidi," in Caesar's boast
- Means of self-defense
- Means of transport in a mine
- Measure of a membership
- Measure of college readiness, for short
- Meat sold in a can
- Meaty pasta sauce
- Mechanic's canfuls
- Mechanical memorization
- Mechanics might provide them for their work: Abbr.
- Med. diagnostics
- Medallions might be seen in them
- Medical mass
- Medical measure
- Medical success
- Meemaw
- Meeting that's been cut short?
- Meeting, casually
- Meeting, slangily
- "Mega cool!," in modern lingo
- Mega or jumbo ending
- Mega-
- Meh
- Melodramatic sort
- Member of a jury
- Member of a sluglike "Star Wars" species
- Member of an ancient Peruvian empire
- Member of the South Asian diaspora
- Member of the World Cup's "Tartan Army" fan base
- Member-owned business
- Memo abbr.
- Memo heading
- Memo starter
- Memorable feature of the "V-J Day in Times Square" photo
- Memorization technique based on repetition
- Memory of a hectic day, perhaps
- Men's tennis champ with a Presidential Medal of Freedom
- ___ Menken, composer of "Little Shop of Horrors"
- Mentions by username, on social media
- Menu bar option
- Mercedes alternative
- Merely whispered
- Merest little chirp
- Merit badge holder
- ___ mess (British dessert)
- ___ mess (traditional English dessert)
- Mess maker
- Messes up
- Met melody
- Metals in mines
- Metals that miners mine
- "Metamorphoses" writer
- Metaphor for a too-hot room
- Meter maid in a Beatles hit
- Methods
- Metro regions, informally
- "Metropolitan Life" author Lebowitz
- Metros in the 1990s
- Mexican currency
- Meyers of late night
- Mi ___ (Spanish term of endearment)
- "Mi ___, su ___"
- Michael of "Barbie"
- Michael who plays Allan in "Barbie"
- Michelin product
- Michelle of "Crazy Rich Asians"
- "Micro" or "macro" class
- Microscopic
- Middle-of-the-bell-curve result
- Mideast ruler
- Mideast's Gulf of ___
- Midmonth marker
- Midmonth time
- Midmorning hour
- Midnight's opposite
- Midsummer babies
- Midwest city whose name becomes a Southwest city if you move the first letter to the end
- Midwestern native
- Migratory fish with exceptionally sensitive hearing
- Mild oath
- Mild, pleasant intoxication
- Miles away
- Military chopper
- Military wear, for short
- Milk source
- Milker's handful
- Milkshake flavor
- Milkshake ingredient that might get stuck in a straw
- Milky Way explosion
- Milky Way maker … or Milky Way object
- Milliners manufacture them
- ___ Millions (multistate lottery)
- Milton Friedman's field, familiarly
- Mimicked
- Mince words?
- Minced oath
- Mind
- Mind-reading scan, in a way
- "Mind. Blown."
- ___ Minderbinder from "Catch-22"
- Mindless repetition
- Mine finds
- Mine line
- Mined metals
- Mineral that makes cosmetics shimmer
- Mini-golf stroke
- Mini-golf target
- Mini-tantrum
- Miniature maze runners
- Minimally
- ___ minimum
- Mining waste
- Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan
- Minnesota's state bird
- ___ Minor
- Minor crashes?
- Minor machine parts
- Minor menace
- Minor mishap
- Minor municipality
- Minty candy brand
- Minuscule amount
- "Miracle on Ice" foe, for short
- Misdirect
- Missed, as a chance
- Missing part of the Great Sphinx of Giza
- Missing unexpectedly
- Mission-driven grps., often
- Mistake-correcting command
- Mitigate
- ___ Mix
- Mix up
- Mix, as a sauce
- Mixed-breed dog
- Mizzen, e.g.
- Mlle. in Madrid
- Mobile food vendor's station
- Moccasin decoration
- Moccasin, e.g.
- Moccasins and loafers, e.g.
- Mocked, in a way
- Mocking cry
- Mode, for one
- Model Miranda
- Model Moss
- Modern "go-to's"
- Modern "seize the day"
- Modern component in a digital display, in brief
- Modern country that includes most of ancient Mesopotamia
- Modern device with no filter, informally
- Modern home of ancient Mesopotamia
- Modern lead-in to coin or stock
- Modern lead-in to quit or bait
- Modern name of the first National League champions (1876)
- Modern note-taking aid
- Modern pen, of a sort
- Modern pentathlon equipment
- Modern security threat
- Modern streaming device
- Modern suffix with situation
- Modern-day Persia
- Modernists, informally
- Modest poker holding
- "Moi? Never!"
- Moldable soil
- Molten flow
- Mom on "Family Guy"
- Moments of understanding
- Money across the Atlantic
- Money maker
- Mononymous Irish singer
- Mononymous singer who popularized "New Celtic" music
- Monopoly token retired in 2017
- ___ monster
- ___ monster (Southwest reptile)
- ___ monster (venomous lizard)
- Monster of folk tales
- Month #9: Abbr.
- Monthly expense
- Moon over Managua
- Moonfish
- Mop, as the deck
- Morass
- More than 10 billion of them are currently in circulation in the U.S.
- More than a few, but less than a lot
- More than a snack
- More than giga-, less than peta-
- More than just smile
- Morning announcement
- Morse code components
- Morsels often found in fried rice
- Mortarboard wearer
- Most August babies
- Most characters in Pixar's first film
- Most common instrument in New York Times crosswords, with over 800 appearances
- "Most definitely!," in Mexico City
- Most exceptional
- Most online customer service agents nowadays
- Mother of a stable family?
- Mother of Don Juan
- Mother of Helios, in myth
- Mothers in a flock
- Mothers in cotes
- Mothers of barnyard chicks
- Mount known to produce rare volcanic "smoke rings"
- ___ Mountain (ski area in Killington, Vt.)
- Mountain cryptid whose name inspired a water-bottle brand
- Mountain said to house Hephaestus' forges
- Mountains on an Evian bottle
- Mountains where St. Bernards were originally bred
- ___ Mountains, Europe/Asia boundary
- Mouth-puckering
- Mouthy?
- Move fast, as a cloud
- Move like a fairy
- Move like honey
- Move like mud
- Move through the air, as a smell
- Move, in real estate lingo
- Move, in Realtor-speak
- Move, informally
- Move, to a Realtor
- Moves a lot
- Moves up and down in the water
- Movie princess with "space buns"
- Movie villain who is a member of SPECTRE
- Mozart's "Rondo ___ Turca"
- Mr. Knightley's love interest, in classic literature
- Mrs. Addams, to Mr. Addams
- Much merch
- Much-admired person
- Much-heard sound from a horse in motion
- Much-used pencil
- Muck
- "Mulan" antagonists
- Multibillionaire, e.g.
- Multitude
- Muppet who loves pigeons
- Muppet who was once a regular guest on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show"
- Muppet with a noted feud with a pet rock
- Muscle by the rotator cuff, for short
- Muscle exercised with a shoulder press, familiarly
- Muse of history
- Mushroom-headed character in the Mario games
- "Mushy" side dish with fish and chips
- Music genre for James Brown
- Music genre for Joni Mitchell or Woody Guthrie
- Music score squiggle
- Musical group?
- Musical instrument in the Guinness logo
- Musical instrument whose second syllable sounds like a part of other musical instruments
- Musical lead-in to beat
- Musical set in Alphabet City
- Musical threesome
- Must-have
- Mustachioed president who succeeded another mustachioed president in 1909
- ___-mutuel betting
- "My bad!"
- "My country, ’tis of ___ …"
- "My eye!"
- "My Sweet ___" (George Harrison song)
- "My treat!"
- "My turn to play!"
- Mystery writer?
- Mystique
- Mythical Greek ship
- Mythical lover
- "___ Mía" (2014 Latin pop hit)
- Mötley Crüe frontman Vince ___
- Münster man
- N.A.A.C.P. member?: Abbr.
- N.B.A. great ___ Archibald
- N.B.A. team from the hottest major city in the United States
- N.B.A. team with purple-and-orange jerseys
- N.F.L. commentator Collinsworth
- N.F.L. tight end McBride
- N.Y.C. club that hosted Blondie and the Ramones
- N.Y.C. home of van Gogh's "The Starry Night"
- N.Y.C. mayor Adams
- N.Y.C. neighborhood that's home to the Grey Art Museum
- Naan alternative
- Nada
- "___ Nagila"
- "___ Nagila" (Jewish folk song)
- Nailed, as a test
- Nails will do it, but not teeth
- ___ Nam
- Name in many skyscrapers
- Name of a pope and a Roman emperor whose terms of leadership overlapped
- Name of the famous "Queen of Scots"
- Name on luxury fashion apparel
- Name that can be parsed as "the the" in Spanish
- Name that means "pink" in Spanish
- Name that spiked in popularity following a 2013 Disney movie
- Named names
- Named, informally
- Napoleon exile site
- Narrow
- Narrow margin of victory
- Nashville has a "grand ole" one
- National capital that's home to Mykhailivska Square
- National Ice Cream Month and National Hot Dog Month
- National sport of Japan
- Native American people known as the "Nation du Chat"
- Natives call it Muncibeddu, meaning "mountain of mountains"
- Natl. economic yardsticks
- Natural fluid containers
- Natural hairstyle
- Nautical assents
- Neat
- Neat and orderly
- Neatly skillful
- "Neato!"
- "Need a hand?"
- Needing a 34-inch inseam, maybe
- Negative for Nikolai
- Negative impression
- "Negative"
- Neglect to include
- Neglect to mention
- Neighbor of a Montenegrin
- Neighbor of an Estonian
- Neighbor of an Estonian, historically
- Neighbor of Java
- Neighbor of Turkmenistan
- Neighborhood in both London and Manhattan
- Neighborhood in Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London"
- Neighborhood mentioned in "Werewolves of London"
- Neighborhood once home to N.Y.C.'s so-called "Gasoline Alley"
- Neighbors of delts
- Neil Armstrong took a "small" one
- Neither dry nor soaked
- Nerd
- Nerve fiber
- Nervous
- Nessie's body of water
- Nestlé's bubbly chocolate brand
- Neural signal conductor
- Neural transmitter
- Neuron, e.g.
- Neuter
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