2-Letter Words Starting with L

Wet-rendered substance, maybe

Pie crust ingredient, maybe

Fat in the can (wordplay)

British MP, perhaps

One who minds his manors (wordplay)

Jim, for one

Thane for one

Thane, for one

Scottish property owner

River in the Yukon

Hot springs river of northern B.C.

Mackenzie River tributary

Enticed fish (wordplay)

Played the siren

Attracted to a coachman

Type of details, oh my!

Tabloid-worthy, say

Designed to pique interest, say

Streaked with gray: Scot.

Streaked with gray Scot

Streaked with gray Scot.

Took refuge in a burrow

Rested, as a lion.

Having a den.

Fattened, in a way.

Covered with fat

Added grease to

Painted the town red

Conducted vessel inside and had fun

Played around like early bird

Glanced wickedly (at)

Looked slyly (at)

How the villain looked (wordplay)

Crocodile, for one.

Gila monster, for one

Gecko, for one

Held (over someone's head)

Bullied (with "over")

Domineered (with "it")

Frowned (var.)

When thus led around, our look was threatening

Lay in wait

Kept one's own counsel, online

Stayed out of sight

*Start to gnaw (wordplay)

Done with difficulty

Worked like a dog

A marine fish

Aged, at the brewery

Aged at the brewery

Drag gal around for one who falls behind

One failing to keep up

Person failing to keep up

Nautical rope variable

Cord used in crafts

Sailor's cord for whistle or knife

Craft creation at camp, maybe

Cord around neck

Short rope: Naut.

Toward the side

Like some coifs

Like some wedding cakes

Lighter yet warmer, as winter wear

Likewise, Edward Lear (wordplay)

Clever humorist, Sherrin perhaps

Edward Lear, likewise (wordplay)

Islands not exposed to blows (wordplay)

Draw eel (anagram)

Drew ale (anagram)

Animal spotted at zoos (wordplay)

It's spotted in Africa (wordplay)

Organised pro-deal for one of The Cats

Exercise piece (wordplay)

Tight-fitting garment, for gymnasts say

Dancer's attire

A gnawing mammal

Purchased when bar's in use

Used a crowbar.

Led around always for the prize

Opposite of "noble"

Boorish.

Vulgar

Made more realistic, as expectations

Moved something down

This got the wee lord down

Tempted to go round church that's listed

Walked with unsteady swaying movement

Swayed suddenly to one side.

Had radiance.

The hots - very hot - must be given a gloss

Shining with hot passion, as the sun at sunset (wordplay)

""Having the shape of a lyre, also LYRATE, LYRIFORM""

Laager

Worked hard or with difficulty

Be our lad (anagram) - overwrought

Worked hard to shift a boulder

A type of {lizard=n}

Lacker

(Of tights or stockings) having a run

Ran, as a thread.

Maturing in stages, as investments

Perhaps Mother Goose finds insect

But the garden is my favourite spot!

Beetle (or the late Mrs LBJ)

Any of a family of beetles

Letter that has one's address (wordplay)

One charging a flat rate (wordplay)

Flat personality (wordplay)

Toward the coast

In the direction of a port

Not toward the sea

Portable writing surface

Tabletop for the legs

Work surface akin to a table.

Lapper

'Left on ship' is about right!

Port; labrador (anagram)

Old term for port (naut.)

Roped at a rodeo

Lassoed.

Lassoed

Pounded the stuffing out of

Beat: Colloq.

How Laurence got beaten, along with a prude

Beaten, showing a white face (wordplay)

Ivory-coated (wordplay)

Worked the Dial (wordplay)

Like old Olympics champions

Crowned a certain way

Honored with a crown of foliage

Laveer

Acted as counsel

Lecher

Told off or instructed students

Spoke at a seminar

What Twain and Cable did in 1884

Device limiting boat's drift

Movable plank on a hull

Navigational aid on a sailboat

How liberals lean

Got out of hospital, not in the right direction

Aport

Having much free time

Having idle time

Having plenty of free time

A {lemur=n}

Was a star athlete, perhaps

Possessed of learning

Was on the varsity

Librate

Loosened (up)

Did warm-up exercises

Developed flexibility

Produced by breeding within a particular line of descent

Didn't go away

Hung on, dawdled

Continued to stay.

Lipper

Liquor

Had all the young all over the place

Scattered in untidy fashion

Tilt the deer so ontidily

Like some servants

Wearing an identifying uniform

Uniformed ranks I deliver

Macho, for one

Spanglish or Franglais component

Term from French, say - 'mortgage' (wordplay)

I'd led like this (wordplay)

Hung around a Target parking lot, say

Hung a round (wordplay)

Lopper

How shutters are typically made

Furnished with slatted panels.

Ventilated, in a way

Pet for Feb. 14

Variety of small parrot

Small green parrot

I've got to see the doctor, now!

How Jack walked (wordplay)

Proceeded heavily and awkwardly

Gave a glossy finish

Feathered musician (wordplay)

A chick on the harp grounded flyer

Very long-tailed flier

Cut material had value

Lear acted badly hurt

Injured by tearing

(Of hair) sprayed to keep in place

LATERAL to throw a sideward pass in football

Laterize

Cleaned filthy lucre?

Cleaned filthy lucre (wordplay)

Did a household task.

Laureate

Given honour and praise, it's right she from France should be embraced

Leaguer

Tanned the opponent (wordplay)

Beaten, though there in first place!

Covered with horsehide

Used a salmon-spear

LEOTARD a close-fitting garment

Bought with borrowed money

Exerted influence on

Like some buyouts

Learner I reprimanded and let go

Wild bear I'd let free

Free at last

One of the Beach Boys (wordplay)

Bank magazine-rack overseer (wordplay)

GARFIELD + U = Beach V.I.P

Ligature

Lighter

Lobster

Engaged in political skulduggery

Swapped political favors

Took part in a lumberjack contest

Lustrate

Lyricise

Lyricize

Lavender

For example, Y-front's logo (wordplay)

Piece of corporate stationery

Stationery feature from red endings

LINEARISE

LINEARIZE

A type of paperboard used in making corrugated cartons.

Turtle

Fool

Devoted to classical music.

Devoted to classical music

Not buzz-cut

It's the end of the world!...if you want to get really literal about it

Dealt with friction, say

Prepped for an ultrasound, say

Treated with oil

Unfinished business (wordplay)

Where elephants go walking (wordplay)

Where to buy 2x4's.

LUXURIATE To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance.

Hardly Mensa material

None too smart

Not too smart

LATERALIZE

Jumped over (someone) in play

Jumped or skipped over

Skipped some steps

""A small branching shrub (Dirca palustris), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; called also moosewood, and wicopy. Dirca palustris), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; called also moosewood, and wicopy.""

Letterbox

Relaxed lad is rebel, I suspect

LIBERALIZE To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices.

Lifeguard

King Richard I, they say

A millionaire is so courageous

King Richard's epithet

""LITERALIZE To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture. spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture.""

Livetrap

Big in the middle? That's generous

Of liberal disposition

Dealer Gareth, surprisingly generous

Lacking a centre of gravity (wordplay)

Delight model holding spirit and bubbly!

Carefree to match love of writer

Lithograph

Past tense or past participle