| "___ a warm wind . . . ": Masefield | 45 |
| "___ a wise child . . . ": Nash | 41 |
| "___ a Woman" (Beatles tune) | 38 |
| "___ a Woman," 1964 song | 34 |
| "___ a Woman?" (Sojourner Truth speech) | 49 |
| "___ a Wonderful Life" | 32 |
| "___ a wrap" | 22 |
| "___ a yellow ribbon . . ." | 37 |
| "___ a yellow ribbon ..." | 35 |
| "___ Aïda" | 23 |
| "___ Abby" | 20 |
| "___ Abe" | 19 |
| "___ abed and daylight slumber / Were not meant for man alive": Housman | 81 |
| "___ Abner" | 21 |
| "___ Abner" (Capp comic strip) | 40 |
| "___ Abner" (old comic) | 33 |
| "___ aboard!" | 23 |
| "___ about had it up to here!" | 40 |
| "___ about it!" | 25 |
| "___ about that!" | 27 |
| "___ about that?!" | 28 |
| "___ about the Boy" | 29 |
| "___ About the Boy": Coward | 37 |
| "___ about time!" | 27 |
| "___ About You" | 25 |
| "___ above all . . . " | 32 |
| "___ above all . . . ": Keble | 39 |
| "___ above all . . . ": Shak. | 39 |
| "___ Above All" (1942 Tyrone Power film) | 50 |
| "___ Absolut World" (vodka campaign) | 46 |
| "___ Accidentally Leaks Results of 2008 Election Early" ("The Onion" headline) | 98 |
| "___ Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early" (Onion headline) | 82 |
| "___ Ace" (Burt Reynolds film) | 40 |
| "___ Aces" of radio fame | 34 |
| "___ achieve greatness . . . ": Shak. | 47 |
| "___ Across the Table," 1934 song | 43 |
| "___ Act," Broadway hit | 33 |
| "___ Adams" | 21 |
| "___ added expense" | 29 |
| "___ additional cost!" | 32 |
| "___ Ado About Nothing" | 33 |
| "___ Adore" (1997 Smashing Pumpkins single) | 53 |
| "___ Adore" (Smashing Pumpkins single) | 48 |
| "___ Adrift On Memory Bliss" P.M. Dawn | 48 |
| "___ Adventures . . . " | 33 |
| "___ Adventures Under Ground" | 39 |
| "___ advice?" | 23 |
| "___ afraid of greatness": Shak. | 42 |
| "___ afraid of that!" | 31 |
| "___ Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" | 41 |
| "___ Africa" | 22 |
| "___ Africa." 1985 Oscar winner | 41 |
| "___ aft a-gley" | 26 |
| "___ after class" | 27 |
| "___ after me . . . " | 31 |
| "___ after me ..." | 28 |
| "___ after my own heart" | 34 |
| "___ After the Show" (former Oxygen program) | 54 |
| "___ After" (Drew Barrymore film) | 43 |
| "___ Afternoon" | 25 |
| "___ Again (Naturally)" | 33 |
| "___ Again (Naturally)" (1972 #1 hit) | 47 |
| "___ Again (Naturally)" (Gilbert O'Sullivan hit) | 62 |
| "___ Again . . . ": 1972 hit song | 43 |
| "___ again ..." | 25 |
| "___ again ..." ("on the other hand ...") | 61 |
| "___ again!" | 22 |
| "___ Again" | 21 |
| "___ again, Sam" | 26 |
| "___ again?!" | 23 |
| "___ against Thebes" | 30 |
| "___ Age," book by Alex Comfort | 41 |
| "___ Age," book by Comfort | 36 |
| "___ Agent," Conrad novel | 35 |
| "___ agnus Dei" | 25 |
| "___ agnus Dei" (Christian phrase) | 44 |
| "___ Agonistes" | 25 |
| "___ ahead, fall back" | 32 |
| "___ ahead; fall back" | 32 |
| "___ ain't broke . . . " | 38 |
| "___ ain't broke . . ." | 37 |
| "___ ain't broke ..." | 35 |
| "___ ain't broke..." | 34 |
| "___ ain't got a barrel . . . " | 45 |
| "___ ain't so, Joe" | 33 |
| "___ Air" | 19 |
| "___ Aircraft Is Missing," 1942 movie | 47 |
| "___ airplane leaves O'Hare at 9 p.m...." | 55 |
| "___ akbar!" | 22 |
| "___ alas," U.S.A.F. motto | 36 |
| "___ Albert," 1971 hit song | 37 |
| "___ alia" (among other things) | 41 |
| "___ Alibi" (1989 comedy-mystery) | 43 |
| "___ Alibi" (1989 film) | 33 |
| "___ Alibi," 1989 film | 32 |
| "___ Alibi," 1989 Selleck film | 40 |
| "___ Alibi," Selleck film | 35 |
| "___ Alice" | 21 |
| "___ Alice" (1971 antidrug book) | 42 |
| "___ Alice" (antidrug film) | 37 |