| Former A.F.B. on Cape Cod | 25 |
| Former A.L. team, for short | 27 |
| Former abbr. for 50th state | 27 |
| Former ABC TV honcho Jamie | 26 |
| Former address at the Kremlin | 29 |
| Former advice to young men | 26 |
| Former aerospace giant | 22 |
| Former Afghan ruling group | 26 |
| Former African big-game gun | 27 |
| Former African capital | 22 |
| Former Agriculture Secretary | 28 |
| Former Air Force general | 24 |
| Former Air France flier | 23 |
| Former airline initials | 23 |
| Former Alaska senator Stevens | 29 |
| Former Alaskan governor | 23 |
| Former Albanian leader | 22 |
| Former Albanian president | 25 |
| Former Alberta Premier Ralph | 28 |
| Former Algerian cavalryman | 26 |
| Former Algerian rulers | 22 |
| Former Algerian V.I.P.'s | 28 |
| Former All-Star closer Robb | 27 |
| Former alliance acronym | 23 |
| Former allowance for weight | 27 |
| Former Anaheim athlete | 22 |
| Former Anaheim Stadium NFLer | 28 |
| Former Anaheim Stadium player | 29 |
| Former Andorra currency | 23 |
| Former annual fashion award | 27 |
| Former annual football game | 27 |
| Former annual TV award | 22 |
| Former anticommunist org. | 25 |
| Former antipoverty agcy. | 24 |
| Former apple application | 24 |
| Former archbishop Desmond | 25 |
| Former Archbishop of New York | 29 |
| Former Argentine bigwigs | 24 |
| Former Argentine dictator | 25 |
| Former Argentine President | 26 |
| Former Argentine ruler | 22 |
| Former Army base in N.J. | 24 |
| Former Army post in Calif. | 26 |
| Former Asian kingdom (Var.) | 27 |
| Former Asian map abbr. | 22 |
| Former astronaut/senator | 24 |
| Former Atlanta stadium | 22 |
| Former Atlantic crossers | 24 |
| Former Atlantic ocean threat | 28 |
| Former attorney beneral | 23 |
| Former Attorney General | 23 |
| Former Attorney General Edwin | 29 |
| Former Attorney General Janet | 29 |
| Former Attorney General John | 28 |
| Former Attorney General Reno | 28 |
| Former Austrian Chancellor | 26 |
| Former Austrian prince | 22 |
| Former auto executive Iacocca | 29 |
| Former auto executive Lee | 25 |
| Former auto financing org. | 26 |
| Former automaker, briefly | 25 |
| Former automobile style | 23 |
| Former B'way hotel | 22 |
| Former Baltic Sea duchy | 23 |
| Former Bangkok-based grp. | 25 |
| Former bank option, for short | 29 |
| Former barrier breakers | 23 |
| Former baseball commissioner | 28 |
| Former Bears coach Mike | 23 |
| Former Bears head coach Smith | 29 |
| Former Beatle Sutcliffe | 23 |
| Former Belgian airline | 22 |
| Former Belgian camera brand | 27 |
| Former Belgian Premier | 22 |
| Former Belgrade bigwig | 22 |
| Former Berlin landmark | 22 |
| Former Big Apple archbishop | 27 |
| Former Big Apple ballpark | 25 |
| Former Big Apple bigwig Ed | 26 |
| Former Big Apple mayor | 22 |
| Former Big Apple mayor Abe | 26 |
| Former Big Apple mayor Ed | 25 |
| Former Big Apple top banana | 27 |
| Former big name in browsers | 27 |
| Former billiards great | 22 |
| Former Blackhawk Mikita | 23 |
| Former Blackhawks coach Billy | 29 |
| Former blacklisting org. | 24 |
| Former bloc member: Abbr. | 25 |
| Former Bluesbreaker Walter | 26 |
| Former body-slamming gp. | 24 |
| Former Boeing magazine | 22 |
| Former Bolivian capital | 23 |
| Former book-club leader | 23 |
| Former boomer, briefly | 22 |
| Former border patrol agcy. | 26 |
| Former boss in Cook Co., Ill. | 29 |
| Former Boston Bruin Bobby | 25 |
| Former Boston Symphony leader | 29 |
| Former boxing champ Billy | 25 |