| ''A __ technicality!'' | 38 |
| ''A ___ a Kill'' (Bond film) | 44 |
| ''A ___ Flanders'' (1960) | 41 |
| ''A ___ formality'' | 35 |
| ''A ___ of Flanders'' | 37 |
| ''A ___ of the Mind,'' Shepard drama | 52 |
| ''A ___ on thee!'' | 34 |
| ''A ___ on you!'' (old curse) | 45 |
| ''A-laying'' Christmas gifts | 44 |
| ''A-Tisket, A-Tasket'' singer Fitzgerald | 56 |
| ''Ab __'' (from day one) | 40 |
| ''Abandon all hope . . .'' writer | 49 |
| ''Abandon hope, all ye who ___ here'' | 53 |
| ''Abbey Road,'' e.g. | 36 |
| ''Abbey'' or ''Tobacco'' | 56 |
| ''Abe Lincoln in Illinois'' character | 53 |
| ''Abie Baby'' musical | 37 |
| ''Able was I ___ . . .'' | 40 |
| ''Able was I ___ ...'' | 38 |
| ''Able was I ___ I saw Elba'' | 45 |
| ''About face,'' e.g. | 36 |
| ''Above the Law'' star | 38 |
| ''Abracadabra!'' equivalent | 43 |
| ''Absalom and Achitophel'' poet John | 52 |
| ''Absolutely Fabulous'' character | 49 |
| ''Absolutely Fabulous'' role | 44 |
| ''Absolutely not!'' | 35 |
| ''Absolutely!'' | 31 |
| ''Absolutely'' | 30 |
| ''Accept the situation!'' | 41 |
| ''Accident ahead'' indicator | 44 |
| ''According to Jim'' star | 41 |
| ''According to me,'' in e-mail shorthand | 56 |
| ''According to the grapevine ...'' | 50 |
| ''According to what authority?'' | 48 |
| ''Acetyl'' ending | 33 |
| ''Achilles and the Tortoise'' author Mark | 57 |
| ''Achilles and the Tortoise'' subject Mark | 58 |
| ''Achoo!'' response | 35 |
| ''Achtung Baby'' co-producer | 44 |
| ''Ad astra ___ aspera''' (Kansas motto) | 59 |
| ''Ad ___ per aspera'' (Kansas motto) | 52 |
| ''Ad'' or ''ab'' ending | 55 |
| ''Ada'', for one | 32 |
| ''Adam Bede'' author | 36 |
| ''Adam ___'' (Eliot novel) | 42 |
| ''Adam-12'' org. | 32 |
| ''Adaptation'' star | 35 |
| ''Add __ of salt'' | 34 |
| ''Address to the ___ Guid'' (Robert Burns) | 58 |
| ''Aeneid'' character | 36 |
| ''Aeneid'' figure | 33 |
| ''Aeneid,'' e.g. | 32 |
| ''Aeneid,'' for one | 35 |
| ''After that . . . ?'' | 38 |
| ''After that . . .'' | 36 |
| ''After that ...'' | 34 |
| ''Afternoon of a ___'' (Mallarme poem) | 54 |
| ''Afterward ...'' | 33 |
| ''Agnes Grey'' author | 37 |
| ''Agnus __'' | 28 |
| ''Agnus ___'' | 29 |
| ''Agnus _____'' | 31 |
| ''Agreed!'' | 27 |
| ''Agrippina'' composer | 38 |
| ''Ah . . . say no more'' | 40 |
| ''Ah ... say no more'' | 38 |
| ''Ah! perfido!'' is one | 39 |
| ''Ah, I see'' | 29 |
| ''Ah, me!'' | 27 |
| ''Ah, me!'' sound | 33 |
| ''Ah, so!'' | 27 |
| ''Ah, Wilderness!'' character | 45 |
| ''Ah, Wilderness!'' mother | 42 |
| ''Aha!'' | 24 |
| ''Ahem!'' | 25 |
| ''Aida'' backdrop | 33 |
| ''Aida'' composer | 33 |
| ''Aida'' lyricist | 33 |
| ''Ain't gonna happen!'' | 43 |
| ''Ain't Misbehavin''' star Carter | 57 |
| ''Ain't neither!'' reply | 44 |
| ''Ain't She Sweet'' co-composer | 51 |
| ''Ain't That a Shame'' singer, 1955 | 55 |
| ''Ain't That ___'' | 38 |
| ''Ain't We Got ___?'' | 41 |
| ''Ain't ___ Sweet'' | 39 |
| ''Air Music'' composer | 38 |
| ''Air'' and ''tear'' enders | 59 |
| ''Air'' or ''canto'' opener | 59 |
| ''Air'' or ''field'' starter | 60 |
| ''Airport '79'' craft | 41 |
| ''Aisle'' or ''window'' selection | 65 |
| ''Akeelah and the ___'' | 39 |
| ''Aladdin'' parrot | 34 |
| ''Aladdin'' prince | 34 |
| ''Aladdin'' protagonist | 39 |
| ''Alas!'' | 25 |
| ''Alas'' in Augsburg | 36 |
| ''Alas, ___ Yorick!'' | 37 |