| A definition for ''hand'' | 41 |
| A definition for ''leg'' | 40 |
| A degree | 8 |
| A degree of success? | 20 |
| A Delano | 8 |
| A delicious dish | 16 |
| A deliveryman may have one | 26 |
| A democrat is one | 17 |
| A demonstrated position? | 24 |
| A demulcent | 11 |
| A den and honey? | 16 |
| A dense | 7 |
| A dentist's number? | 23 |
| A department of Greece | 22 |
| A departure for Sagan? | 22 |
| A descendant of Aaron | 21 |
| A descendant of Benjamin | 24 |
| A descendant of Jacob | 21 |
| A descendant of Noah | 20 |
| A descendant of Shem | 20 |
| A desert in central Asia | 24 |
| A Desert Shield supporter | 25 |
| A designer of full-skirted dresses | 34 |
| A dessert | 9 |
| A dessert in a glass ... | 24 |
| A dessert that quivers ... | 26 |
| A dessert with frosting ... | 27 |
| A destroyer may be in one | 25 |
| A destructive behaviour | 23 |
| A detective might flash it | 26 |
| A Detroit dud | 13 |
| A deuce used as an ace, e.g. | 28 |
| A deuce used as an ace, say | 27 |
| A device for catching animals | 29 |
| A device for finding furniture in the dark? | 43 |
| A devotee of | 12 |
| A dextrose | 10 |
| A dhow might have three | 23 |
| A diacritic | 11 |
| A diagram bears his name | 24 |
| A dialogue of Plato | 19 |
| A diamond in the sky | 20 |
| A diamond M.V.P.: 1958-59 | 25 |
| A Diamond who was rough | 23 |
| A Dickens family | 16 |
| A dickey is one | 15 |
| A diehard enemy might want yours | 32 |
| A diehard may not give one | 26 |
| A Dietrich | 10 |
| A different approach | 20 |
| A different one is hidden in each of this puzzle's seven longest answers | 76 |
| A different you | 15 |
| A digit | 7 |
| A dilapidated house, e.g. | 25 |
| A diligent police detective ___ | 31 |
| A DiMaggio | 10 |
| A dime a dozen | 14 |
| A dime a dozen, e.g. | 20 |
| A dime a minute, and others | 27 |
| A dime a minute, etc. | 21 |
| A dime, dollarwise | 18 |
| A dimebag, give or take | 23 |
| A dimension | 11 |
| A dinger gets you four | 22 |
| A dinger is at least one | 24 |
| A dining-room surface | 21 |
| A Dinsmore | 10 |
| A Dionne | 8 |
| A Dionne girl | 13 |
| A Dionne, e.g. | 14 |
| A Dionne, for short | 19 |
| A direction | 11 |
| A direction in Le Mans | 22 |
| A direction in Roma | 19 |
| A direction, in Durango | 23 |
| A direction, to Diego | 21 |
| A direction, to Juan | 20 |
| A director may ask for more of it | 33 |
| A dirty dog? | 12 |
| A dirty person may draw one | 27 |
| A disagreeable responsibility | 29 |
| A discarded title for "G.W.T.W." | 42 |
| A disco move | 12 |
| A discouraging word | 19 |
| A discoverer of nuclear fission | 31 |
| A discovery in 1492 | 19 |
| A discovery of 1492 | 19 |
| A discovery of Gene Kelly | 25 |
| A disembodied smile | 19 |
| A dish best served cold | 23 |
| A dish best served cold, it's said | 38 |
| A dish with some of this and some of that | 41 |
| A disk can be slipped in one | 28 |
| A Disney dwarf | 14 |
| A Disney film with dancing elephants | 36 |
| A Disney princess | 17 |
| A dispersive one is commonly triangular | 39 |
| A dispiritingly large amount of e-mail | 38 |
| A displaced person | 18 |
| A distance | 10 |