| A Japanese premier | 18 |
| A Japanese religion | 19 |
| A Japanese-American, perhaps | 28 |
| A jar, sometimes? | 17 |
| A jellyfish | 11 |
| A jerk | 6 |
| A jerk may give it to you | 25 |
| A jerk might make it | 20 |
| A jet or a king | 15 |
| A jet-setter | 12 |
| A jewelry setting | 17 |
| A JFK bro | 9 |
| A jiffy | 7 |
| A jigger is bigger than it | 26 |
| A jillion | 9 |
| A Joan of films | 15 |
| A job for an emcee | 18 |
| A job for heaven | 16 |
| A job O. Henry had | 18 |
| A job ticket often accompanies one | 34 |
| A John | 6 |
| A Johnny One-Note | 17 |
| A Johnson | 9 |
| A joint | 7 |
| A joint that's hopping? | 27 |
| A joker might pull yours | 24 |
| A Jones | 7 |
| A Jones who owns a locker | 25 |
| A joule is ten million of them | 30 |
| A journalist may cite one | 25 |
| A journalistic "W" | 28 |
| A joyous noise unto the Lord | 28 |
| A Judd | 6 |
| A Judean king | 13 |
| A Judean ruler | 14 |
| A judge is one | 14 |
| A judge might issue one | 23 |
| A judge of Israel | 17 |
| A judge, at times | 17 |
| A judge, e.g. | 13 |
| A judge, for one | 16 |
| A July baby, perhaps | 20 |
| A jump shot forms one | 21 |
| A June of Hollywood | 19 |
| A Jupiter moon | 14 |
| A k a | 5 |
| A k a Barnaby Jones | 19 |
| A k a Boz | 9 |
| A k a C sharp | 13 |
| A k a Currer Bell | 17 |
| A k a Edson Arantes do Nascimento | 33 |
| A k a Elia | 10 |
| A k a Lamb | 10 |
| A k a Mary Westmacott | 21 |
| A k a Nestor Ironside | 21 |
| A k a the Terrible | 18 |
| A kahn | 6 |
| A kangaroo | 10 |
| A Karamazov | 11 |
| A Karamazov brother | 19 |
| A Kardashian | 12 |
| A Kardashian sister | 19 |
| A Katzenjammer kid | 18 |
| A Kaufman companion at the Algonquin Round Table | 48 |
| A kazillion years, it seems | 27 |
| A Keaton | 8 |
| A Keebler elf | 13 |
| A keeper may keep it | 20 |
| A Kelly | 7 |
| A Ken Follett best seller | 25 |
| A Kennedy | 9 |
| A Kennedy brother | 17 |
| A Kennedy Center honoree | 24 |
| A Kennedy in-law | 16 |
| A Kennedy monogram | 18 |
| A Kennedy or a Stevenson | 24 |
| A Kennedy sister | 16 |
| A ketch has two | 15 |
| A key employee? | 15 |
| A Khan | 6 |
| A kick downstairs | 17 |
| A kid may be told to watch it | 29 |
| A kid may pick it | 17 |
| A kid might be punished for showing it | 38 |
| A kid might skip it | 19 |
| A kid no longer | 15 |
| A kid saves coins in it | 23 |
| A kid will eat the middle of this first | 39 |
| A kid'll eat the middle first | 33 |
| A kid'll eat the middle of it first | 39 |
| A kid'll eat the middle of one first | 40 |
| A kidnapper may write it | 24 |
| A kin on Mom's side | 23 |
| A kind introduction? | 20 |
| A kind of "easter" | 28 |
| A kind of acc. | 14 |
| A kind of accountant | 20 |
| A kind of acid | 14 |
| A kind of actor | 15 |
| A kind of add on | 16 |