| A U.S. lang. | 12 |
| A U.S. legal-tender note | 24 |
| A U.S. missile | 14 |
| A U.S. Open champ: 1968 | 23 |
| A U.S. Open winner: 1992 | 24 |
| A U.S. president | 16 |
| A U.S. president who was also an architect, musician and inventor was ... | 73 |
| A U.S. President ___ $200,000 per annum | 39 |
| A U.S. state | 12 |
| A U.S. suffragette | 18 |
| A U.S. time zone | 16 |
| A U.S. vice admiral in W.W. II | 30 |
| A U.S. weapon | 13 |
| A U.S.A. neighbor | 17 |
| A ubiquitous article | 20 |
| A Udall | 7 |
| A Udall nickname | 16 |
| A Udall, informally | 19 |
| A ukulele might accompany it | 28 |
| A unicycle has one | 18 |
| A uniform class | 15 |
| A uniform class? | 16 |
| A Union hero at Gettysburg | 26 |
| A unit of force | 15 |
| A unit of geological time | 25 |
| A unit of heat | 14 |
| A unit of speech | 16 |
| A unit of volume | 16 |
| A unit of weight | 16 |
| A Universal Studios locale | 26 |
| A Uris hero | 11 |
| A URL will take you to one | 26 |
| A US alliance | 13 |
| A use for art gum | 17 |
| A use for oil or gas: Abbr. | 27 |
| A user clicks on it | 19 |
| A usurer is one | 15 |
| A util. | 7 |
| A utility | 9 |
| A Uto-Aztecan language | 22 |
| A V.P. under Madison | 20 |
| A vacation often involves one | 29 |
| A vacuum tube | 13 |
| A valley | 8 |
| A vamp may bat one | 18 |
| A vamp of the silents | 21 |
| A vampire might take it to heart | 32 |
| A Van Buren | 11 |
| A Van Doren | 11 |
| A Van Gogh | 10 |
| A Vanderbilt | 12 |
| A Vanna turnover | 16 |
| A Vanuatu island | 16 |
| A variegated chalcedony | 23 |
| A variety of ruby spinel | 24 |
| A vast multitude | 16 |
| A VCR does it | 13 |
| A Vegas bandit has only one | 27 |
| A vegetable, for short | 22 |
| A vegetarian isn't on it | 28 |
| A vegetariano avoids it | 23 |
| A veiled threat (with ''or'') | 45 |
| A veiled threat (with "or") | 37 |
| A Venetian canal? | 17 |
| A vengeful attitude | 19 |
| A venture capitalist replied ... | 32 |
| A venture capitalist said . . . | 31 |
| A verb for thou | 15 |
| A verb for you | 14 |
| A verbal contest between actors | 32 |
| A Verdi princess | 16 |
| A Verizon predecessor | 21 |
| A Vermont Allen | 15 |
| A versatile May | 15 |
| A versatile tool has many | 25 |
| A very good pair | 16 |
| A very light brown | 18 |
| A very long distance (abbr.) | 28 |
| A very long period of time | 26 |
| A very long time | 16 |
| A very lucky find? | 18 |
| A very nice pair | 16 |
| A very small quantity | 21 |
| A very, very long time | 22 |
| A very, very long time (Var.) | 29 |
| A vespid | 8 |
| A vestment | 10 |
| A vetch | 7 |
| A VHF channel | 13 |
| A Vice President under Nixon | 28 |
| A victim of Artemis | 19 |
| A victim of Cortés | 21 |
| A victor over the Canaanites | 28 |
| A victory | 9 |
| A victory celebration is a ___ | 30 |
| A victory may break one | 23 |
| A vicuña is on its coat of arms | 34 |
| A view from Cleveland | 21 |
| A view from Mt. Everest | 23 |
| A view from the bridge, perhaps | 31 |