| "___ aft a-gley" | 26 |
| "___ Africa." 1985 Oscar winner | 41 |
| "___ Africa" | 22 |
| "___ Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" | 41 |
| "___ afraid of that!" | 31 |
| "___ afraid of greatness": Shak. | 42 |
| "___ advice?" | 23 |
| "___ Adventures Under Ground" | 39 |
| "___ Adventures . . . " | 33 |
| "___ Adrift On Memory Bliss" P.M. Dawn | 48 |
| "___ Adore" (Smashing Pumpkins single) | 48 |
| "___ Adore" (1997 Smashing Pumpkins single) | 53 |
| "___ Ado About Nothing" | 33 |
| "___ additional cost!" | 32 |
| "___ added expense" | 29 |
| "___ Adams" | 21 |
| "___ Act," Broadway hit | 33 |
| "___ Across the Table," 1934 song | 43 |
| "___ achieve greatness . . . ": Shak. | 47 |
| "___ Aces" of radio fame | 34 |
| "___ Ace" (Burt Reynolds film) | 40 |
| "___ Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early" (Onion headline) | 82 |
| "___ Accidentally Leaks Results of 2008 Election Early" ("The Onion" headline) | 98 |
| "___ Absolut World" (vodka campaign) | 46 |
| "___ Above All" (1942 Tyrone Power film) | 50 |
| "___ above all . . . ": Shak. | 39 |
| "___ above all . . . ": Keble | 39 |
| "___ above all . . . " | 32 |
| "___ About You" | 25 |
| "___ about time!" | 27 |
| "___ About the Boy": Coward | 37 |
| "___ about the Boy" | 29 |
| "___ about that?!" | 28 |
| "___ about that!" | 27 |
| "___ about it!" | 25 |
| "___ about had it up to here!" | 40 |
| "___ aboard!" | 23 |
| "___ Abner" (old comic) | 33 |
| "___ Abner" (Capp comic strip) | 40 |
| "___ Abner" | 21 |
| "___ abed and daylight slumber / Were not meant for man alive": Housman | 81 |
| "___ Abe" | 19 |
| "___ Abby" | 20 |
| "___ Aïda" | 23 |
| "___ a yellow ribbon ..." | 35 |
| "___ a yellow ribbon . . ." | 37 |
| "___ a wrap" | 22 |
| "___ a Wonderful Life" | 32 |
| "___ a Woman?" (Sojourner Truth speech) | 49 |
| "___ a Woman," 1964 song | 34 |
| "___ a Woman" (Beatles tune) | 38 |
| "___ a wise child . . . ": Nash | 41 |
| "___ a warm wind . . . ": Masefield | 45 |
| "___ a vision . . . ?": Keats | 39 |
| "___ a Virgin" | 24 |
| "___ a Villa . . . ": Browning | 40 |
| "___ a Very Good Year," Sinatra hit | 45 |
| "___ a vacation!" | 27 |
| "___ a trip on a train..." (Benny Goodman lyric) | 58 |
| "___ a traveller ..." (Shelley) | 41 |
| "___ a traveller . . . ": Shelley | 43 |
| "___ a traveler from an antique land": "Ozymandias" | 71 |
| "___ a traveler ...": "Ozymandias" | 54 |
| "___ a Tramp" ("Lady and the Tramp" tune) | 61 |
| "___ a Teenage Werewolf" | 34 |
| "___ a Teen-age Werewolf" | 35 |
| "___ a tavern . . . " | 31 |
| "___ a Symphony," Supremes hit | 40 |
| "___ a Symphony" (Supremes hit) | 41 |
| "___ a Symphony" (1965 hit) | 37 |
| "___ a Symphony" (1965 hit for the Supremes) | 54 |
| "___ a Symphony" | 26 |
| "___ a Sweetheart," 1937 song | 39 |
| "___ a summer's day" | 34 |
| "___ a sudden ..." | 28 |
| "___ a stupid question ..." | 37 |
| "___ a Stranger," 1955 movie | 38 |
| "___ a stranger, and ye took me in" | 45 |
| "___ a Stranger": Thompson | 36 |
| "___ a Stranger" (Sinatra film) | 41 |
| "___ a Stranger" (Olivia de Havilland film) | 53 |
| "___ a Stranger" | 26 |
| "___ a stinker?" (Bugs Bunny) | 39 |
| "___ a stinker?" (Bugs Bunny line) | 44 |
| "___ a stinker?" | 26 |
| "___ a star . . . ?" | 30 |
| "___ a star . . . " | 29 |
| "___ a stage . . . " | 30 |
| "___ a Spy," 1933 film | 32 |
| "___ a Spell on You" (classic 1956 Screamin' Jay Hawkins song) | 76 |
| "___ a Spell on You" (1956 hit) | 41 |
| "___ a Spell on You" | 30 |
| "___ a Song Go..." | 28 |
| "___ a Song Go Out of My Heart" | 41 |
| "___ a song go out ..." | 33 |
| "___ a song go out . . . " | 36 |
| "___ a song go ..." | 29 |
| "___ a Song Go . . . " | 32 |
| "___ a Song Coming On" | 32 |
| "___ a song . . . " | 29 |