| Award bestowed by The Queen, for short | 38 |
| Award bestowed by a queen: Abbr. | 32 |
| Awakener's stretching activity | 34 |
| Awaited the surprise party honoree | 34 |
| Awaited someone's arrival before going to bed | 49 |
| Avulsed "Malodorous Lethal ___" | 41 |
| Avril ____ (Juno Artist of 2005) | 32 |
| Avril Lavigne's take on an Elton John song? | 47 |
| Avril Lavigne's record label | 32 |
| Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er ___" | 41 |
| Avril Lavigne song about Wonderland? | 36 |
| Avril Lavigne "He ___" | 32 |
| Avon Lady's way of selling, once | 36 |
| Avoids trick-or-treaters, perhaps | 33 |
| Avoids talking with one's mouth full, perhaps | 49 |
| Avoids one's assigned duties | 32 |
| Avoids making a phone call, maybe | 33 |
| Avoids doing something one ought to do | 38 |
| Avoiding responsibility, with "out of" | 48 |
| Avoiding black cats and sidewalk cracks? | 40 |
| Avoided object in a PC "Sweeper" game | 47 |
| Avoid restaurant crowds, perhaps | 32 |
| Avoid having to wait for a table, maybe | 39 |
| Avoid going postal come April 15th? | 35 |
| Avoid getting beaned in an inept manner? | 40 |
| Avoid elimination in musical chairs | 35 |
| Avoid cheeseburgers, among other things | 39 |
| Avoid being captured by guitarist Richards? | 43 |
| Avoid a suddenly stopped car, say | 33 |
| Avocado or tomato, botanically speaking | 39 |
| Avocado accompanier in some rolls | 33 |
| AVIS/MERCK merger headed by nonconformists | 42 |
| Avid fan of German computer programs? | 37 |
| Aviators was its frequent flier program | 39 |
| Aviator's high-altitude apparatus | 37 |
| Aviator Wilbur's entitlements? | 34 |
| Aviator Jimmy who won the Medal of Honor | 40 |
| Aviator honoree of '28 and '32 | 38 |
| Aviator and movie producer Howard | 33 |
| Aviation student's aptitude score | 37 |
| Aviation entrepreneur Sir Freddie ___ | 37 |
| Aviation editor of Cosmopolitan in the 1920s | 44 |
| Aviarists love this "Jukebox" singer! | 47 |
| Avert, with ''off'' | 35 |
| Avert (with ''off'') | 36 |
| Averse to writing research papers | 33 |
| Average score on the golf course | 32 |
| Average score for the golf course | 33 |
| Average height of the ocean's water | 39 |
| Average guy, to some politicians | 32 |
| Avenue ___ Champs-Élysées | 32 |
| Avenue west of Grauman's Chinese | 36 |
| Avenue that crosses Broadway at Times Square | 44 |
| Avenue of exposure for many artists | 35 |
| Avenue next to Reading Railroad, in Monopoly | 44 |
| Avenue between Park and Third, familiarly | 41 |
| Avenue before the Income Tax square, in Monopoly | 48 |
| Avenue adjacent to Reading Railroad | 35 |
| Avenger John Steed's alma mater | 35 |
| Avenged Sevenfold "Beast and the ___" | 47 |
| Avec l'aide ___ (God willing) | 33 |
| Ave. on Manhattan's East Side | 33 |
| Ave. in a ghost town? (Greek, war) | 34 |
| Ave ___ vale (hail and farewell) | 32 |
| Avant-garde composer who sat around a lot? | 42 |
| Avalanche victim's salvation | 32 |
| Available, on a real estate sign | 32 |
| Available to be thrown into the mix | 35 |
| Available for fractions less than full cost | 43 |
| Available at a fixed rate, like the Internet | 44 |
| Availability to anyone, anywhere | 32 |
| Ava's role in "Mogambo" | 37 |
| Av follower on the Hebrew calendar | 34 |
| Auxiliary vault antiburglary device | 35 |
| Auxiliary memory for fast retrieval | 35 |
| Aux. craft used to explore on moon | 34 |
| Auvers-sur-___, last home of Vincent van Gogh | 45 |
| Autosuggestion pioneer: 1857–1926 | 40 |
| Autos, maybe, after owners miss their payments | 46 |
| Autos' emergency replacements | 33 |
| Autos' 4, 6, or 8, for short | 32 |
| Autos available with "bonnet stripes" | 47 |
| Autonomous territory of the Netherlands | 39 |
| Autonomous member of the Netherlands | 36 |
| Autonomous island chain where Swedish is spoken | 47 |
| Automotive, steel or tourist, e.g. | 34 |
| Automotive, steel or tourism, e.g. | 34 |
| Automotive, music or tourism, e.g. | 34 |
| Automotive turnarounds, informally | 34 |
| Automotive technology advance of 1946 | 37 |
| Automotive plural selected in a 2011 promotion | 46 |
| Automotive pioneer's initials | 33 |
| Automotive pioneer Ransom E. ___ | 32 |
| Automotive innovation that improved fuel economy | 48 |
| Automotive Hall of Fame member Warren | 37 |
| Automotive financial services co. since 1982 | 44 |
| Automotive brand with a red oval logo | 37 |
| Automobiles manufactured in Turin | 33 |
| Automobile roof with removable panels | 37 |
| Automobile lingo pertaining to caviar? | 38 |