| __ and now | 10 |
| __ and onions | 13 |
| __ and orange (Miami Dolphin team colors) | 41 |
| __ and outs | 11 |
| __ and outs: peculiarities | 26 |
| __ and pains | 12 |
| __ and pieces (miscellany) | 26 |
| __ and potato soup | 18 |
| __ and proper | 13 |
| __ and puff | 11 |
| __ and quiet | 12 |
| __ and rave | 11 |
| __ and rave (make a scene) | 26 |
| __ and raves | 12 |
| __ and sciences | 15 |
| __ and Sons | 11 |
| __ and terminer: criminal court | 31 |
| __ and the Man | 14 |
| __ and tie (business attire) | 28 |
| __ and tired (fed up) | 21 |
| __ and tonic | 12 |
| __ and turn | 11 |
| __ and vinegar | 14 |
| __ and void | 11 |
| __ and void (inoperative) | 25 |
| __ and wherefores | 17 |
| __ and yon | 10 |
| __ and __ (annoying pettily) | 28 |
| __ and __ (doing business cleverly) | 35 |
| __ and __ (serious vehicular offense) | 37 |
| __ Andreas Fault | 16 |
| __ Angeles | 10 |
| __ Angeles, CA | 14 |
| __ anglais (English horn) | 25 |
| __ anglais: English horn | 24 |
| __ angle (slanted) | 18 |
| __ angle: obliquely | 19 |
| __ Anne de Beaupré | 21 |
| __ annum | 8 |
| __ Anthony Hopkins | 18 |
| __ Antipas, ruler of Galilee: 4 B.C.-A.D. 39 | 44 |
| __ Antiqua: 13th-century music | 30 |
| __ Antoinette | 13 |
| __ Antoinette (French queen) | 28 |
| __ Antoinette: wife of Louis XVI | 32 |
| __ Antonio | 10 |
| __ Antonio, TX | 14 |
| __ Antony | 9 |
| __ apart (dismantle) | 20 |
| __ apart (far from agreement) | 29 |
| __ apparent | 11 |
| __ appeal | 9 |
| __ apso | 7 |
| __ apso: dog | 12 |
| __ Aquarids (annual meteor shower) | 34 |
| __ Aquarids (spring meteor shower) | 34 |
| __ Aquariids (annual meteor shower) | 35 |
| __ Arabia | 9 |
| __ Arabia (Mideast nation) | 26 |
| __ Arabic (Algerian dialect) | 28 |
| __ Arann (Irish carrier) | 24 |
| __ Arann: Dublin-based carrier | 30 |
| __ Arann: Irish carrier | 23 |
| __ Arbor | 8 |
| __ Arbor, MI | 12 |
| __ Arbor, Michigan | 18 |
| __ Arc, Arkansas | 16 |
| __ Arena (Sacramento Kings' home) | 37 |
| __ Arena: former Sacramento sports venue | 40 |
| __ Arena: Kentucky Wildcats home | 32 |
| __ Arizona | 10 |
| __ Ark | 6 |
| __ arm (electric guitar add-on) | 31 |
| __ arm (Victorian sofa feature) | 31 |
| __ arms | 7 |
| __ arms (angry) | 15 |
| __ arms (outraged) | 18 |
| __ around: wasted time | 22 |
| __ artery | 9 |
| __ artery, which supplies the kidneys | 37 |
| __ artery: forearm blood vessel | 31 |
| __ arts | 7 |
| __ as (for example) | 19 |
| __ as a cucumber | 16 |
| __ as a fox | 11 |
| __ as a pancake | 15 |
| __ as a peacock | 15 |
| __ as a tack | 12 |
| __ as an owl | 12 |
| __ as pie | 9 |
| __ asada | 8 |
| __ asada (Mexican meat dish) | 28 |
| __ aside (abandon) | 18 |
| __ asst. | 8 |
| __ au poivre | 12 |
| __ au vin | 9 |
| __ avail | 8 |
| __ avail (useless) | 18 |
| __ aves (uncommon ones) | 23 |
| __ avis | 7 |