| ___ a heart | 11 |
| ___ a high note | 15 |
| ___ a high note (finish well) | 29 |
| ___ a horse! | 12 |
| ___ a jaybird | 13 |
| ___ a judge | 11 |
| ___ a judge (temperate) | 23 |
| ___ a keg | 9 |
| ___ a kind | 10 |
| ___ a kind (pair) | 17 |
| ___ a kind (unique) | 19 |
| ___ a kite | 10 |
| ___ a kitten | 12 |
| ___ a laugh! | 12 |
| ___ a limb | 10 |
| ___ a little (quite a bit) | 26 |
| ___ a living | 12 |
| ___ a loaf | 10 |
| ___ a long shot | 15 |
| ___ a main (handbags) | 21 |
| ___ a March hare | 16 |
| ___ a march on | 14 |
| ___ a million | 13 |
| ___ a million (rare) | 20 |
| ___ a minute | 12 |
| ___ a one | 9 |
| ___ a one (nada) | 16 |
| ___ a one (nobody) | 18 |
| ___ a one (none) | 16 |
| ___ a one (zero) | 16 |
| ___ a one (zilch) | 17 |
| ___ a one (zip) | 15 |
| ___ a pancake | 13 |
| ___ a phrase | 12 |
| ___ a pig | 9 |
| ___ a pig (obese) | 17 |
| ___ a pin | 9 |
| ___ a pistol | 12 |
| ___ a platform | 14 |
| ___ a plea | 10 |
| ___ a plea (bargained with the D.A.) | 36 |
| ___ a plea (say "not guilty," e.g.) | 45 |
| ___ a poke | 10 |
| ___ a positive note | 19 |
| ___ a precedent | 15 |
| ___ a putt | 10 |
| ___ a rail | 10 |
| ___ a reputation | 16 |
| ___ a ride (hitchhike) | 22 |
| ___ a rock and a hard place | 27 |
| ___ a scratch | 13 |
| ___ a secret | 12 |
| ___ a shame! | 12 |
| ___ a sheet | 11 |
| ___ A Sketch | 12 |
| ___ A Sketch (classic toy) | 26 |
| ___ A Sketch (drawing toy) | 26 |
| ___ a slow start | 16 |
| ___ a soul | 10 |
| ___ a soul (no one) | 19 |
| ___ a soul (nobody) | 19 |
| ___ a sour note | 15 |
| ___ a sudden (unexpectedly) | 27 |
| ___ a T | 7 |
| ___ a tangent | 13 |
| ___ a tie | 9 |
| ___ a tie (require overtime) | 28 |
| ___ a time | 10 |
| ___ a time (in pairs) | 21 |
| ___ a time (individually) | 25 |
| ___ a time (singly) | 19 |
| ___ a time; singly | 18 |
| ___ A to Z | 10 |
| ___ a toe | 9 |
| ___ a tune | 10 |
| ___ a turn | 10 |
| ___ a turn (cook perfectly) | 27 |
| ___ a turn (cooked perfectly) | 29 |
| ___ a turn (perfect) | 20 |
| ___ a victory | 13 |
| ___ a vis | 9 |
| ___ a wet hen | 13 |
| ___ a while | 11 |
| ___ a wild goose chase | 22 |
| ___ A. Bank | 11 |
| ___ A. Bank (men's clothing retailer) | 41 |
| ___ A. Bank (menswear label) | 28 |
| ___ A. Bank (menswear store) | 28 |
| ___ A. Bank, menswear retailer | 30 |
| ___ A. Talese (Doubleday imprint) | 33 |
| ___ A.F.B., N.D. | 16 |
| ___ Aarnio, innovative furniture designer | 41 |
| ___ Açucar (Sugarloaf) | 25 |
| ___ año (in the course of the year: Sp.) | 43 |
| ___ Ababa | 9 |
| ___ Ababa (African Union HQ) | 28 |
| ___ Ababa (capital of Ethiopia) | 31 |
| ___ Ababa, Ethiopia | 19 |
| ___ Abbey, Dracula's home in England | 40 |
| ___ Abbey, U.S. painter | 23 |