| ___ Aigner, popular maker of shoes and handbags | 47 |
| ___ Ailey American Dance Theater | 32 |
| ___ air | 7 |
| ___ Air ('90s sitcom setting) | 33 |
| ___ Air (90's sitcom setting) | 33 |
| ___ Air (carrier to Taiwan) | 27 |
| ___ Air (L.A. community) | 24 |
| ___ Air (Michelle Malkin blog) | 30 |
| ___ Air (Mideast carrier) | 25 |
| ___ air (moot) | 14 |
| ___ Air, Calif. | 15 |
| ___ Air, Md. | 12 |
| ___ Aires | 9 |
| ___ aisle (church part) | 23 |
| ___ aisle, in a cathedral | 25 |
| ___ akimbo | 10 |
| ___ Al Ghul ("Batman Begins" villain) | 47 |
| ___ al pomodoro (Italian soup) | 30 |
| ___ al pomodoro (Tuscan soup) | 29 |
| ___ al-Fayed (friend of Diana) | 30 |
| ___ al-Fayed, companion of Princess Diana | 41 |
| ___ al-Fayed, friend of Princess Diana | 38 |
| ___ al-Khaimah (one of the United Arab Emirates) | 48 |
| ___ al-Rashid of "Arabian Nights" | 43 |
| ___ alai | 8 |
| ___ alai (handball relative) | 28 |
| ___ Alamitos, Calif. | 20 |
| ___ Alamitos, California | 24 |
| ___ Alamos | 10 |
| ___ Alamos, N.M. | 16 |
| ___ Alamos, New Mexico | 22 |
| ___ Alaska | 10 |
| ___ Alaska (creamy dessert) | 27 |
| ___ Alaska (dessert with cake and ice cream) | 44 |
| ___ alba | 8 |
| ___ alba (clay used to make pipes) | 34 |
| ___ alba (gypsum used in paper making) | 38 |
| ___ alba (gypsum) | 17 |
| ___ alba (kaolin) | 17 |
| ___ alba (white wax) | 20 |
| ___ Albert | 10 |
| ___ Albert of cartoons | 22 |
| ___ Albom ("Tuesdays With Morrie" author) | 51 |
| ___ album | 9 |
| ___ Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's birth name) | 51 |
| ___ Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) | 34 |
| ___ Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, once) | 40 |
| ___ Alcindor, aka Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 37 |
| ___ alcohol | 11 |
| ___ alcohol (biofuel) | 21 |
| ___ alcohol (cosmetics emollient) | 33 |
| ___ alcohol (very strong drink) | 31 |
| ___ alcohol, gasoline additive | 30 |
| ___ Alden ("Three's Company" blonde roommate) | 59 |
| ___ ale | 7 |
| ___ Ale (bootleg booze in "Star Trek") | 48 |
| ___ Alegre | 10 |
| ___ Alegre (Brazilian city) | 27 |
| ___ Alegre, Brazil | 18 |
| ___ Alegre, Brazilian seaport | 29 |
| ___ alert | 9 |
| ___ Alert (abduction bulletin) | 30 |
| ___ Alert (child abduction bulletin) | 36 |
| ___ Alex (2005 Preakness and Belmont winner) | 44 |
| ___ Alexander (Hall-of-Fame pitcher) | 36 |
| ___ Alf of comics | 17 |
| ___ algebra (math subject) | 26 |
| ___ Ali, Afghan emir: 1863–78 | 36 |
| ___ alia | 8 |
| ___ alia (among other things) | 29 |
| ___ Alighieri | 13 |
| ___ alike | 9 |
| ___ alios | 9 |
| ___ all | 7 |
| ___ all (confessed) | 19 |
| ___ all (do oneself in) | 23 |
| ___ all (finally) | 17 |
| ___ all (lowest) | 16 |
| ___ all (nohow) | 15 |
| ___ all (opens up) | 18 |
| ___ all cylinders | 17 |
| ___ all due respect | 19 |
| ___ all there is | 16 |
| ___ all, knows all | 18 |
| ___ all-time high | 17 |
| ___ alla bolognese | 18 |
| ___ alla genovese | 17 |
| ___ alla genovese (sauce) | 25 |
| ___ alla Scala | 14 |
| ___ Allah, Iranian religious leader | 35 |
| ___ Allan Poe | 13 |
| ___ allegiance | 14 |
| ___ allegro (very quickly) | 26 |
| ___ Allen | 9 |
| ___ Allen ("American Idol" winner) | 44 |
| ___ Allen (furniture company) | 29 |
| ___ Allen belt | 14 |
| ___ Allen furniture | 19 |
| ___ Allen, Food & Wine "Queer Eye" guy | 52 |
| ___ aller (last resort) | 23 |