| ___ Ant ('60s cartoon hero) | 31 |
| ___ Ant Farm | 12 |
| ___ ante | 8 |
| ___ antelope (black buck) | 25 |
| ___ Anthony Wayne | 17 |
| ___ antico (Grecian marble) | 27 |
| ___ Antilles | 12 |
| ___ Antilles (St. Croix's island group) | 43 |
| ___ Antilles (Virgin Islands group) | 35 |
| ___ Antilles (Virgin Islands' group) | 40 |
| ___ Antilles: Abbr. | 19 |
| ___ Antiqua | 11 |
| ___ Antoinette | 14 |
| ___ Anton Ohno (U.S. speed skater with eight Olympic medals) | 60 |
| ___ Antonio | 11 |
| ___ Antonio Spurs | 17 |
| ___ Antonio Vargas (reporter turned immigration activist) | 57 |
| ___ Antonio, Tex. | 17 |
| ___ Antonio, Texas | 18 |
| ___ Antony | 10 |
| ___ apart | 9 |
| ___ apart (rend) | 16 |
| ___ Ape (purple cartoon gorilla) | 32 |
| ___ ape (tailless monkey of Gibraltar) | 38 |
| ___ Apopka Lake, Fla. | 21 |
| ___ Apostles | 12 |
| ___ apparatus (cell organelle) | 30 |
| ___ apparent | 12 |
| ___ appeal | 10 |
| ___ Appia | 9 |
| ___ Appia (water conduit of ancient Rome) | 41 |
| ___ apple | 9 |
| ___ apple (Fameuse) | 19 |
| ___ apple pie | 13 |
| ___ approval | 12 |
| ___ approved | 12 |
| ___ apso | 8 |
| ___ apso (canine breed) | 23 |
| ___ apso (dog breed) | 20 |
| ___ apso (dog) | 14 |
| ___ apso (small terrier) | 24 |
| ___ apso (Tibetan dog) | 22 |
| ___ apso, long-haired canine | 28 |
| ___ apso, Tibetan canine | 24 |
| ___ apso, Tibetan dog | 21 |
| ___ Aquarids (May meteor shower) | 32 |
| ___ Aquarium (Chicago attraction) | 33 |
| ___ Aquarius | 12 |
| ___ aqueduct, brain channel | 27 |
| ___ Arabia | 10 |
| ___ Arann (European airline) | 28 |
| ___ Arann (Irish carrier) | 25 |
| ___ Arbor | 9 |
| ___ Arbor (Big Ten city) | 24 |
| ___ Arbor (University of Michigan locale) | 41 |
| ___ Arbor, Mich. | 16 |
| ___ Arbor, Michigan | 19 |
| ___ Arbus, memorable photographer | 33 |
| ___ Arc, Ark. | 13 |
| ___ Arc, Arkansas | 17 |
| ___ arcade | 10 |
| ___ arch | 8 |
| ___ Archer, with whom Sam Spade had an affair | 45 |
| ___ Archipelago | 15 |
| ___ Archipelago (network of prisons) | 36 |
| ___ Arcs, French ski resort | 27 |
| ___ Arden | 9 |
| ___ Arden law | 13 |
| ___ Arden Oplev, director of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" | 72 |
| ___ Arden, Flash Gordon companion | 33 |
| ___ area | 8 |
| ___ Arena (home court of the Washington Bullets) | 48 |
| ___ Arena (home of the Carolina Hurricanes) | 43 |
| ___ Arena (home of the Sacramento Kings) | 40 |
| ___ Arena (Kings' home) | 27 |
| ___ Arena (past Kings home) | 27 |
| ___ Arena (Sacramento Kings home court) | 39 |
| ___ Arena in D.C. | 17 |
| ___ Arena in Washington, D.C. | 29 |
| ___ Arenas | 10 |
| ___ Arenas (Chilean port) | 25 |
| ___ Arenas (Chilean seaport) | 28 |
| ___ Arenas, Chile | 17 |
| ___ Arenas, Chilean port | 24 |
| ___ Arenas, city in Chile | 25 |
| ___ Arens, former Israeli defense minister | 42 |
| ___ argument | 12 |
| ___ arigato (thank you, in Japanese) | 36 |
| ___ Arimathea | 13 |
| ___ Arizona | 11 |
| ___ Arizona (Pearl Harbor memorial) | 35 |
| ___ Ark | 7 |
| ___ ark (scriptural craft) | 26 |
| ___ Arledge, TV bigwig | 22 |
| ___ Arledge, TV executive | 25 |
| ___ Arledge, TV official | 24 |
| ___ Armand, French cave | 23 |
| ___ armis | 9 |
| ___ armis (with force and arms) | 31 |
| ___ armor (unwieldy ironclad) | 29 |