| ___ as a pancake | 16 |
| ___ as a peacock | 16 |
| ___ as a pig | 12 |
| ___ as a pin | 12 |
| ___ as a pistol | 15 |
| ___ as a post | 13 |
| ___ as a rail | 13 |
| ___ as a rock | 13 |
| ___ as a sheet | 14 |
| ___ as a wet hen | 16 |
| ___ as a wet rag | 16 |
| ___ as a whistle | 16 |
| ___ as an arrow | 15 |
| ___ as an eel | 13 |
| ___ as an owl | 13 |
| ___ as an ox | 12 |
| ___ as big as golf balls | 24 |
| ___ as blazes | 13 |
| ___ as directed | 15 |
| ___ as dust | 11 |
| ___ as gold | 11 |
| ___ as good a time as any | 25 |
| ___ as hell | 11 |
| ___ as it is | 12 |
| ___ as life | 11 |
| ___ as Methuselah | 17 |
| ___ as molasses | 15 |
| ___ as nails | 12 |
| ___ as not | 10 |
| ___ as pie | 10 |
| ___ as possible | 15 |
| ___ as shootin' | 19 |
| ___ as the driven snow | 22 |
| ___ as the end of one's nose | 32 |
| ___ as the eye can see | 22 |
| ___ as the hills | 16 |
| ___ as two peas . . . | 21 |
| ___ as two peas in a pod | 24 |
| ___ as vinegar | 14 |
| ___ as we speak | 15 |
| ___ asada | 9 |
| ___ aside | 9 |
| ___ asinorum | 12 |
| ___ Assembly | 12 |
| ___ assured | 11 |
| ___ Asther, suave, Swedish-born actor in old films | 50 |
| ___ Astor | 9 |
| ___ at 'em | 14 |
| ___ at (attack) | 15 |
| ___ at (attacked) | 17 |
| ___ at (attempt) | 16 |
| ___ at (eagerly accept) | 23 |
| ___ at (ignores) | 16 |
| ___ at (scorn) | 14 |
| ___ at (take lightly) | 21 |
| ___ at (treat lightly) | 22 |
| ___ at a gnat | 13 |
| ___ at a time | 13 |
| ___ at anchor | 13 |
| ___ at ease | 11 |
| ___ at ease (uncomfortable) | 27 |
| ___ at hand | 11 |
| ___ at law: abbr. | 17 |
| ___ at the bit | 14 |
| ___ at the moon | 15 |
| ___ at the mouth | 16 |
| ___ at the mouth (becomes angry) | 32 |
| ___ at the post | 15 |
| ___ at windmills | 16 |
| ___ at Work | 11 |
| ___ Ata | 7 |
| ___ Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey | 40 |
| ___ Atha Cliath (Dublin, to Gaels) | 34 |
| ___ Athena | 10 |
| ___ Atomic Dustbin | 18 |
| ___ Atomic Dustbin (English rock band) | 38 |
| ___ Atonement | 13 |
| ___ atque vale | 14 |
| ___ atque vale! | 15 |
| ___ attack | 10 |
| ___ attention (pay heed) | 24 |
| ___ attention (suddenly quit zoning) | 36 |
| ___ attention (take a cadet's posture) | 42 |
| ___ attorney | 12 |
| ___ Attucks, early American patriot | 35 |
| ___ Atty. | 9 |
| ___ au Haut, Maine | 18 |
| ___ au Haut, ME | 15 |
| ___ au Haut, Me. | 16 |
| ___ au lait | 11 |
| ___ au rhum | 11 |
| ___ au rhum (cake with a kick) | 30 |
| ___ au vin | 10 |
| ___ au vin (French rooster dish) | 32 |
| ___ Audit (French rock shelter) | 31 |
| ___ Auerbach, "winningest" N.B.A. coach | 49 |
| ___ aunt (British advice columnist) | 35 |
| ___ Aurelius | 12 |
| ___ Aurunca, town NNW of Napoli | 31 |
| ___ Australia (Risk territory) | 30 |