| 'Avatar' technology (Abbr.) | 35 |
| 'Avatar' director | 25 |
| 'Avatar' actress | 24 |
| 'Avalon' musician John | 30 |
| 'Automatic' telephone feature | 37 |
| 'Aunt -- Cope Book': Bombeck | 36 |
| 'AuldSyne' | 18 |
| 'Auld Lang --' | 22 |
| 'Auld --' | 17 |
| 'Au' element | 20 |
| 'Au revoir!' | 20 |
| 'Attack, Spot!' | 23 |
| 'Attack, Spike!' | 24 |
| 'Attack, Fido!' | 23 |
| 'Atlas Shrugged' author | 31 |
| 'Atlantic City' director | 32 |
| 'At the Copa' showgirl | 30 |
| 'At the -- Core (1976 sci-fi film)' | 43 |
| 'At once!' | 18 |
| 'At Last' singer James | 30 |
| 'At Last' singer -- James | 33 |
| 'Assuredly' | 19 |
| 'Assuming that's true ...' | 38 |
| 'Assembly required' buy | 31 |
| 'Ask later' | 19 |
| 'Ask -- questions ...' | 30 |
| 'As You Like It' role | 29 |
| 'As You Like It' forest | 31 |
| 'As if!' | 16 |
| 'As I see it,' in Internet shorthand | 44 |
| 'As I Lay Dying' novelist | 33 |
| 'As I Lay Dying' husband | 32 |
| 'As I Lay Dying' father | 31 |
| 'As I Lay Dying' character | 34 |
| 'As -- sow ...' | 23 |
| 'As -- often the case ...' | 34 |
| 'As -- Dying' | 21 |
| 'Arthur' star | 21 |
| 'Arthur' Oscar winner John | 34 |
| 'Artaxerxes' composer Thomas | 36 |
| 'Art of the Fugue' composer | 35 |
| 'Art able to,' in days of yore | 38 |
| 'Arsenic and Old --' | 28 |
| 'Ars longa, -- brevis' | 30 |
| 'Ars Amatoria' poet | 27 |
| 'Ars -- artis' (MGM motto) | 34 |
| 'arry's place | 21 |
| 'Arrivederci, --' | 25 |
| 'Arrivederci' | 21 |
| 'Arrivederci --' | 24 |
| 'Around the World in 80 Days' traveler Phileas -- | 57 |
| 'Ariadne -- Naxos' | 26 |
| 'Argo' award | 20 |
| 'Arena' for rough estimates | 35 |
| 'Aren't -- pair?' | 29 |
| 'Aren't -- pair?!' | 30 |
| 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?' set | 48 |
| 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?' network | 52 |
| 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?' airer | 50 |
| 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?' aide | 49 |
| 'Are you hurt?' reply | 29 |
| 'Are you calling me --?' | 32 |
| 'Are You -- Than a 5th Grader?' | 39 |
| 'Are -- pair?' ('Send in the Clowns' lyric) | 59 |
| 'ard rain? | 14 |
| 'Arabian Nights' sailor | 31 |
| 'Arabian Nights' figure | 31 |
| 'Arabian Nights' bird | 29 |
| 'Aquarius' musical | 26 |
| 'Applause' sign settings | 32 |
| 'Apollo 13' org. | 24 |
| 'Apocalypse Now' smell | 30 |
| 'Anything Goes' composer | 32 |
| 'Any audible breath will do'? | 37 |
| 'Anthem' author Rand | 28 |
| 'Annus Mirabilis' poet | 30 |
| 'Annie' star | 20 |
| 'Annie John' novelist | 29 |
| 'Annie Hall' director | 29 |
| 'Annie Hall' co-star, to Roget? | 39 |
| 'Annie Get Your Gun' role | 33 |
| 'Anne of Green Gables' setting | 38 |
| 'Anne of --' (1909 novel) | 33 |
| 'Annabel Lee' poet | 26 |
| 'Annabel Lee' author | 28 |
| 'Annabel --' | 20 |
| 'Anna Karenina' writer | 30 |
| 'Anna Christie' playwright | 34 |
| 'Anna and the King of --' | 33 |
| 'Animal House' house | 28 |
| 'Animal House' group | 28 |
| 'Animal House' event | 28 |
| 'Angie' star Davis | 26 |
| 'Angie' co-star Stephen | 31 |
| 'Angels We Have Heard --' | 33 |
| 'Angela's Ashes' sequel | 35 |
| 'And' or 'but' (Abbr.) | 38 |
| 'And while -- it...' | 28 |
| 'And we'll -- a cup o' kindness yet ...': Burns | 63 |
| 'And this should matter to me ... why?' | 47 |