| Accepting bribes (with ''on'') | 46 |
| Accepted what one fought against | 32 |
| Accepted criticism without complaint | 36 |
| Accepted abuse without complaint | 32 |
| Accepted a gunslinger's challenge | 37 |
| Acceptance on the street, slangily | 34 |
| Acceptance of the way things are | 32 |
| Acceptance into an Oxford fraternity? | 37 |
| Acceptability on the street, slangily | 37 |
| Acceptability on the street, in slang | 37 |
| Acceptability on the street, briefly | 36 |
| Accept formally and put into effect | 35 |
| Accept eagerly, with "up" | 35 |
| Accept a bad situation, informally | 34 |
| Accent reduction may be part of it: Abbr. | 41 |
| Acceleration forces of Russian aircraft? | 40 |
| Accelerates, with "up" | 32 |
| Accelerated (with "up") | 33 |
| Accelerate, with ''up'' | 39 |
| Accelerate, with "up" | 32 |
| Accelerate (with "up") | 32 |
| Accede to the district attorney, perhaps | 40 |
| Accademia di Belle Arti sculpture | 33 |
| Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze masterpiece | 43 |
| Acapulco-to-Monterrey dirección | 34 |
| Acapulco "Absolutely!" | 32 |
| Acadia "The Siege of ___" | 35 |
| Academy of Motion Picture ___ and Sciences | 42 |
| Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. | 34 |
| Academy for learning noodly guitar jams? | 40 |
| Academy concerned with the fungus among us? | 43 |
| Academy Awards presentation, say | 32 |
| Academy Award-winning film released in March 1972 | 49 |
| Academy Award-nominated song from 1991 | 38 |
| Academy Award-nominated 1949 war film | 37 |
| Academy Award winner with notable eyebrows | 42 |
| Academy Award winner in "Spartacus" | 45 |
| Academy Award that's the theme of this puzzle | 49 |
| Academy Award of ___ (official name for an Oscar) | 49 |
| Academics' résumés, for short | 39 |
| Academic who follows all the rules? | 35 |
| Academic resumes or large pharmacy chain | 40 |
| Academic inst. in the Ocean State | 33 |
| Academic exam tailored to lucky guessers | 40 |
| Academic environs, reverentially | 32 |
| Academic accomplishment, redundantly | 36 |
| AC/DC: "Touch ___ Much" | 33 |
| AC/DC: "She's ___ her head again" | 47 |
| AC/DC's "Hell ___ Bad Place to Be" | 48 |
| AC/DC's "Hell __ Bad Place to Be" | 47 |
| AC/DC "___ You Do for Money Honey" | 44 |
| AC/DC "___ Drink on Me" | 33 |
| AC/DC "Whole ___ Rosie" | 33 |
| AC/DC "The Razor's ___" | 37 |
| AC/DC "Razor's ___" | 33 |
| AC/DC "Let me cover you ___" | 38 |
| AC/DC "Hell Ain't a Bad Place ___" | 48 |
| AC/DC "Have a Drink ___" | 34 |
| AC/DC "Given the Dog ___" | 35 |
| AC/DC "Dirty ___ Done Dirt Cheap" | 43 |
| AC/DC "Ballbreaker" hit | 33 |
| AC ___ (auto parts manufacturer) | 32 |
| Abzug of the National Women's Hall of Fame | 46 |
| Abusive husband in a Dixie Chicks song | 38 |
| Abuses freedom of the press, perhaps | 36 |
| Abused meat often served on toast? | 34 |
| Abu ___, first Muslim caliph, 632-34 | 36 |
| Abu ___ (United Arab Emirates capital) | 38 |
| Abu ___ (Muslim leader after Muhammed) | 38 |
| Abu ___ (figure in Islamic history) | 35 |
| Abu Dhabi's nation, initially | 33 |
| Abu Dhabi's federation: Abbr. | 33 |
| Abu Dhabi's federation (Abbr.) | 34 |
| Abu Dhabi's country, for short | 34 |
| Absurdist series of old-time radio | 34 |
| Absurdist genre associated with Jasper Johns | 44 |
| Abstract sculpture with no moving parts | 39 |
| Abstract painting style of the '60s | 39 |
| Abstract painter: 1879–1940 | 34 |
| Abstract form prominent in the '60s | 39 |
| Abstract Expressionist painter Lee | 34 |
| Abstract expressionist painter Franz | 36 |
| Abstainer from meat and dairy products | 38 |
| Abstained from frequenting in a major way | 41 |
| Absorbs, with ''up'' | 36 |
| Absorbs, as liquid (with "up") | 40 |
| Absorbs the cost of, as a ticket | 32 |
| Absorbs (with ''up'') | 37 |
| Absorber of ultraviolet radiation | 33 |
| Absorbent component of some cat litter | 38 |
| Absolve a Northern port of wrongdoing? | 38 |
| Absolutely, or absolutely vertical | 34 |
| Absolutely unused, in eBay lingo | 32 |
| Absolute ___ (bottom of the Kelvin scale) | 41 |
| Absolute worst, with "the" | 36 |
| Absolute worst (with ''the'') | 45 |
| Absolute ruler before the revolution | 36 |
| Absolute property in feudal days | 32 |
| Absolute proof at the construction site? | 40 |
| Absolute last-minute day for shopping | 37 |