| ___ tetra | 9 |
| ___ tetra (aquarium favorite) | 29 |
| ___ tetra (aquarium fish) | 25 |
| ___ tetra (bright aquarium fish) | 32 |
| ___ text (do some editing) | 26 |
| ___ Tha ("The King and I" role) | 41 |
| ___ thai | 8 |
| ___ Thai (official name of Thailand) | 36 |
| ___ than (time-limit words) | 27 |
| ___ than (what < means) | 26 |
| ___ than (what "<" means in math) | 46 |
| ___ than a pancake | 18 |
| ___ Than Jake | 13 |
| ___ than life | 13 |
| ___ than thou | 13 |
| ___ Thani, city in Thailand | 27 |
| ___ Thani, Thai province | 24 |
| ___ Thanksgiving Day Parade (N.Y.C. event) | 42 |
| ___ that be | 11 |
| ___ Thérèse (French queen) | 32 |
| ___ the above | 13 |
| ___ the Absurd | 14 |
| ___ the Admiralty (U.K. naval brass) | 36 |
| ___ the air (pending) | 21 |
| ___ the air (unsettled) | 23 |
| ___ the aisle (bipartisanly) | 28 |
| ___ the aisle (choice spots) | 28 |
| ___ the altar | 13 |
| ___ the Americas, in N.Y.C. | 27 |
| ___ the ante | 12 |
| ___ the ante (makes more expensive) | 35 |
| ___ the arm (boost) | 19 |
| ___ the arm (boosters) | 22 |
| ___ the back | 12 |
| ___ the Barbarian | 17 |
| ___ the barrelhead | 18 |
| ___ the beam (awry) | 19 |
| ___ the beans | 13 |
| ___ the Bear (Muppets character) | 32 |
| ___ the Beautiful (Armenian king of legend) | 43 |
| ___ the beginning | 17 |
| ___ the beginning (present from the start) | 42 |
| ___ the belfry | 14 |
| ___ the benefits | 16 |
| ___ the benefits of | 19 |
| ___ the best | 12 |
| ___ the bill | 12 |
| ___ the bill (pay for) | 22 |
| ___ the bill (pays) | 19 |
| ___ the blow | 12 |
| ___ the blue | 12 |
| ___ the board | 13 |
| ___ the boards (acted) | 22 |
| ___ the boards (acts) | 21 |
| ___ the bottle | 14 |
| ___ the boys | 12 |
| ___ the breeze | 14 |
| ___ the bridge (past events) | 28 |
| ___ the bud | 11 |
| ___ the bud (abort) | 19 |
| ___ the bullet | 14 |
| ___ the bus | 11 |
| ___ the bush | 12 |
| ___ the bush (be deliberately ambiguous) | 40 |
| ___ the butt-crack of dawn | 26 |
| ___ the buzzer | 14 |
| ___ the cake | 12 |
| ___ the candle at both ends | 27 |
| ___ the cat | 11 |
| ___ the cat (be daring) | 23 |
| ___ the cat (dared) | 19 |
| ___ the Censor | 14 |
| ___ the chance | 14 |
| ___ the charts (No. 1) | 22 |
| ___ the chase | 13 |
| ___ the city | 12 |
| ___ the climax | 14 |
| ___ the closet | 14 |
| ___ the cob | 11 |
| ___ the cold (stranded) | 23 |
| ___ the collar | 14 |
| ___ the coop | 12 |
| ___ the cost | 12 |
| ___ the course | 14 |
| ___ the course (perseveres) | 27 |
| ___ the covenant | 16 |
| ___ the Cow | 11 |
| ___ the Cow (Borden symbol) | 27 |
| ___ the Cow (mascot) | 20 |
| ___ the cows come home | 22 |
| ___ the crack of dawn | 21 |
| ___ the cradle | 14 |
| ___ the crowd (ham it up) | 25 |
| ___ the cuff | 12 |
| ___ the cup (just missed) | 25 |
| ___ the cup (just misses) | 25 |
| ___ the cup (miss a putt) | 25 |
| ___ the cup (misses a putt) | 27 |
| ___ the custom (traditionally) | 30 |
| ___ the Damned (Turkish sultan) | 31 |