| A __: valid independent of experience, in logic | 47 |
| A __ (unaccompanied, as a chorus) | 33 |
| A yo-yo on a short string does this | 35 |
| A year in the life of St. Anselm | 32 |
| A year in McKinley's Presidency | 35 |
| A year for some exchange students | 33 |
| A year before the Battle of Hastings | 36 |
| A WWI song urged us to keep them burning | 40 |
| A World Heritage Rocky Mountain Park | 36 |
| A work by Samuel Nathaniel Behrman | 34 |
| A work by barnyard collaborators? | 33 |
| A word from Marley's partner | 32 |
| A word from Cratchit's employer | 35 |
| A woman desperate for a relationship, slangily | 46 |
| A witch's nose might have one | 33 |
| A witch in "Bewitched" | 32 |
| A winning combination in today's puzzle theme | 49 |
| A wind chilled and killed her, in verse | 39 |
| A wild card is unlikely to beat one | 35 |
| A wife in "Gianni Schicchi" | 37 |
| A whistle may follow it in cartoons | 35 |
| A weekday was named for this god | 32 |
| A week's worth of groceries, perhaps | 40 |
| A weather balloon may be perceived as one | 41 |
| A wd. often ending in "ing" | 37 |
| A way you wouldn't want to be held | 38 |
| A way to learn (with ''by'') | 44 |
| A way to cure hiccups, it's said | 36 |
| A Wall St. Journal subscriber, perhaps | 38 |
| A waiter may be asked to hold it | 32 |
| A violinist uses one and takes one | 34 |
| A violinist might use one or take one | 37 |
| A vigorous reprimand (with "the") | 43 |
| A vicuña is on its coat of arms | 34 |
| A verbal contest between actors | 32 |
| A venture capitalist replied ... | 32 |
| A veiled threat (with "or") | 37 |
| A veiled threat (with ''or'') | 45 |
| A vampire might take it to heart | 32 |
| A U.S. President ___ $200,000 per annum | 39 |
| A U.P.S. driver may have one: Abbr. | 35 |
| A type of slacker who sounds like a thing | 41 |
| A type of book that sounds like a person | 40 |
| A TV psychologist's gossipmongering? | 40 |
| A turtleneck tag may irritate it | 32 |
| A Turner who was christened Julia | 33 |
| A trusting person may be led down it | 36 |
| A trivial one is white, they say | 32 |
| A trifecta of severe winter weather | 35 |
| A Treatise of Human Nature author | 36 |
| A Trask in "East of Eden" | 35 |
| A translation for "cetera" | 36 |
| A transfer might entail one, briefly | 36 |
| A town between Boston and Lowell | 32 |
| A Tinseltown film, when ani-gram-mated? | 39 |
| A time to cheer and a time to weep | 34 |
| A thousand times more than a mil | 32 |
| A thorough insurance adjuster ___ | 33 |
| A theme for World Environment Day: June 5, 1992 | 47 |
| A terrible band is lucky to have an audience ___ | 48 |
| A tenth part of the waters of Oceanus | 37 |
| A telescope may be trained on one | 33 |
| A telephone technician might perform one | 40 |
| A teen blogger narrates this television drama | 45 |
| A teacher of John, Paul and George | 34 |
| A tall Roman column is named after him | 38 |
| A tabloid reporter must have a nose for __ | 42 |
| A Swiss Army knife has many of them | 35 |
| A Swiss Army knife has lots of them | 35 |
| A swimmer might rightly be scared to see one | 44 |
| A suspect's might be suspect | 32 |
| A suspect might give it to a cop | 32 |
| A superstar's may need massaging | 36 |
| A superstar might have a big one | 32 |
| A supermarket might have its own | 32 |
| A Sunday crossword usually has one | 34 |
| A suitor in "The Rivals" | 34 |
| A substantial amount of Louisiana | 33 |
| A sub may or may not have one planned | 37 |
| A studio apartment generally has one | 36 |
| A strong one may be found in a gym | 34 |
| A strong one could be found in a gym | 36 |
| A stolen item that's often returned | 39 |
| A stereotypical pirate only has one | 35 |
| A star stands for it on the flag | 32 |
| A star of "What's Up, Doc?" | 41 |
| A star of "The In-Laws" | 33 |
| A star of "The Good Earth" | 36 |
| A star of "The Collector" | 35 |
| A star of "Seven Days in May" | 39 |
| A star of "Naughty Marietta" | 38 |
| A star of "Dr. Strangelove" | 37 |
| A star of "Cinderella Liberty" | 40 |
| A star of "Cats" on Broadway | 38 |
| A star of "Advise and Consent" | 40 |
| A star of The Poseidon Adventure | 35 |
| A star in "The Miniver Story" | 39 |
| A star in "Rebecca": 1940 | 35 |
| A standard shown on a Royal Observatory wall | 44 |
| A square, like Caspar Milquetoast | 33 |