| _____ -relief | 13 |
| _____ 10 conference | 19 |
| _____ 500 | 9 |
| _____ a cheval (horseshoe) | 26 |
| _____ a Crime, 1992 Candy movie | 31 |
| _____ a customer | 16 |
| _____ a million | 15 |
| _____ a one | 11 |
| _____ a pig | 11 |
| _____ a pity! | 13 |
| _____ Ababa | 11 |
| _____ Ababa, Ethiopia | 21 |
| _____ about (approximately) | 27 |
| _____ about (legal time frame) | 30 |
| _____ about (legalistic phrase) | 31 |
| _____ above (superior to) | 25 |
| _____ accompli | 14 |
| _____ account (absolutely not) | 30 |
| _____ acid | 10 |
| _____ Affair | 12 |
| _____ Aid | 9 |
| _____ Air | 9 |
| _____ Alamitos, Calif. | 22 |
| _____ Alamos | 12 |
| _____ Alberta | 13 |
| _____ alia | 10 |
| _____ alla | 10 |
| _____ allé (ballet move) | 27 |
| _____ allegro (very quickly) | 28 |
| _____ Alley | 11 |
| _____ Alte (Adenauer) | 21 |
| _____ Alto | 10 |
| _____ Altos, Calif. | 19 |
| _____ Ami | 9 |
| _____ Amin | 10 |
| _____ ammoniac | 14 |
| _____ amore (with love) | 23 |
| _____ analyst | 13 |
| _____ and a day (legal time limit) | 34 |
| _____ and Andy | 14 |
| _____ and away | 14 |
| _____ and dangerous | 19 |
| _____ and dart (molding design) | 31 |
| _____ and hounds | 16 |
| _____ and hounds (outdoor game) | 31 |
| _____ and kicking | 17 |
| _____ and kin | 13 |
| _____ and Thummim (sacred Judaic articles) | 42 |
| _____ and true | 14 |
| _____ anemone | 13 |
| _____ Angelo | 12 |
| _____ Anglais | 13 |
| _____ anguishene? Ontario | 25 |
| _____ Annie ("Oklahoma!" role) | 40 |
| _____ Annie of "Oklahoma!" | 36 |
| _____ Antony | 12 |
| _____ Apso | 10 |
| _____ Arabia | 12 |
| _____ arch | 10 |
| _____ ark | 9 |
| _____ Arnaz | 11 |
| _____ Arts | 10 |
| _____ as a bat | 14 |
| _____ as a dog | 14 |
| _____ as a door-nail | 20 |
| _____ as a peacock | 18 |
| _____ as ABC | 12 |
| _____ as gold | 13 |
| _____ as pie | 12 |
| _____ as the hills | 18 |
| _____ at all costs | 18 |
| _____ at the bit | 16 |
| _____ at Work | 13 |
| _____ atque vale | 16 |
| _____ Australis (southern constellation) | 40 |
| _____ avail | 11 |
| _____ avail (fruitless) | 23 |
| _____ aves (nonpareils) | 23 |
| _____ avis | 10 |
| _____ Aviv | 10 |
| _____ Ã manger (dining room): Fr. | 36 |
| _____ B'rith | 16 |
| _____ Bakr (first caliph of Mecca) | 34 |
| _____ balance (have a decisive effect) | 38 |
| _____ Bandito of commercials | 28 |
| _____ Barbara | 13 |
| _____ Barnacle (Mrs. James Joyce) | 33 |
| _____ barrel | 12 |
| _____ Basin (Ukranian coal region) | 34 |
| _____ Bay (New England site) | 28 |
| _____ Bay, Brooklyn | 19 |
| _____ Bay, Hawaii | 17 |
| _____ Bay, Labrador | 19 |
| _____ Bay, Newfoundland bonanza | 31 |
| _____ Beach, Calif. | 19 |
| _____ Beach, Fla. | 17 |
| _____ bean | 10 |
| _____ beetle | 12 |
| _____ Bell | 10 |
| _____ Bell (Emily Brontë) | 28 |