| The Four Seasons, e.g. | 22 |
| The Four Seasons star | 24 |
| The four of Mississippi | 23 |
| The four needed for gagging? | 28 |
| The Fountain of Youth? | 22 |
| The forty in a forty: Abbr. | 27 |
| The former Mrs. McCartney | 25 |
| The former Miss Trueheart | 25 |
| The former French Sudan | 23 |
| The former Christiania | 22 |
| The former Belgian Congo | 24 |
| The former Bechuanaland | 23 |
| The foreseeable future | 22 |
| The Force was with him | 22 |
| The Force is with them | 22 |
| The foolish left to perish? | 27 |
| The Fonz and Hannah Montana | 27 |
| The following ones: Abbr. | 25 |
| The Folger Lady, Mrs. _____ | 27 |
| The Flying Wallendas, e.g. | 26 |
| The Flying Scotsman, e.g. | 25 |
| The Flying Dutchman, for one | 28 |
| The Flying Dutchman, e.g. | 25 |
| The Florida Keys, essentially | 29 |
| The Flintstones' pet | 24 |
| The Fleetwoods, for example | 27 |
| The flash in flashy jewelry? | 28 |
| The Flaming Lips, e.g. | 22 |
| The Five Pillars of ___ | 23 |
| The five in this puzzle | 23 |
| The Fishes of the zodiac | 24 |
| The first X-rated Bond film? | 28 |
| The first U.S. National Park | 28 |
| The first two Tudor kings | 25 |
| The first to stab Caesar | 24 |
| The First State: Abbr. | 22 |
| The First State (abbr.) | 23 |
| The first one ruled 1547-84 | 27 |
| The first one pointed to? | 25 |
| The first one gets you going | 28 |
| The first of September? | 23 |
| The first of many steps | 23 |
| The first of 13: Abbr. | 22 |
| The first odd prime number | 26 |
| The first natural number | 24 |
| The first multimillionaire | 26 |
| The first Mrs. Woodrow Wilson | 29 |
| The first Mrs. Soames Forsyte | 29 |
| The first Mrs. Richard Wagner | 29 |
| The first Mrs. Donald Trump | 27 |
| The first Mrs. Copperfield | 26 |
| The first Mrs. Arrowsmith | 25 |
| The first Mr. Shirley Temple | 28 |
| The first martyr, in Islam | 26 |
| The first man, in Maori myth | 28 |
| The first man in space | 22 |
| The first James Bond movie | 26 |
| The first James Bond film | 25 |
| The first H in HRH, perhaps | 27 |
| The first glossy fabric? | 24 |
| The first chip, usually | 23 |
| The first canonical hour | 24 |
| The first C of CDC: abbr. | 25 |
| The first B of B&B | 22 |
| The first American in space | 27 |
| The first 'M' of MGM | 28 |
| The finish for Captain Nemo? | 28 |
| The final word in storybooks | 28 |
| The final Mrs. Chaplin | 22 |
| The filthy weed, in Nice | 24 |
| The Fighting Tigers: Abbr. | 26 |
| The Fighting Tigers, briefly | 28 |
| The Fifth Republic since 1958 | 29 |
| The fifth Marx brother | 22 |
| The fibre of the gomuti palm | 28 |
| The Female Eunuch author | 27 |
| The feeling may be mutual | 25 |
| The Fed's Greenspan | 23 |
| The Fed's concern: Abbr. | 28 |
| The fear of being naked | 23 |
| The FDIC may insure them | 24 |
| The favorite's got it | 25 |
| The Fatman's TV partner | 27 |
| The father who knows best | 25 |
| The Father of Science Fiction | 29 |
| The Father of Russian Music | 27 |
| The Father of Musicians | 23 |
| The Father of Microbiology | 26 |
| The Father of Geometry | 22 |
| The Father of Genetics | 22 |
| The Father of English History | 29 |
| The farmer ordered a __ | 23 |
| The farmer may be in it | 23 |
| The farmer got busted for ___ | 29 |
| The far right, in a way | 23 |
| The far left, on a map | 22 |
| The far left on the highway | 27 |
| The Family Stone was his | 24 |
| The Family Stone leader | 23 |
| The Fall of the House of ____ | 29 |