| Abdul-Jabbar of the Lakers | 26 |
| Abdul the Bulbul's rival | 28 |
| Abductors' demands | 22 |
| Abductors in a tabloid story | 28 |
| Abductor of the Sabine women | 28 |
| Abduction vehicles, briefly | 27 |
| Abduction sites, supposedly | 27 |
| Abduction ship, in tabloids | 27 |
| Abducting org. of 1974 | 22 |
| Abducted Spartan of myth | 24 |
| Abdominoplasty, familiarly | 26 |
| Abdominal space-savers | 22 |
| ABC, Fox, etc., in Variety | 26 |
| ABC, e.g., in Variety-speak | 27 |
| ABC's "The ___" | 29 |
| ABC western series of 1959-61 | 29 |
| ABC talk show, for short | 24 |
| ABC survival drama, 2004-10 | 27 |
| ABC show since '75 | 22 |
| ABC program filmed in Hawaii | 28 |
| ABC newsman Potter and others | 29 |
| ABC News reporter Potter | 24 |
| ABC News president, 1977-98 | 27 |
| ABC News anchor David ___ | 25 |
| ABC morning show, briefly | 25 |
| ABC medical hit, familiarly | 27 |
| ABC hit sitcom (1977-81) | 24 |
| ABC fixture since '75 | 25 |
| ABC daytime staple since 1997 | 29 |
| ABC countries and more | 22 |
| ABC anchor's first name | 27 |
| ABC a.m. show, briefly | 22 |
| ABC "Be ___ Me" | 25 |
| Abby's twin sister | 22 |
| Abby's late sister | 22 |
| Abby's columnist sis | 24 |
| Abby Cadabby's show | 23 |
| Abby Ahmad "___-Me" | 29 |
| Abbrs. in company names | 23 |
| Abbreviation punctuation | 24 |
| Abbreviation on some silver | 27 |
| Abbreviation on silver | 22 |
| Abbreviation on old maps | 24 |
| Abbreviation on many a remote | 29 |
| Abbreviation on Greek tires? | 28 |
| Abbreviation on an envelope | 27 |
| Abbreviation on a TV remote | 27 |
| Abbreviation on a skivvy | 24 |
| Abbreviation on a gadget | 24 |
| Abbreviation on a car battery | 29 |
| Abbreviation in physics | 23 |
| Abbreviation in a rental ad | 27 |
| Abbreviation in a proof | 23 |
| Abbreviation for the rest | 25 |
| Abbreviation for some mail | 26 |
| Abbreviation for hostesses | 26 |
| Abbreviation for a pound | 24 |
| Abbreviation akin to etc. | 25 |
| Abbreviation after sit or rom | 29 |
| Abbreviation after a comma | 26 |
| Abbreviation abbreviation | 25 |
| Abbreviated, for short | 22 |
| Abbreviated vacation goal | 25 |
| Abbreviated mystery writer? | 27 |
| Abbreviated medical plan | 24 |
| Abbreviated LAX postings | 24 |
| Abbreviated Latin phrase | 24 |
| Abbreviated John Denver hit | 27 |
| Abbreviated dietary datum | 25 |
| Abbreviated cross words | 23 |
| Abbreviated business sign | 25 |
| Abbreviated afternoons | 22 |
| Abbr., chiefly for lawyers | 26 |
| Abbr. with Shaker or Brooklyn | 29 |
| Abbr. with civil or human | 25 |
| Abbr. with a Spanish surname | 28 |
| Abbr. with a ring to it? | 24 |
| Abbr. with a ring to it | 23 |
| Abbr. with "truly" | 28 |
| Abbr. used in some town names | 29 |
| Abbr. used for brevity | 22 |
| Abbr. used by name-droppers? | 28 |
| Abbr. under an address | 22 |
| Abbr. to the right of a star | 28 |
| Abbr. to the left of a number | 29 |
| Abbr. that shortens text | 24 |
| Abbr. that saves space | 22 |
| Abbr. that obviates itemizing | 29 |
| Abbr. that follows a year | 25 |
| Abbr. stamped on an invoice | 27 |
| Abbr. stamped on a food label | 29 |
| Abbr. stamped on a bad check | 28 |
| Abbr. spotted in the mailroom | 29 |
| Abbr. sometimes before a date | 29 |
| Abbr. seen near GBP and EUR | 27 |
| Abbr. seen in Bartlett's | 28 |
| Abbr. seen before a year | 24 |
| Abbr. re a bounced check | 24 |
| Abbr. preceding a date | 22 |
| Abbr. preceding 10 digits | 25 |