| The Ayatollah, for one | 22 |
| The Axis, to the Allies | 23 |
| The Axis to the Allies | 22 |
| The avenging Mrs. Peel | 22 |
| The avant-garde's Yoko | 26 |
| The Australian flag has six | 27 |
| The Auld ___ (Ireland) | 22 |
| The Auld Sod, poetically | 24 |
| The Augustinians, e.g. | 22 |
| The atmosphere, mostly | 22 |
| The Atlantic, in slang | 22 |
| The Atlantic's contents | 27 |
| The Atlantic's Cape ___ | 27 |
| The Atlantic's Cape -- | 26 |
| The Atlanta Braves' div. | 28 |
| The Atl. Coast is on it | 23 |
| The Atl. Braves are in it | 25 |
| The Athens of South America | 27 |
| The Astros, on scoreboards | 26 |
| The arts as shown on TV, e.g. | 29 |
| The artistic lawyer ... | 23 |
| The artist tried to ... | 23 |
| The Artful Dodger, e.g. | 23 |
| The art of third degree? | 24 |
| The Art of the Deal author | 29 |
| The art of putting things off | 29 |
| The art of creating melodies | 28 |
| The arsonist tried to ... | 25 |
| The Arrow constellation | 23 |
| The Arno crosses his city | 25 |
| The Army's alpha, e.g. | 26 |
| The Army's alpha was one | 28 |
| The Arkansas Derby, e.g. | 24 |
| The ark's magic number | 26 |
| The Aragon flows into it | 24 |
| The apple of Solo's eye | 27 |
| The apple of Adam's eye | 27 |
| The appendix extends from it | 28 |
| The Appalachians, e.g.: Abbr. | 29 |
| The Appalachians, e.g. | 22 |
| The Apostle of the Franks | 25 |
| The Apennines, for one | 22 |
| The antithesis of easy | 22 |
| The answer to this clue, e.g. | 29 |
| The answer "no" | 25 |
| The Annunciation artist | 26 |
| The anklebone is part of it | 27 |
| The animated Shrek is one | 25 |
| The Andrews Sisters, e.g. | 25 |
| The Andrew Sisters, e.g. | 24 |
| The Andrea Doria, for one | 25 |
| The Andrea Doria was one | 24 |
| The Andes, for instance | 23 |
| The Andes, e.g.: Abbr. | 22 |
| The ancient Mariner's cry | 29 |
| The Amu Darya flows into it | 27 |
| The Amu Darya feeds it | 22 |
| The ammo theme of this puzzle | 29 |
| The Amistad and others | 22 |
| The Amish, for example | 22 |
| The Ames Brothers, e.g. | 23 |
| The American dream, e.g. | 24 |
| The American Century author | 27 |
| The America's Cup is one | 28 |
| The Amazon R. empties into it | 29 |
| The Amazing ___, illusionist | 28 |
| The Amazing ___ (magician) | 26 |
| The Amazing Randi debunks it | 28 |
| The Altar, in astronomy | 23 |
| The Altar constellation | 23 |
| The Alps, for instance: Abbr. | 29 |
| The Alps' __ Blanc | 22 |
| The Almighty, in Alsace | 23 |
| The Alhambra's city | 23 |
| The Aleutians, for one | 22 |
| The Alamo was used as one | 25 |
| The Aisne flows into it | 23 |
| The Air India _____, 1985 | 25 |
| The agony of defeat: pl. | 24 |
| The aggressive candidate ___ | 28 |
| The African Queen, e.g. | 23 |
| The adorable Miss Pickford | 26 |
| The Adirondacks, e.g.: Abbr. | 28 |
| The Addams' hairy cousin | 28 |
| The Addams' butler | 22 |
| The actor we celebrate today | 28 |
| The act of: Br. suffix | 22 |
| The act of flipping a coin | 26 |
| The act of felicitating | 23 |
| The ACLU protects them | 22 |
| The Academy Is... album | 23 |
| The Academy Awards, e.g. | 24 |
| The absolute, to Gandhi | 23 |
| The absolute best Guernsey? | 27 |
| The absent-minded professor | 27 |
| The Abominable Snowman | 22 |
| The abbreviated Dickens? | 24 |
| The Aare flows into it | 22 |
| The A.C.C.'s Seminoles | 26 |
| The A-10's Minutemen | 24 |