| Word before "brillig" | 31 |
| Word before "boy" or "party" | 48 |
| Word before "boy" or "girl" | 47 |
| Word before "boom" | 28 |
| Word before "blonde" or "Wednesday" | 55 |
| Word before "Blastoff!" | 33 |
| Word before "Blast off!" | 34 |
| Word before "beware!" | 31 |
| Word before "beloved" | 31 |
| Word before "battery" or "energy" | 53 |
| Word before "ball" in carnival games | 46 |
| Word before "aside" or "aerobics" | 53 |
| Word before "and forget it!" (ad slogan) | 50 |
| Word before "And crown thy good with brotherhood" | 59 |
| Word before "amis," in French | 39 |
| Word before "Alamos" or "Angeles" | 53 |
| Word before "aim" or "set" | 46 |
| Word before "a will" and "a way" | 52 |
| Word before "a tune" or "the ball" | 54 |
| Word before "a soul" | 30 |
| Word before "a prayer" or "a clue" | 54 |
| Word before "a clue" | 30 |
| Word before "... liftoff!" | 36 |
| Word before "#1" | 26 |
| Word before 'fall' | 26 |
| Word before 'beware!' | 29 |
| Word before ''words'' | 37 |
| Word before ''the worse'' | 41 |
| Word before ''One Two Three'' in a film title | 61 |
| Word before ''One Two Three'' in a 1974 film title | 66 |
| Word before ''in a galaxy far, far away'' | 57 |
| Word before ''I don't know'' | 48 |
| Word before ''Happy new year!''? | 48 |
| Word before ''Father'' or ''Lady'' | 66 |
| Word before ''fast'' and after ''home'' | 71 |
| Word before ''excellence'' | 42 |
| Word before ''dog'' or ''Pie'' | 62 |
| Word before ''Dick'' or ''Jane'' | 64 |
| Word before ''d'etre'' | 42 |
| Word before ''Blast off!'' | 42 |
| Word before ''acetate'' or ''alcohol'' | 70 |
| Word befor econference or cast | 30 |
| Word avoided by optimists | 25 |
| Word attached to book | 21 |
| Word attached to bike or foot | 29 |
| Word attached to approximate dates | 34 |
| Word attached to air | 20 |
| Word attached to "sack" | 33 |
| Word attached to "poly" | 33 |
| Word attached to "one" or "your" | 52 |
| Word attached to "fall" | 33 |
| Word attached to "cold" or "lion" | 53 |
| Word at the top of an application | 33 |
| Word at the start of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" | 65 |
| Word at the express checkout aisle | 34 |
| Word at the end of many French films | 36 |
| Word at the end of a French film | 32 |
| Word at the bottom of a page, perhaps | 37 |
| Word at the bottom of a page | 28 |
| Word at the altar | 17 |
| Word at some hair salons | 24 |
| Word at an unveiling, perhaps | 29 |
| Word at an unveiling | 20 |
| Word at a railroad intersection | 31 |
| Word at a multiplex | 19 |
| Word at a mike check | 20 |
| Word at a meeting? | 18 |
| Word at a meeting | 17 |
| Word at a maze entrance | 23 |
| Word at a bar | 13 |
| Word associated with Russell Simmons | 36 |
| Word associated with light bulbs | 32 |
| Word associated with John Glenn | 31 |
| Word associated with Cowell | 27 |
| Word associated with cover albums | 33 |
| Word associated with Bo Bice | 28 |
| Word associated with Abdul and Cowell | 37 |
| Word associated with Abdul | 26 |
| Word associated with a light bulb | 33 |
| Word as rhymeless as "pint" | 37 |
| Word applying to few in Washington | 34 |
| Word appearing twice after "Boogie" in a 1978 #1 hit's title | 74 |
| Word appearing three times in a Roger Ebert title | 49 |
| Word appearing more than 20 times on Iran's flag | 52 |
| Word appearing in all nine theme answers | 40 |
| Word appearing eight times in this puzzle grid | 46 |
| Word appearing before or after each word in the long theme entries | 66 |
| Word appearing 39 times in the King James Version of Matthew 1 | 62 |
| Word among Friends | 18 |
| Word alphabetizers ignore | 25 |
| Word akin to "I say!" | 31 |
| Word akin to "-ish" | 29 |
| Word agreement | 14 |
| Word after zinc or iron | 23 |
| Word after yes or no | 20 |
| Word after yes or dear | 22 |
| Word after yes | 14 |
| Word after X | 12 |
| Word after Wuzzy | 16 |
| Word after work or Puritan | 26 |