| ___ away (hide on a ship) | 25 |
| ___ away (faded out) | 20 |
| ___ away (eroded) | 17 |
| ___ away (erode) | 16 |
| ___ away (decidedly) | 20 |
| ___ away (corroded) | 19 |
| ___ away (abrades) | 18 |
| ___ Awards (pop culture ceremony in which the public votes for the winners) | 75 |
| ___ Awards (annual prizes for African-American achievement) | 59 |
| ___ Awards | 10 |
| ___ Award for the Short Story (annual literary prize) | 53 |
| ___ Award (N.H.L.'s Coach of the Year trophy) | 49 |
| ___ Avon (Anthony Eden) | 23 |
| ___ Avivian | 11 |
| ___ Avivans | 11 |
| ___ Avivan | 10 |
| ___ Aviv-Jaffa, Israel | 22 |
| ___ Aviv, Israel | 16 |
| ___ Aviv | 8 |
| ___ avises | 10 |
| ___ avis / Two- or four-seater, maybe | 37 |
| ___ avis (unusual thing) | 24 |
| ___ avis (unusual species) | 26 |
| ___ avis (unusual one) | 22 |
| ___ avis (unique person) | 24 |
| ___ avis (uncommon thing) | 25 |
| ___ avis (uncommon find) | 24 |
| ___ avis (one of a kind) | 24 |
| ___ avis (one in a million) | 27 |
| ___ avis (oddity) | 17 |
| ___ avis (exceptional one) | 26 |
| ___ avis | 8 |
| ___ avion | 9 |
| ___ avibus (good auspices) | 26 |
| ___ avión (stamp on a letter to Spain) | 41 |
| ___ Avesta | 10 |
| ___ aves (unique individuals) | 29 |
| ___ aves (standouts) | 20 |
| ___ aves (oners) | 16 |
| ___ aves (nonpareils) | 21 |
| ___ aves | 8 |
| ___ Avery of Looney Tunes | 25 |
| ___ averages | 12 |
| ___ Avenue (Monopoly space) | 27 |
| ___ Avenue (Monopoly property landed on the most) | 49 |
| ___ Avenue (Mets' community website) | 40 |
| ___ avail (uselessly) | 21 |
| ___ avail (useless) | 19 |
| ___ avail | 9 |
| ___ auxiliary (verb like can or might) | 38 |
| ___ Auto Club (Canada's answer to AAA) | 42 |
| ___ aut nunquam (now or never) | 30 |
| ___ Australis, star in Ursa Major | 33 |
| ___ Australia (Risk territory) | 30 |
| ___ Aurunca, town NNW of Napoli | 31 |
| ___ Aurelius | 12 |
| ___ aunt (British advice columnist) | 35 |
| ___ Auerbach, "winningest" N.B.A. coach | 49 |
| ___ Audit (French rock shelter) | 31 |
| ___ au vin (French rooster dish) | 32 |
| ___ au vin | 10 |
| ___ au rhum (cake with a kick) | 30 |
| ___ au rhum | 11 |
| ___ au lait | 11 |
| ___ au Haut, Me. | 16 |
| ___ au Haut, ME | 15 |
| ___ au Haut, Maine | 18 |
| ___ Atty. | 9 |
| ___ Attucks, early American patriot | 35 |
| ___ attorney | 12 |
| ___ attention (take a cadet's posture) | 42 |
| ___ attention (suddenly quit zoning) | 36 |
| ___ attention (pay heed) | 24 |
| ___ attack | 10 |
| ___ atque vale! | 15 |
| ___ atque vale | 14 |
| ___ Atonement | 13 |
| ___ Atomic Dustbin (English rock band) | 38 |
| ___ Atomic Dustbin | 18 |
| ___ Athena | 10 |
| ___ Atha Cliath (Dublin, to Gaels) | 34 |
| ___ Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey | 40 |
| ___ Ata | 7 |
| ___ at Work | 11 |
| ___ at windmills | 16 |
| ___ at the post | 15 |
| ___ at the mouth (becomes angry) | 32 |
| ___ at the mouth | 16 |
| ___ at the moon | 15 |
| ___ at the bit | 14 |
| ___ at law: abbr. | 17 |
| ___ at hand | 11 |
| ___ at ease (uncomfortable) | 27 |
| ___ at ease | 11 |
| ___ at anchor | 13 |
| ___ at a time | 13 |
| ___ at a gnat | 13 |
| ___ at (treat lightly) | 22 |
| ___ at (take lightly) | 21 |
| ___ at (scorn) | 14 |