| A dunker may grab it | 20 |
| A duo | 5 |
| A dup. is made from it | 22 |
| A Durbeyfield | 13 |
| A Dutch master | 14 |
| A Dutch treat | 13 |
| A dwarf | 7 |
| A dwarf planet, now | 19 |
| A dweller in the Crimea | 23 |
| A dweller on Parnassus | 22 |
| A dwindling number of | 21 |
| A dye | 5 |
| A dyeing art? | 13 |
| A dyewood tree | 14 |
| A dynamic speaker, e.g. | 23 |
| A dynamite alternative | 22 |
| A dystopian novel | 17 |
| A E F newspaper, in France: 1918 | 32 |
| A eucalypt | 10 |
| A eunuch guards it | 18 |
| A eunuch opportunity? | 21 |
| A Eur. capital | 14 |
| A Eur. country | 14 |
| A Eur. republic | 15 |
| A euro forerunner | 17 |
| A euro predecessor | 18 |
| A European capital | 18 |
| A European nut | 14 |
| A fabler | 8 |
| A face for the dark? | 20 |
| A face in the crowd | 19 |
| A face in the crowd? | 20 |
| A facial cleanser | 17 |
| A facial may open them | 22 |
| A facsimile, for short | 22 |
| A fact-finding civil court judge ___ | 36 |
| A factory worker might make a dash for it | 41 |
| A failure | 9 |
| A fair number | 13 |
| A fair shake in Hawaii | 22 |
| A fair to remember | 18 |
| A fair-weather system ends with one | 35 |
| A fairy may leave money for it | 30 |
| A faith | 7 |
| A faja is one | 13 |
| A fake "RIP" tweet about him (after the VMA broadcast) made PopEater.com's "Best Celebrity Twitter Stories of 2009" | 139 |
| A fall in wrestling | 19 |
| A false god | 11 |
| A falsehood in every respect | 28 |
| A familiar spot for Hope and Crosby | 35 |
| A family insignia | 17 |
| A family-tree apple | 19 |
| A famous Adams | 14 |
| A famous Amos | 13 |
| A famous bear and a famous catcher | 34 |
| A famous Bradley | 16 |
| A famous Caesar | 15 |
| A famous Chase | 14 |
| A famous conjoined twin | 23 |
| A famous Dean, for short | 24 |
| A famous Eric | 13 |
| A famous film Robin | 19 |
| A famous Fitzgerald | 19 |
| A famous Hugh, for short | 24 |
| A famous King, with "Jr." | 35 |
| A famous Louis | 14 |
| A famous Murphy | 15 |
| A famous Nellie | 15 |
| A famous one begins "How sleep the brave ..." | 55 |
| A famous one begins "Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness" | 76 |
| A famous one is golden | 22 |
| A famous one was issued at Nantes | 33 |
| A famous picker | 15 |
| A famous Scott | 14 |
| A famous series of Rouen Cathedral paintings, e.g. | 50 |
| A famous Sharon | 15 |
| A famous Silver | 15 |
| A famous Stevenson | 18 |
| A famous tentmaker | 18 |
| A famous Turner | 15 |
| A famous twin | 13 |
| A famous Virginia | 17 |
| A fan might need one | 20 |
| A fan of | 8 |
| A fare choice? | 14 |
| A farewell remark | 17 |
| A fashion capital | 17 |
| A fashion magazine | 18 |
| A fashionable hotel | 19 |
| A fast food in Fresnillo | 24 |
| A fast one | 10 |
| A Fate | 6 |
| A fate worse than debt | 22 |
| A father of Dada | 16 |
| A father-in-law of Esau | 23 |
| A Faulkner woman | 16 |
| A favorite at Wimbledon | 23 |
| A favorite cocktail of Hemingway's | 38 |
| A favorite game of George Bush | 30 |
| A favorite in Beantown | 22 |