| Asset in answering the question "Does this dress make me look fat?" | 77 |
| Asset of a "love goddess" | 35 |
| Asset of a good proofreader | 27 |
| Asset of a P.R. man | 19 |
| Asset of an ideal machine | 25 |
| Asset of an oceanfront home | 27 |
| Asset of basil | 14 |
| Asset of many a major city | 26 |
| Asset of one who's retiring | 31 |
| Asset of successful entrepreneurs | 33 |
| Asset of the Secretary of State | 31 |
| Asset on the street | 19 |
| Asset protection plan, briefly | 30 |
| Asset purportedly found among thieves | 37 |
| Asset when shopping on a budget | 31 |
| Asset's opposite | 20 |
| Asset-assignment arrangement, for short | 39 |
| Asset-exploitation alternative | 30 |
| Asset-freezing org. | 19 |
| Asset-freezing org. (CONTEST ALERT! My new all-skill, solve-at-home crossword contest benefiting the Alzheimer's Foundation of America is Sept. 30. First prize, $2,500. For details visit www.alzfdn. | 204 |
| Asset-protection agreements | 27 |
| Assets | 6 |
| Assets and liabilities | 22 |
| Assets aplenty | 14 |
| Assets for no-trump | 19 |
| Assets hidden till needed | 25 |
| Assets in poker | 15 |
| Assets mgr. | 11 |
| Assets mgr.? | 12 |
| Assets minus liabilities | 24 |
| Assets, in Arles | 16 |
| Assets-and-liabilities statement | 32 |
| Asseverate | 10 |
| Asseverates | 11 |
| Asseveration | 12 |
| Asshat | 6 |
| Asshat doing an autumn chore? | 29 |
| Asshole | 7 |
| Assiduous care | 14 |
| Assign | 6 |
| Assign as blame | 16 |
| Assign (to) | 11 |
| Assign a "PG-13" or an "R" | 46 |
| Assign a grade to | 17 |
| Assign a journalist to a military unit | 38 |
| Assign a PG-13 | 14 |
| Assign a PG-13 or an R | 22 |
| Assign a PG-13 to, e.g. | 23 |
| Assign a PG-13, say | 19 |
| Assign a share | 14 |
| Assign a value to | 17 |
| Assign a wrong year to | 22 |
| Assign an "R" or "PG" | 41 |
| Assign an "R," say | 28 |
| Assign an alias | 15 |
| Assign an NC-17, e.g. | 21 |
| Assign an NC-17, say | 20 |
| Assign anew | 11 |
| Assign as one's share | 25 |
| Assign by contract | 18 |
| Assign by design | 16 |
| Assign by measure | 17 |
| Assign journalists to military units | 36 |
| Assign liberally | 16 |
| Assign new actors | 17 |
| Assign odds for | 15 |
| Assign parts | 12 |
| Assign places to | 16 |
| Assign roles | 12 |
| Assign stars to | 15 |
| Assign stars to, say | 20 |
| Assign the care of | 18 |
| Assign to | 9 |
| Assign to a definite place | 26 |
| Assign to a lower position | 26 |
| Assign to a role | 16 |
| Assign to different stacks | 26 |
| Assign to new categories | 24 |
| Assign to prison | 16 |
| Assign to, as blame | 19 |
| Assign too high a rating to | 27 |
| Assign two stars | 16 |
| Assign work mercilessly | 23 |
| Assign, as a contract | 21 |
| Assign, as a portion | 20 |
| Assign, as blame | 16 |
| Assign, as one's share | 26 |
| Assign, as responsibility | 25 |
| Assign, as the blame | 20 |
| Assignation | 11 |
| Assignation causes | 18 |
| Assignations | 12 |
| Assignations, slangily | 22 |
| Assigned | 8 |
| Assigned a label to | 19 |
| Assigned a PG, e.g. | 19 |
| Assigned as the partner of, as in dance class | 45 |
| Assigned chore | 14 |
| Assigned duties | 15 |
| Assigned duty | 13 |