| A file that can't be opened | 31 |
| A film 007 | 10 |
| A film may be shot on it | 24 |
| A film may be shown in it | 25 |
| A film might receive one | 24 |
| A fin doubled | 13 |
| A final blow | 12 |
| A final defender | 16 |
| A Final Four game | 17 |
| A final three zones | 19 |
| A final word | 12 |
| A finch | 7 |
| A find | 6 |
| A fine china | 12 |
| A fine cotton | 13 |
| A fine kettle of fish | 21 |
| A fine lace | 11 |
| A fine playing marble | 21 |
| A fine sherbet | 14 |
| A fine whine to go with one's seafood entree? | 49 |
| A finger in the air might connote one | 37 |
| A Finger Lake | 13 |
| A finished movie is in here | 27 |
| A finished movie is in one | 26 |
| A fire may be in it | 19 |
| A fire sign | 11 |
| A fire station burning down, e.g. | 33 |
| A firefighter at work may be in it | 34 |
| A first banana | 14 |
| A First Daughter | 16 |
| A first for Arabia? | 19 |
| A first for Dinesen? | 20 |
| A first for Mozart? | 19 |
| A first for Ventura? | 20 |
| A First Lady | 12 |
| A First Lady of the 50's | 28 |
| A First Lady's monogram | 27 |
| A first mate | 12 |
| A first name among first ladies | 31 |
| A first name in architecture | 28 |
| A first name in coaching | 24 |
| A first name in comics | 22 |
| A first name in cosmetics | 25 |
| A first name in dogdom | 22 |
| A first name in fashion | 23 |
| A first name in fiction | 23 |
| A first name in film annals | 27 |
| A first name in folk music | 26 |
| A first name in fragrance | 25 |
| A first name in gin lore | 24 |
| A first name in lexicography | 28 |
| A first name in mysteries | 25 |
| A first name in mystery | 23 |
| A first name in mystery-writing | 31 |
| A first name in Orel | 20 |
| A first name in photography | 27 |
| A first name in puppetry | 24 |
| A first name in whodunit lore | 29 |
| A first name in whodunits | 25 |
| A first name on ''The Simpsons'' | 48 |
| A first name on "The Simpsons" | 40 |
| A first-class bunch? | 20 |
| A first-floor apartment | 23 |
| A firth is one | 14 |
| A fish and a pear | 17 |
| A Fish Called ____ | 18 |
| A fish named Dory helped find him | 33 |
| A fish or two | 13 |
| A fish out of school? | 21 |
| A fish that gets canned? | 24 |
| A fish that nags? | 17 |
| A fishbowl occupant | 19 |
| A fisherman may bring one home | 30 |
| A fisherman may spin one | 24 |
| A fisherman might bring back a big one | 38 |
| A fist might represent A or S in it: Abbr. | 42 |
| A fistful | 9 |
| A Fistful of ____ : Eastwood flick | 36 |
| A fit of shivering | 18 |
| A Fitzgerald | 12 |
| A Fitzgerald forte | 18 |
| A fixed point in time | 21 |
| A fl. oz. contains six | 22 |
| A fl. oz.'s six | 19 |
| A Fla. key | 10 |
| A flair for fashion | 19 |
| A flammable gas | 15 |
| A flan or a torte | 17 |
| A flat alternative | 18 |
| A flat and others | 17 |
| A flat counterpart | 18 |
| A flat equivalent | 17 |
| A flat is the same as this | 26 |
| A flat needs it | 15 |
| A flat one may evoke a wince | 28 |
| A flat or C | 11 |
| A flat place? | 13 |
| A flat scale accidental | 23 |
| A flat's alter-ego | 22 |
| A flat's equivalent | 23 |