| ___ Arena (home of the Sacramento Kings) | 40 |
| ___ Arena (Sacramento Kings home court) | 39 |
| ___ Arens, former Israeli defense minister | 42 |
| ___ arigato (thank you, in Japanese) | 36 |
| ___ Arizona (Pearl Harbor memorial) | 35 |
| ___ Army (golfer Palmer's fans) | 35 |
| ___ Army (Palmer's following) | 33 |
| ___ Arnaz, memorable entertainer | 32 |
| ___ Arnold's Balsam (old patent medicine) | 45 |
| ___ around (engages in high jinx) | 33 |
| ___ around (indulged in tomfoolery) | 35 |
| ___ Arroyos (Buenos Aires suburb) | 33 |
| ___ art (mobiles, wind chimes, etc.) | 36 |
| ___ art (text graphics used in low-tech emails) | 47 |
| ___ artery (blood vessel of the arm) | 36 |
| ___ artery (kidney's blood supplier) | 40 |
| ___ Arthur of "Bewitched" | 35 |
| ___ artist (sound effects specialist) | 37 |
| ___ artist, sound-effects specialist | 36 |
| ___ as the end of one's nose | 32 |
| ___ at the mouth (becomes angry) | 32 |
| ___ Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey | 40 |
| ___ Atha Cliath (Dublin, to Gaels) | 34 |
| ___ Atomic Dustbin (English rock band) | 38 |
| ___ attention (suddenly quit zoning) | 36 |
| ___ attention (take a cadet's posture) | 42 |
| ___ Attucks, early American patriot | 35 |
| ___ au vin (French rooster dish) | 32 |
| ___ Auerbach, "winningest" N.B.A. coach | 49 |
| ___ aunt (British advice columnist) | 35 |
| ___ Australis, star in Ursa Major | 33 |
| ___ Auto Club (Canada's answer to AAA) | 42 |
| ___ auxiliary (verb like can or might) | 38 |
| ___ Avenue (Mets' community website) | 40 |
| ___ Avenue (Monopoly property landed on the most) | 49 |
| ___ avión (stamp on a letter to Spain) | 41 |
| ___ avis / Two- or four-seater, maybe | 37 |
| ___ Award (N.H.L.'s Coach of the Year trophy) | 49 |
| ___ away from (timidly avoiding) | 32 |
| ___ Aybar, 2014 All-Star shortstop on the Angels | 48 |
| ___ Ã dire (that is to say): Fr. | 35 |
| ___ Ã manger (French dining room) | 36 |
| ___ Ã manger (ready to eat, in France) | 41 |
| ___ Éireann (Irish legislative assembly) | 44 |
| ___ B or ___ C of the Spice Girls | 33 |
| ___ b'Av (annual Jewish fast day) | 37 |
| ___ B'Av, Jewish day of fasting | 35 |
| ___ b'Omer (Israeli holiday with bonfires) | 46 |
| ___ b'Omer (Jewish festival) | 32 |
| ___ B'rith (Jewish organization) | 36 |
| ___ B'rith (Sons of the Covenant) | 37 |
| ___ B. Wells, early civil rights advocate | 41 |
| ___ Baba ("Arabian Nights" character) | 47 |
| ___ Babies (stuffed collectibles) | 33 |
| ___ Babilonia, figure-skating star | 34 |
| ___ Bach (Peter Schickele character) | 36 |
| ___ badge (boy scout's award) | 33 |
| ___ badge, boy scout's award | 32 |
| ___ Baggins of "The Hobbit" | 37 |
| ___ Baines Johnson (presidential daughter) | 42 |
| ___ Baiul (figure skating gold medalist) | 40 |
| ___ Baiul, 1994 Winter Olympics gold medalist | 45 |
| ___ Ball (Christmas dance at Hogwarts) | 38 |
| ___ ball (terrible basketball shot) | 35 |
| ___ Ball, quinquennial dance in Harry Potter | 44 |
| ___ balls (chocolate covered treats) | 36 |
| ___ Balls (erstwhile Hostess treats) | 36 |
| ___ balls (licorice-flavored candy) | 35 |
| ___ band (cattle on parade, proverbially) | 41 |
| ___ Bandito (old advertising mascot) | 36 |
| ___ Bar (nutrition bar for women) | 33 |
| ___ Barkley ("Crazy" band) | 36 |
| ___ Barkley (Truman's vice president) | 41 |
| ___ Barnacle, James Joyce's wife and muse | 45 |
| ___ Baron Cohen of "Les Misérables" | 48 |
| ___ Barrani, W.W. II Egyptian battleground | 42 |
| ___ barrel roll (Google Easter egg) | 35 |
| ___ Barrington, Trollope character | 34 |
| ___ Barry, with the 1965 hit "1-2-3" | 46 |
| ___ Bartolommeo (Italian painter) | 33 |
| ___ Barton (first Triple Crown winner) | 38 |
| ___ Barton, first Triple Crown winner, 1919 | 43 |
| ___ Bash (annual Ann Arbor stoner event) | 40 |
| ___ bath (therapeutic treatment) | 32 |
| ___ Bator (Mongolia's capital) | 34 |
| ___ Bator (Mongolia's captial) | 34 |
| ___ Bay, 1898 site of Admiral Dewey's fleet | 47 |
| ___ Bay, former U.S. base in the Philippines | 44 |
| ___ Bay, Philippines (site of 1944 fighting) | 44 |
| ___ bayildi (Turkish eggplant dish) | 35 |
| ___ Børs (European stock exchange) | 37 |
| ___ be different (individualist's credo) | 44 |
| ___ Beach (Brooklyn neighborhood) | 33 |
| ___ Beach (California surfing mecca) | 36 |
| ___ Beach (former home of Dodgertown) | 37 |
| ___ Beach (Operation Overlord location) | 39 |
| ___ Beach (town near San Luis Obispo) | 37 |
| ___ Beach, city near San Luis Obispo | 36 |
| ___ Beagle (ship with Charles Darwin aboard) | 44 |
| ___ Beanies: little stuffed animals | 35 |