| ___ Bandito (old advertising mascot) | 36 |
| ___ band (cattle on parade, proverbially) | 41 |
| ___ balls (licorice-flavored candy) | 35 |
| ___ Balls (erstwhile Hostess treats) | 36 |
| ___ balls (chocolate covered treats) | 36 |
| ___ Ball, quinquennial dance in Harry Potter | 44 |
| ___ ball (terrible basketball shot) | 35 |
| ___ Ball (Christmas dance at Hogwarts) | 38 |
| ___ Baiul, 1994 Winter Olympics gold medalist | 45 |
| ___ Baiul (figure skating gold medalist) | 40 |
| ___ Baines Johnson (presidential daughter) | 42 |
| ___ Baggins of "The Hobbit" | 37 |
| ___ badge, boy scout's award | 32 |
| ___ badge (boy scout's award) | 33 |
| ___ Bach (Peter Schickele character) | 36 |
| ___ Babilonia, figure-skating star | 34 |
| ___ Babies (stuffed collectibles) | 33 |
| ___ Baba ("Arabian Nights" character) | 47 |
| ___ B. Wells, early civil rights advocate | 41 |
| ___ B'rith (Sons of the Covenant) | 37 |
| ___ B'rith (Jewish organization) | 36 |
| ___ b'Omer (Jewish festival) | 32 |
| ___ b'Omer (Israeli holiday with bonfires) | 46 |
| ___ B'Av, Jewish day of fasting | 35 |
| ___ b'Av (annual Jewish fast day) | 37 |
| ___ B or ___ C of the Spice Girls | 33 |
| ___ Éireann (Irish legislative assembly) | 44 |
| ___ Ã manger (ready to eat, in France) | 41 |
| ___ Ã manger (French dining room) | 36 |
| ___ Ã dire (that is to say): Fr. | 35 |
| ___ Aybar, 2014 All-Star shortstop on the Angels | 48 |
| ___ away from (timidly avoiding) | 32 |
| ___ Award (N.H.L.'s Coach of the Year trophy) | 49 |
| ___ avis / Two- or four-seater, maybe | 37 |
| ___ avión (stamp on a letter to Spain) | 41 |
| ___ Avenue (Monopoly property landed on the most) | 49 |
| ___ Avenue (Mets' community website) | 40 |
| ___ auxiliary (verb like can or might) | 38 |
| ___ Auto Club (Canada's answer to AAA) | 42 |
| ___ Australis, star in Ursa Major | 33 |
| ___ aunt (British advice columnist) | 35 |
| ___ Auerbach, "winningest" N.B.A. coach | 49 |
| ___ au vin (French rooster dish) | 32 |
| ___ Attucks, early American patriot | 35 |
| ___ attention (take a cadet's posture) | 42 |
| ___ attention (suddenly quit zoning) | 36 |
| ___ Atomic Dustbin (English rock band) | 38 |
| ___ Atha Cliath (Dublin, to Gaels) | 34 |
| ___ Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey | 40 |
| ___ at the mouth (becomes angry) | 32 |
| ___ as the end of one's nose | 32 |
| ___ artist, sound-effects specialist | 36 |
| ___ artist (sound effects specialist) | 37 |
| ___ Arthur of "Bewitched" | 35 |
| ___ artery (kidney's blood supplier) | 40 |
| ___ artery (blood vessel of the arm) | 36 |
| ___ art (text graphics used in low-tech emails) | 47 |
| ___ art (mobiles, wind chimes, etc.) | 36 |
| ___ Arroyos (Buenos Aires suburb) | 33 |
| ___ around (indulged in tomfoolery) | 35 |
| ___ around (engages in high jinx) | 33 |
| ___ Arnold's Balsam (old patent medicine) | 45 |
| ___ Arnaz, memorable entertainer | 32 |
| ___ Army (Palmer's following) | 33 |
| ___ Army (golfer Palmer's fans) | 35 |
| ___ Arizona (Pearl Harbor memorial) | 35 |
| ___ arigato (thank you, in Japanese) | 36 |
| ___ Arens, former Israeli defense minister | 42 |
| ___ Arena (Sacramento Kings home court) | 39 |
| ___ Arena (home of the Sacramento Kings) | 40 |
| ___ Arena (home of the Carolina Hurricanes) | 43 |
| ___ Arena (home court of the Washington Bullets) | 48 |
| ___ Arden, Flash Gordon companion | 33 |
| ___ Archipelago (network of prisons) | 36 |
| ___ Archer, with whom Sam Spade had an affair | 45 |
| ___ Arbus, memorable photographer | 33 |
| ___ Arbor (University of Michigan locale) | 41 |
| ___ Aquarium (Chicago attraction) | 33 |
| ___ Aquarids (May meteor shower) | 32 |
| ___ Appia (water conduit of ancient Rome) | 41 |
| ___ ape (tailless monkey of Gibraltar) | 38 |
| ___ Ape (purple cartoon gorilla) | 32 |
| ___ Antilles (Virgin Islands' group) | 40 |
| ___ Antilles (Virgin Islands group) | 35 |
| ___ Antilles (St. Croix's island group) | 43 |
| ___ Annie, of "Oklahoma!" | 35 |
| ___ Annie, in "Oklahoma!" | 35 |
| ___ Annie of "Oklahoma!" | 34 |
| ___ Annie in "Oklahoma!" | 34 |
| ___ Annie ("Oklahoma!" role) | 38 |
| ___ Annie ("Oklahoma!" character) | 43 |
| ___ Anne's (popular pretzel purveyor) | 41 |
| ___ Angiolini (women's shoe brand) | 38 |
| ___ Andy of "Show Boat" | 33 |
| ___ Andy ("Show Boat" role) | 37 |
| ___ Andronicus (Shakespeare's mad general) | 46 |
| ___ Andric, Nobelist in Literature: 1961 | 40 |
| ___ Andric, 1961 Literature Nobelist | 36 |
| ___ Anderson, Tigers' manager | 33 |
| ___ Anderson, Super Bowl XXV M.V.P. | 35 |