| The -- & the Papas | 22 |
| The -- Piper of Hamelin | 23 |
| The --- Blues (rock group) | 26 |
| The 1 and 2 in 1 + 2 = 3 | 24 |
| The 10 in "hang 10" | 29 |
| The 10 in 10/20: Abbr. | 22 |
| The 10 million in a joule | 25 |
| The 100,000 in a newton | 23 |
| The 1000's, e.g.: Abbr. | 27 |
| The 12 of the Pac-12: Abbr. | 27 |
| The 18 in a round of 18 | 23 |
| The 1840 penny black, e.g. | 26 |
| The 1890's, historically | 28 |
| The 1900's, e.g.: Abbr. | 27 |
| The 1980's, to yuppies | 26 |
| The 1980s and '90s, e.g. | 28 |
| The 200 of the Indy 500 | 23 |
| The 21st Amendment, e.g. | 24 |
| The 22nd and 24th President | 27 |
| The 23d is a famous one | 23 |
| The 23rd Hebrew letter | 22 |
| The 23rd is a famous one | 24 |
| The 24 in '36-24-36' | 28 |
| The 29th, every so often | 24 |
| The 3 or 5 in 3 + 5 = 8 | 23 |
| The 300 of Kew Gardens | 22 |
| The 30th, often: Abbr. | 22 |
| The 31st, often: abbr. | 22 |
| The 33rd U.S. President | 23 |
| The 36 in a 17/36 shirt | 23 |
| The 38th-parallel land | 22 |
| The 4 in "par 4" | 26 |
| The 40th state (abbr.) | 22 |
| The 60's Celtics, e.g. | 26 |
| The 75th meridian in the East | 29 |
| The 900's, e.g.: Abbr. | 26 |
| The A in 'CAT scan' | 27 |
| The A in "CAT scan" | 29 |
| The A in James A. Garfield | 26 |
| The A of Thomas A. Edison | 25 |
| The A's, on scoreboards | 27 |
| The A-10's Minutemen | 24 |
| The A.C.C.'s Seminoles | 26 |
| The Aare flows into it | 22 |
| The abbreviated Dickens? | 24 |
| The Abominable Snowman | 22 |
| The absent-minded professor | 27 |
| The absolute best Guernsey? | 27 |
| The absolute, to Gandhi | 23 |
| The Academy Awards, e.g. | 24 |
| The Academy Is... album | 23 |
| The ACLU protects them | 22 |
| The act of felicitating | 23 |
| The act of flipping a coin | 26 |
| The act of: Br. suffix | 22 |
| The actor we celebrate today | 28 |
| The Addams' butler | 22 |
| The Addams' hairy cousin | 28 |
| The Adirondacks, e.g.: Abbr. | 28 |
| The adorable Miss Pickford | 26 |
| The African Queen, e.g. | 23 |
| The aggressive candidate ___ | 28 |
| The agony of defeat: pl. | 24 |
| The Air India _____, 1985 | 25 |
| The Aisne flows into it | 23 |
| The Alamo was used as one | 25 |
| The Aleutians, for one | 22 |
| The Alhambra's city | 23 |
| The Almighty, in Alsace | 23 |
| The Alps' __ Blanc | 22 |
| The Alps, for instance: Abbr. | 29 |
| The Altar constellation | 23 |
| The Altar, in astronomy | 23 |
| The Amazing Randi debunks it | 28 |
| The Amazing ___ (magician) | 26 |
| The Amazing ___, illusionist | 28 |
| The Amazon R. empties into it | 29 |
| The America's Cup is one | 28 |
| The American Century author | 27 |
| The American dream, e.g. | 24 |
| The Ames Brothers, e.g. | 23 |
| The Amish, for example | 22 |
| The Amistad and others | 22 |
| The ammo theme of this puzzle | 29 |
| The Amu Darya feeds it | 22 |
| The Amu Darya flows into it | 27 |
| The ancient Mariner's cry | 29 |
| The Andes, e.g.: Abbr. | 22 |
| The Andes, for instance | 23 |
| The Andrea Doria was one | 24 |
| The Andrea Doria, for one | 25 |
| The Andrew Sisters, e.g. | 24 |
| The Andrews Sisters, e.g. | 25 |
| The animated Shrek is one | 25 |
| The anklebone is part of it | 27 |
| The Annunciation artist | 26 |
| The answer "no" | 25 |
| The answer to this clue, e.g. | 29 |
| The antithesis of easy | 22 |
| The Apennines, for one | 22 |