| The first of September? | 23 |
| The first one gets you going | 28 |
| The first one pointed to? | 25 |
| The first one ruled 1547-84 | 27 |
| The First State (abbr.) | 23 |
| The First State: Abbr. | 22 |
| The first to stab Caesar | 24 |
| The first two Tudor kings | 25 |
| The first U.S. National Park | 28 |
| The first X-rated Bond film? | 28 |
| The Fishes of the zodiac | 24 |
| The five in this puzzle | 23 |
| The Five Pillars of ___ | 23 |
| The Flaming Lips, e.g. | 22 |
| The flash in flashy jewelry? | 28 |
| The Fleetwoods, for example | 27 |
| The Flintstones' pet | 24 |
| The Florida Keys, essentially | 29 |
| The Flying Dutchman, e.g. | 25 |
| The Flying Dutchman, for one | 28 |
| The Flying Scotsman, e.g. | 25 |
| The Flying Wallendas, e.g. | 26 |
| The Folger Lady, Mrs. _____ | 27 |
| The following ones: Abbr. | 25 |
| The Fonz and Hannah Montana | 27 |
| The foolish left to perish? | 27 |
| The Force is with them | 22 |
| The Force was with him | 22 |
| The foreseeable future | 22 |
| The former Bechuanaland | 23 |
| The former Belgian Congo | 24 |
| The former Christiania | 22 |
| The former French Sudan | 23 |
| The former Miss Trueheart | 25 |
| The former Mrs. McCartney | 25 |
| The forty in a forty: Abbr. | 27 |
| The Fountain of Youth? | 22 |
| The four needed for gagging? | 28 |
| The four of Mississippi | 23 |
| The Four Seasons star | 24 |
| The Four Seasons, e.g. | 22 |
| The Four ___, singing group | 27 |
| The Fourth Estate, in Madrid | 28 |
| The fourth Mrs. Chaplin | 23 |
| The Fourth was terrible | 23 |
| The fringes of monotheism? | 26 |
| The Frugal Gourmet Jeff | 26 |
| The G in G.P.O.: Abbr. | 22 |
| The G, W or B in G.W.B. | 23 |
| The Gabor in "Gigi" | 29 |
| The Gabor of "Gigi" | 29 |
| The Gabor sisters had many | 26 |
| The Gaels of college sports | 27 |
| The Gaels' college | 22 |
| The Galloping Gourmet Graham | 28 |
| The gambler inall of us | 24 |
| The gamut, in retailing | 23 |
| The garage mechanic had ... | 27 |
| The Garden of Eden, e.g. | 24 |
| The Gatlin Brothers, e.g. | 25 |
| The Gauchos of the NCAA | 23 |
| The Gay '90s e.g. | 22 |
| The Gay Nineties and others | 27 |
| The Gay Nineties, e.g. | 22 |
| The Gay ____ : 1934 film | 26 |
| The Gem State's capital | 27 |
| The Gemini's mother | 23 |
| The General Lee and others | 26 |
| The George and Dragon, e.g. | 27 |
| The Get Up Kids' genre | 26 |
| The Ghost and Mrs. ____ | 23 |
| The ghost of Mrs. Muir? | 23 |
| The Ghostbusters, e.g. | 22 |
| The Giants retired his #4 | 25 |
| The Giants retired his number | 29 |
| The Giants won it in 2010 | 25 |
| The Gipper's coach | 22 |
| The girl from Ipanema had one | 29 |
| The girl from Ipanema? | 22 |
| The Glass Bead Game author | 29 |
| The Gloomy Dean: 1860-1954 | 26 |
| The go-to guys on staffs | 24 |
| The Godfather actor | 22 |
| The Godhead and others | 22 |
| The Godhead, for example | 24 |
| The going rate, briefly | 23 |
| The Gold Bug author | 22 |
| The Gold Coast, since 1957 | 26 |
| The gold of the conquistadors | 29 |
| The gold, in Guadalajara | 24 |
| The Golden Arches, e.g. | 23 |
| The Golden Bears, briefly | 25 |
| The Golden Bears, for short | 27 |
| The golden calf and others | 26 |
| The golden calf was one | 23 |
| The golden calf, for one | 24 |
| The golden calf, infamously | 27 |
| The Golden Girls locale | 26 |
| The golden ratio symbol | 23 |
| The Golden rule is a good one | 29 |