| Adornments for a brutal dictator's crown? | 45 |
| Adornments on officers' shoulders | 37 |
| Adrian Belew "___ Pink Rose" | 38 |
| Adrian Monk's wife on "Monk" | 42 |
| Adrian of "T.J. Hooker" | 33 |
| Adrian Tomine comic "___ Nerve" | 41 |
| Adrian VI (1964)/Francis (today) | 32 |
| Adriatic port that was the birthplace of Rossini | 48 |
| Adrien of "The Pianist" | 33 |
| Adrien who kind of dropped off the map | 38 |
| Ads aimed at hikers and picnickers? | 35 |
| Ads that offer "free" gifts | 37 |
| Adspeak for "less caloric" | 36 |
| Adulatory biographer of Washington | 34 |
| Adult in the kiddie pool, perhaps | 33 |
| Adult rating for the small screen | 33 |
| Adult's cry in a children's game | 40 |
| Adulteress in "The Scarlet Letter" | 44 |
| Adults score them for HS students | 33 |
| Advance after a catch in baseball | 34 |
| Advance beyond the line of scrimmage | 36 |
| Advance copy of a video sent to critics | 39 |
| Advance dramatically, as to stardom | 35 |
| Advance made at the expense of another | 38 |
| Advance portion of a book or magazine | 37 |
| Advance prints of Elliott's scenes | 38 |
| Advance, and the explanation of the puzzle theme | 48 |
| Advance, as Obama's opinion on gay marriage | 47 |
| Advanced algebra class, informally | 34 |
| Advanced deg. hunter's hurdle | 33 |
| Advanced degree candidates' hurdles | 39 |
| Advanced degrees for painters, sculptors, etc. | 46 |
| Advanced tests for high schoolers | 33 |
| Advanced theological degree: abbr. | 34 |
| Advanced to the starting point, as a tape | 41 |
| Advances along the path, in a way | 33 |
| Advantage for one gathering inside information? | 47 |
| Advantage in a certain field game? [Buick, Ford] | 48 |
| Advantage of a sort in competition | 34 |
| Advantage of some military goggles | 34 |
| Advantage sometimes enjoyed by Senators | 39 |
| Advantageous place for rallying support | 39 |
| Advantages provided by nepotists | 32 |
| Advent claims keep reassuring (10) | 34 |
| Adventure ... treasure ... Tampa | 32 |
| Adventure novel set in a lost African city | 42 |
| Adventure novel's protagonist | 33 |
| Adventure park in San Antonio or San Diego | 42 |
| Adventurer of 18th-century French literature | 44 |
| Adventurer played by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | 42 |
| Adventurers/documentarians Martin and __ Johnson | 48 |
| Adventurous airplane of kiddie lit | 34 |
| Adverb disdained by English teachers | 36 |
| Adverb in many fortune cookie fortunes | 38 |
| Adverb often used with integrated | 33 |
| Adverb re a John Napier invention | 33 |
| Adverb with "optimistic" | 34 |
| Adversaries in a Hoffman/Streep film | 36 |
| Adversary on the Arabian Peninsula? | 35 |
| Adversely affect, as one's confidence | 41 |
| Advertise some prime real estate? | 33 |
| Advertisement sometimes delivered by hand | 41 |
| Advertiser with a computer-generated mascot | 43 |
| Advertiser's "magic word" | 39 |
| Advertising "spokesman" since 1916 | 44 |
| Advertising celeb at the 1939 World's Fair | 46 |
| Advertising department at a TV station? | 39 |
| Advertising figure with a monocle | 33 |
| Advertising flier at a truck stop? | 34 |
| Advertising format used by Burma Shave | 38 |
| Advertising sheet blowing in the wind? | 38 |
| Advertising sign element, perhaps | 33 |
| Advertising sign material, sometimes | 36 |
| Advertising's version of the Grammy | 39 |
| Advice about what to tell the insurance adjuster? | 49 |
| Advice attributed to Steve Wozniak, part 1 | 42 |
| Advice column's initial advice | 34 |
| Advice columnist like her sister Abigail | 40 |
| Advice for a wavering pastry chef? | 34 |
| Advice for an understaffed yachtsman? | 37 |
| Advice for clearing up confusion | 32 |
| Advice for lovers whose parents disapprove | 42 |
| Advice for solving this puzzle, part 1 | 38 |
| Advice for the easily distracted | 32 |
| Advice for the impulsive consumer | 33 |
| Advice for those leaving the football game | 42 |
| Advice from "Glengarry Glen Ross" | 43 |
| Advice from a divorce lawyer, perhaps | 37 |
| Advice from a fellow diet shirker? | 34 |
| Advice from another doctor or lawyer | 36 |
| Advice from some about pat-downs? | 33 |
| Advice giver with a self-named TV show | 38 |
| Advice ignored by John Barrymore | 32 |
| Advice in solving some mysteries | 32 |
| Advice mistakenly laid to Greeley | 33 |
| Advice on finding an adult book store? | 38 |
| Advice on one's grip, for instance | 38 |
| Advice regarding a good poker hand in Tijuana? | 46 |
| Advice regarding touching a hot stove | 37 |
| Advice to a "workaholic" | 34 |