| A line winds out of it | 22 |
| A line winds in and out of it | 29 |
| A line may be drawn in it | 25 |
| A limited one can be valuable | 29 |
| A lightbulb can represent it | 28 |
| A light may be set on one | 25 |
| A light bulb contains one | 25 |
| A lifetime at the North Pole? | 29 |
| A librettist for Verdi | 22 |
| A library book may be on it | 27 |
| A Levy who loved a Murphy | 25 |
| A leveret is a young one | 24 |
| A letter may offer one | 22 |
| A less-than-average tide | 24 |
| A legitimate object of attack | 29 |
| A legend in his own mind | 24 |
| A leading lady Down Under | 25 |
| A leading Japanese golfer | 25 |
| A leader to the Promised Land | 29 |
| A leader of the Dada movement | 29 |
| A leader of modernism in art | 28 |
| A leader and follower? | 22 |
| A law follows his name | 22 |
| A last name in astronomy | 24 |
| A large part of Mongolia | 24 |
| A large one may be named | 24 |
| A large chunk of the world | 26 |
| A large chunk of Earth | 22 |
| A Lansbury role on Broadway | 27 |
| A language spoken in Arizona | 28 |
| A language of Sri Lanka | 23 |
| A language of South Africa | 26 |
| A language of Scotland | 22 |
| A language of Pakistan | 22 |
| A language of New Zealand | 25 |
| A landlord may do this | 22 |
| A land was named for him | 24 |
| A lake, from a hotel room | 25 |
| A lady-in-waiting to Cleo | 25 |
| A lady's representative? | 28 |
| A lace starts to come undone? | 29 |
| A lace of Irish origin | 22 |
| A laboratory assistant | 22 |
| A la ___, cookery term | 22 |
| A la ___ (with ice cream) | 25 |
| A la ___ (way to order) | 23 |
| A la ___ (ordered separately) | 29 |
| A la ___ (nearby: Sp.) | 22 |
| A la ___ (menu phrase) | 22 |
| A la ___ (dessert choice) | 25 |
| A Korean capital since 1948 | 27 |
| A Komodo dragon is one | 22 |
| A knot or burl in wood | 22 |
| A knob found on a battery | 25 |
| A knight of the Round Table | 27 |
| A knight of the Holy Grail | 26 |
| A king of ancient Egypt | 23 |
| A kindly judge might show it | 28 |
| A kind of time, for short | 25 |
| A kind of knockout, abbr. | 25 |
| A kind of German silver | 23 |
| A kind of demisemiquaver | 24 |
| A kind of current, abbr. | 24 |
| A kind of computer memo-ry | 26 |
| A kind of chequing acc. | 23 |
| A kind of "easter" | 28 |
| A kin on Mom's side | 23 |
| A kidnapper may write it | 24 |
| A kid saves coins in it | 23 |
| A kid may be told to watch it | 29 |
| A Kennedy or a Stevenson | 24 |
| A Kennedy Center honoree | 24 |
| A Ken Follett best seller | 25 |
| A kazillion years, it seems | 27 |
| A judge might issue one | 23 |
| A joyous noise unto the Lord | 28 |
| A journalistic "W" | 28 |
| A journalist may cite one | 25 |
| A Jones who owns a locker | 25 |
| A joker might pull yours | 24 |
| A joint that's hopping? | 27 |
| A jigger is bigger than it | 26 |
| A jerk may give it to you | 25 |
| A Japanese-American, perhaps | 28 |
| A janitor may have a big one | 28 |
| A Jackson Secretary of War | 26 |
| A in American Literature? | 25 |
| A hydrogen atom has one | 23 |
| A hydraulic motor converts it | 29 |
| A husky may be hitched to it | 28 |
| A hush may fall over it | 23 |
| A husband of Elizabeth Taylor | 29 |
| A husband of Bathsheba | 22 |
| A hundred bucks, maybe | 22 |
| A hummingbird has a fast one | 28 |
| A human's skin, e.g. | 24 |
| A house may have one on it | 26 |
| A house may be built on one | 27 |
| A house may be built on it | 26 |
| A house martin nests under it | 29 |