| A fast food in Fresnillo | 24 |
| A fate worse than debt | 22 |
| A father-in-law of Esau | 23 |
| A favorite at Wimbledon | 23 |
| A favorite in Beantown | 22 |
| A favorite is a good one | 24 |
| A favorite poet of Charles I | 28 |
| A feather in one's cap | 26 |
| A feature of Old Glory | 22 |
| A feature of this puzzle | 24 |
| A FedEx driver may have one | 27 |
| A feeling of discomfort | 23 |
| A felony involving cks. | 23 |
| A few bits short of a byte | 26 |
| A few bricks short of a load | 28 |
| A few bricks shy of a load | 26 |
| A few bucks at Pimlico | 22 |
| A few chips in the pot, maybe | 29 |
| A few chips, say, in poker | 26 |
| A few extra flavorful sticks? | 29 |
| A few hours of relaxing, say | 28 |
| A few hours to kill, e.g. | 25 |
| A few poker chips, maybe | 24 |
| A few syllables from Santa | 26 |
| A few things for Franz to do? | 29 |
| A few words between friends | 27 |
| A few words from Santa | 22 |
| A few words in passing? | 23 |
| A few Z's in Zaragoza | 25 |
| A few, south of the border | 26 |
| A fiddler and a pianist | 23 |
| A fifth of "Hamlet" | 29 |
| A fight may make it fly | 23 |
| A film may be shot on it | 24 |
| A film may be shown in it | 25 |
| A film might receive one | 24 |
| A finished movie is in here | 27 |
| A finished movie is in one | 26 |
| A First Lady of the 50's | 28 |
| A First Lady's monogram | 27 |
| A first name in architecture | 28 |
| A first name in coaching | 24 |
| A first name in comics | 22 |
| A first name in cosmetics | 25 |
| A first name in dogdom | 22 |
| A first name in fashion | 23 |
| A first name in fiction | 23 |
| A first name in film annals | 27 |
| A first name in folk music | 26 |
| A first name in fragrance | 25 |
| A first name in gin lore | 24 |
| A first name in lexicography | 28 |
| A first name in mysteries | 25 |
| A first name in mystery | 23 |
| A first name in photography | 27 |
| A first name in puppetry | 24 |
| A first name in whodunit lore | 29 |
| A first name in whodunits | 25 |
| A first-floor apartment | 23 |
| A fish that gets canned? | 24 |
| A fisherman may spin one | 24 |
| A fl. oz. contains six | 22 |
| A flat is the same as this | 26 |
| A flat one may evoke a wince | 28 |
| A flat scale accidental | 23 |
| A flat's alter-ego | 22 |
| A flat's equivalent | 23 |
| A flavoring or medicine | 23 |
| A fledgling in an aerie | 23 |
| A fleet of small craft | 22 |
| A fluid oz. has about two | 25 |
| A foe of Mary, Queen of Scots | 29 |
| A foot has 304.8 (Abbr.) | 24 |
| A football play: Abbr. | 22 |
| A for ___ ; or dominant dog | 28 |
| A Ford who was born a King | 26 |
| A forefather of Samuel | 22 |
| A form of "to be" | 27 |
| A former ace might be one | 25 |
| A former British colony | 23 |
| A former capital of Burma | 25 |
| A former capital of Myanmar | 27 |
| A former First Family of Va. | 28 |
| A former governor of Ga. | 24 |
| A former queen of Italy | 23 |
| A fortune-teller's guide | 28 |
| A founder and editor of Punch | 29 |
| A founder of aerodynamics | 25 |
| A founder of Impressionism | 26 |
| A founder of Surrealism | 23 |
| A founder of the B.S.A. | 23 |
| A four-star meal it's not | 29 |
| A four-time Wimbledon winner | 28 |
| A foursome in Mississippi | 25 |
| A fourth of what's left? | 28 |
| A fraction of some plays | 24 |
| A fraction, fractionally | 24 |
| A framer of Roger Rabbit | 24 |
| A freelancer may work on it | 27 |
| A Frenchman's flèche | 27 |