| About 70 percent of the earth's surface | 43 |
| About 71% of the earth's surface | 36 |
| About 75% of the earth's surface | 36 |
| About 78 percent of our atmosphere | 34 |
| About 8 percent of earth's crust | 36 |
| About 9,900 square miles of water | 33 |
| About 90% of its land is owned communally | 41 |
| About 91 yards of a football field | 34 |
| About a fifth of Earth's land area | 38 |
| About a third of Earth's land mass | 38 |
| About a third of Earth's landmass | 37 |
| About a third of the world's land mass | 42 |
| About as high on the organization chart | 39 |
| About half a million square miles of Asia | 41 |
| About half of a team's schedule | 35 |
| About half of all schoolchildren | 32 |
| About half of table salt, chemically | 36 |
| About half the people in revolving doors | 40 |
| About Me And My _____ , by S. Ross | 35 |
| About mid- month, with "the" | 38 |
| About nine percent of Earth's surface | 41 |
| About nine percent of Webster's | 35 |
| About one of every two deliveries | 33 |
| About one of every two deliveries? | 34 |
| About one-eighth of the world population | 40 |
| About one-third of Hispaniola, areawise | 39 |
| About one-third of it is forested | 33 |
| About one-third of the world's land mass | 44 |
| About the science of viniculture | 32 |
| About three grains of troy weight | 33 |
| About three percent of Americans, hairwise | 42 |
| About three-fourths of la Tierra | 32 |
| About two o'clock on a compass | 34 |
| About two o'clock, on a compass | 35 |
| About two shillings, in Anglo-Saxon England | 43 |
| About when the plane lands, at LAX | 34 |
| About when the plane lands: Abbr. | 33 |
| About-face movement for a driver | 32 |
| Above & Beyond "___-State" | 40 |
| Above Manhattan's 59th Street, say | 38 |
| Above-average wonder of the natural world? | 42 |
| Abraham found one caught in a thicket | 37 |
| Abraham Lincoln's construction project | 42 |
| Abraham Lincoln's head covering | 35 |
| Abraham Lincoln, as a Congressman | 33 |
| Abraham Lincoln, in a Whitman poem | 34 |
| Abraham's "Amadeus" co-star | 41 |
| Abraham's almost-sacrificed son | 35 |
| Abraham's Oscar-winning role | 32 |
| Abraham's Oscar-winning role: 1984 | 38 |
| Abraham's would-be sacrifice | 32 |
| Abram of "This Old House" | 35 |
| Abrasive material used for nail files | 37 |
| Abreast the middle of a ship's side | 39 |
| Abridgment of parliamentary privilege | 37 |
| Abrupt finishes to phone conversations | 38 |
| Abruptly interrupted, as from a dream | 37 |
| Abruptly purged from the payroll | 32 |
| Abruptly stops, with "out" | 36 |
| Abruzzo town in a Longfellow poem | 33 |
| Absence of emotional complications | 34 |
| Absence that's often desirable | 34 |
| Absent student's accommodation | 34 |
| Absent with permission from work | 32 |
| Absent-minded barber's request? | 35 |
| Absent-minded Milne title character | 35 |
| Absent-Minded Professor ___ Brainard | 36 |
| Absent-minded type, on the farm? | 32 |
| Absolute control by the government | 34 |
| Absolute control, metaphorically | 32 |
| Absolute last-minute day for shopping | 37 |
| Absolute proof at the construction site? | 40 |
| Absolute property in feudal days | 32 |
| Absolute ruler before the revolution | 36 |
| Absolute worst (with ''the'') | 45 |
| Absolute worst, with "the" | 36 |
| Absolute ___ (bottom of the Kelvin scale) | 41 |
| Absolutely unused, in eBay lingo | 32 |
| Absolutely, or absolutely vertical | 34 |
| Absolve a Northern port of wrongdoing? | 38 |
| Absorbent component of some cat litter | 38 |
| Absorber of ultraviolet radiation | 33 |
| Absorbs (with ''up'') | 37 |
| Absorbs the cost of, as a ticket | 32 |
| Absorbs, as liquid (with "up") | 40 |
| Absorbs, with ''up'' | 36 |
| Abstained from frequenting in a major way | 41 |
| Abstainer from meat and dairy products | 38 |
| Abstract expressionist painter Franz | 36 |
| Abstract Expressionist painter Lee | 34 |
| Abstract form prominent in the '60s | 39 |
| Abstract painter: 1879–1940 | 34 |
| Abstract painting style of the '60s | 39 |
| Abstract sculpture with no moving parts | 39 |
| Absurdist genre associated with Jasper Johns | 44 |
| Absurdist series of old-time radio | 34 |
| Abu Dhabi's country, for short | 34 |
| Abu Dhabi's federation (Abbr.) | 34 |
| Abu Dhabi's federation: Abbr. | 33 |
| Abu Dhabi's nation, initially | 33 |