| Alma mater of Rodgers and Hammerstein | 37 |
| Alma mater of Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon | 42 |
| Alma mater of Vice President Alben Barkley | 42 |
| Alma-___ (capital replaced by Astana) | 37 |
| Alma-___, city where Trotsky was exiled | 39 |
| Almodóvar's "Talk ___" | 39 |
| Almond paste, sugar and egg whites | 34 |
| Almond-and-orange-flower flavoring | 34 |
| Almond-flavored liqueur that holds a horse? | 43 |
| Almost 1% of the Earth's atmosphere | 39 |
| Almost 80 million people visit it yearly | 40 |
| Almost 80% of the Earth's atmosphere | 40 |
| Almost all males, to Foghorn Leghorn | 36 |
| Almost any "Get rich quick!" offer | 44 |
| Almost any element whose name ends in -ium | 42 |
| Almost any girl in "Gossip Girl" | 42 |
| Almost any hit by Prince or Queen | 33 |
| Almost any part of the Michelin Man | 35 |
| Almost any pre-1927 Hollywood production | 40 |
| Almost cutting yourself with a razor, e.g. | 42 |
| Almost every man in the world has one | 37 |
| Almost every written sentence has at least one | 46 |
| Almost half of U.S. immigrants in 1840 | 38 |
| Almost inadvertently tell indistinct memory (4) | 47 |
| Almost perpendicular, as a cliff face | 37 |
| Almost ready for the Tooth Fairy | 32 |
| Almost see Letterman rearing ducks (6) | 38 |
| Almost straight up and down, as a cliff | 39 |
| Almost XVI decades after Caesar died | 36 |
| Almost-grad's "disease" | 37 |
| Almost-sacrificed son in the Bible | 34 |
| Almost-worthless French coin, once | 34 |
| Aloha nui ___ (Hawaiian letter signoff) | 39 |
| Alone --- company, a la Ambrose Bierce | 38 |
| Alone, when preceded by "by" | 38 |
| Alopecia sufferer's purchase | 32 |
| Aloysius, in "Brideshead Revisited" | 45 |
| Alp-Öhi's granddaughter in an 1880 novel | 48 |
| Alpert's "Spanish ___" | 36 |
| Alpha Conspiracy album about atmosphere? | 40 |
| Alpha Rev "___ Morning" | 33 |
| Alpha ___ acids (cosmetic ingredients) | 38 |
| Alpha ___ Omega (fraternity founded in 1865) | 44 |
| Alphabet chunk that's a name | 32 |
| Alphabet soup "letter" | 32 |
| Alphabetic device used by Frederick III | 39 |
| Alphabetically first book of the Bible | 38 |
| Alphabetically first Minor Prophet | 34 |
| Alphabetically first name in the Bible | 38 |
| Alphabetically first of the Furies | 34 |
| Alphabetically first pop group with a #1 hit | 44 |
| Alphabetically first state: Abbr. | 33 |
| Alphabetically first Supreme Court Justice | 42 |
| Alphabetically last top 40 rock artist | 38 |
| Alphonse's friend, in the comics | 36 |
| Alphonse's partner in old comics | 36 |
| Alphonso D'Abruzzo, but you can call him Alan | 49 |
| Alpine competitor's protection | 34 |
| Alpine dogs (with "Saint") | 36 |
| Alpine region of Austria and Italy | 34 |
| Alpine skier Julia who won Olympic gold in 2006 | 47 |
| Alpine song that goes up and down a lot? | 40 |
| Alquimista's accomplishments | 32 |
| Already claimed, with "for" | 37 |
| Already old, with "so" | 32 |
| Also addresses, as with an e-mail | 33 |
| Also containing a certain antioxidant, on labels | 48 |
| Also known as "video game music" | 42 |
| Also-ran in 1976 and early in 1980 | 34 |
| Also-ran played by Norm Macdonald | 33 |
| Alt rock Texans, inspired by cutlery? | 37 |
| Alt-band that likes to subtract? | 32 |
| Alt-country band The ___ Brothers | 33 |
| Alt-rocker who coos to her fans? | 32 |
| Alt. spelling indicator, in crosswords | 38 |
| Alt. to "play" or "stop" | 44 |
| alt.tv.xena.creative.mature home | 32 |
| Altair or Sirius, astronomically speaking | 41 |
| Altar word that makes some cringe | 33 |
| Alter a magazine cover photo, in a way | 38 |
| Alter deceptively, with 'up' | 36 |
| Alter ego of Don Diego de la Vega | 33 |
| Alter ego of film character Thomas Anderson | 43 |
| Alter in form, appearance or nature | 35 |
| Alter ___ (another exactly the same) | 36 |
| Alter, perhaps by using unethical techniques | 44 |
| Alter, with "in" or "out" | 45 |
| Alternate camera lens aperture setting | 38 |
| Alternate logo for the University of Iowa? | 42 |
| Alternate name for Fortaleza, Brazilian port | 44 |
| Alternate name for hide-and-seek? | 33 |
| Alternate name for Mount McKinley | 33 |
| Alternate nickname for Sporty Spice | 35 |
| Alternate nickname to "The Franchise" | 47 |
| Alternate passage indicator, in a score | 39 |
| Alternate sp., in crossword clues | 33 |
| Alternate title for this puzzle? | 32 |
| Alternate version of a recording | 32 |
| Alternately responsive, as verses | 33 |
| Alternately, as abbreviated in chat rooms | 41 |