| The act of spying | 17 |
| The act of snoring | 18 |
| The act of poking fun at yellow fruit? | 38 |
| The act of keeping a basketball player from leaving the team? | 61 |
| The act of keeping | 18 |
| The act of grinding your teeth while thinking about comedian Martin? | 68 |
| The act of gluing corn husks together? | 38 |
| The act of flipping a coin | 26 |
| The act of felicitating | 23 |
| The act of drinking | 19 |
| The act of drawing | 18 |
| The act of digging | 18 |
| The act of cognition | 20 |
| The act | 7 |
| The Acropolis, once | 19 |
| The ACLU works to protect them: Abbr. | 37 |
| The ACLU protects them | 22 |
| The Accidental Tourist star | 30 |
| The Academy Is... album | 23 |
| The Academy Is... '07 album | 31 |
| The Academy Awards, e.g. | 24 |
| The absolute, to Gandhi | 23 |
| The absolute minimum | 20 |
| The absolute best Guernsey? | 27 |
| The absolute best | 17 |
| The absent-minded professor | 27 |
| The Abominable Snowman, for one | 31 |
| The Abominable Snowman | 22 |
| The Abode of Peace | 18 |
| The ability to walk or grip objects, e.g. | 41 |
| The ability to hear colors, say | 31 |
| The ability to be on a string, can mouth along to what I'm saying, etc. | 75 |
| The abbreviated Dickens? | 24 |
| The AARP, e.g. | 14 |
| The Aare flows into it | 22 |
| The A.L.'s David Ortiz et al. | 33 |
| The A.C.C.'s Seminoles | 26 |
| The A-team | 10 |
| The A-10's Minutemen | 24 |
| The A's, on scoreboards | 27 |
| The A train? | 12 |
| The A of UAR | 12 |
| The A of Thomas A. Edison | 25 |
| The A of TAE | 12 |
| The A of Q&A | 16 |
| The A of PTA, briefly | 21 |
| The A of NRA (abbr.) | 20 |
| The A of IPA | 12 |
| The A of E.A.P. | 15 |
| The A of CAT scan | 17 |
| The A of BASE jumping | 21 |
| The A of BA | 11 |
| The A of AV | 11 |
| The A of ALF | 12 |
| The A of A.M. | 13 |
| The A of A.D. | 13 |
| The A of A&M | 16 |
| The A in WASP | 13 |
| The A in SEATO | 14 |
| The A in SAG | 12 |
| The A in NEA | 12 |
| The A in NATO: Abbr. | 20 |
| The A in James A. Garfield | 26 |
| The A in IPA | 12 |
| The A in EAP | 12 |
| The A in BAS | 12 |
| The A in BA | 11 |
| The A in B.A. | 13 |
| The A in ATV | 12 |
| The A in AST | 12 |
| The a in a.m. | 13 |
| The A in A-Rod | 14 |
| The A in A&E | 16 |
| The A in "CAT scan" | 29 |
| The A in 'CAT scan' | 27 |
| The 900's, e.g.: Abbr. | 26 |
| The 90's, e.g. | 18 |
| The 9-letter person | 19 |
| The 88 "Not Only ... But ___" | 39 |
| The 80's, say | 17 |
| The 8 in V-8 | 12 |
| The 76ers' Spectrum, the Lakers' Forum, etc. | 52 |
| The 76ers' coach | 20 |
| The 75th meridian in the east, e.g. | 35 |
| The 75th meridian in the East | 29 |
| The 7-Up in a 7 and 7 | 21 |
| The 7 in "7-11," perhaps | 34 |
| The 60's or 70's, e.g. | 30 |
| The 60's Celtics, e.g. | 26 |
| The 6/17/72 Watergate break-in report was just this | 51 |
| The 6 in 6/8/10, e.g. | 21 |
| The 5th element | 15 |
| The 5th Dimension singer Marilyn | 32 |
| The 53d card | 12 |
| The 51st Psalm | 14 |
| The 500s, in the Dewey Decimal Classification: Abbr. | 52 |
| The 500 informally | 19 |
| The 50's, e.g. | 18 |
| The 50 States (Abbr.) | 21 |
| The 50 in 50-50 | 15 |