| A way up in mil. service | 24 |
| A way with numbers? | 19 |
| A way with numbers? (abbr.) | 27 |
| A way with words | 16 |
| A way with words? | 17 |
| A way you wouldn't want to be held | 38 |
| A way, for Superman? | 20 |
| A Wayans | 8 |
| A ways away | 11 |
| A ways off | 10 |
| A wd. from Roget | 16 |
| A wd. often ending in "ing" | 37 |
| A weaponry science | 18 |
| A wearing away | 14 |
| A weasel | 8 |
| A weather balloon may be perceived as one | 41 |
| A Weather Girls' favorite | 29 |
| A weather strip may fit into it | 31 |
| A weatherman replied ... | 24 |
| A Web address extension | 23 |
| A Webmaster may approve it | 26 |
| A Webster | 9 |
| A wedding requires two of them | 30 |
| A wedge might come out of it | 28 |
| A wee bit | 9 |
| A wee bit wet | 13 |
| A wee dram | 10 |
| A wee hour | 10 |
| A wee hr. | 9 |
| A wee nip | 9 |
| A week before Easter | 20 |
| A week in México | 19 |
| A week's worth of groceries, perhaps | 40 |
| A weekday was named for this god | 32 |
| A weeper, according to a saying | 31 |
| A welcome sight? | 16 |
| A well-known septet | 19 |
| A well-made fez, for example? | 29 |
| A well-mannered woman | 21 |
| A well-trained quip (Part 1) | 28 |
| A well-trained quip (Part 2) | 28 |
| A well-trained quip (Part 3) | 28 |
| A well-trained quip (Part 4) | 28 |
| A Wellesley graduate | 20 |
| A Wellington foe | 16 |
| A Wellington or Napoleon | 24 |
| A West | 6 |
| A West African language | 23 |
| A West from the East | 20 |
| A West Point graduate | 21 |
| A Western grass | 15 |
| A whale | 7 |
| A whale has a big one | 21 |
| A whale has a long one | 22 |
| A whale of a 60's singer? | 29 |
| A whale of a menace | 19 |
| A whale of a performer | 22 |
| A whaleboat rower | 17 |
| A wheel | 7 |
| A while ago | 11 |
| A while back | 12 |
| A while ___ | 11 |
| A whip (with "tails") | 31 |
| A whistle may follow it in cartoons | 35 |
| A Whistler opus | 15 |
| A White House hostess | 21 |
| A White House office | 20 |
| A White House scandal | 21 |
| A white one is little | 21 |
| A white one is small | 20 |
| A white wine | 12 |
| A whiting | 9 |
| A whole bunch | 13 |
| A whole heap | 12 |
| A whole lot | 11 |
| A whole lot of juice? | 21 |
| A whole lot of shaking going on | 31 |
| A whole one has no stem | 23 |
| A whole slew | 12 |
| A Wicked Witch's home | 25 |
| A wide variety | 14 |
| A wife in "Gianni Schicchi" | 37 |
| A wife of Al Jolson | 19 |
| A wife of Chaplin | 17 |
| A wife of Charlie Chaplin | 25 |
| A wife of Esau | 14 |
| A wife of Esau: Gen. 36:2 | 25 |
| A wife of Henry VIII | 20 |
| A wife of Hercules | 18 |
| A wife of Jacob | 15 |
| A wild card is unlikely to beat one | 35 |
| A wild rose has five | 20 |
| A Wilson of The Beach Boys | 26 |
| A Wimbledon champ's family | 30 |
| A Wimbledon champ: 1975 | 23 |
| A Wimbledon champ: 1976 | 23 |
| A Wimbledon champ: 1992 | 23 |
| A Wimbledon champion: 1981 | 26 |
| A Wimbledon winner: 1975 | 24 |
| A Wimbledon winner: 1992 | 24 |