| Apt rhyme for "charms" | 32 |
| Apt rhyme for "Cheers" | 32 |
| Apt rhyme for "defeat" | 32 |
| Apt rhyme for "deplore" | 33 |
| Apt rhyme for "flecks" | 32 |
| Apt rhyme for "pursue" | 32 |
| Apt rhyme for "pursued" | 33 |
| Apt rhyme for "pursues" | 33 |
| Apt rhyme for "shrieks" | 33 |
| Apt setting for this puzzle's theme | 39 |
| Apt to develop high blood pressure, say | 39 |
| Apt to elicit an "Aww!" | 33 |
| Apt to stop at the grocery store? | 33 |
| Apt to, um ... sorry, what was I saying? | 40 |
| Apt twist of fate, in literature | 32 |
| Apt username for Catherine, the handywoman? | 43 |
| Apt username for John, the labor organizer? | 43 |
| Apt username for Margaret, the geometry teacher? | 48 |
| Apt username for William, the rural worker? | 43 |
| Apt vehicle in a presidential motorcade? | 40 |
| Apt. feature, in the classifieds | 32 |
| Aptitude for note-worthy creations? | 35 |
| Aptly named "Jaws" boat | 33 |
| Aptly named 19th-century novelist | 33 |
| Aptly named 2003 World Series of Poker winner | 45 |
| Aptly named California coastal city | 35 |
| Aptly named college team from Florida | 37 |
| Aptly named college team from Massachusetts | 43 |
| Aptly named college team from Michigan | 38 |
| Aptly named college team from Southern California | 49 |
| Aptly named Final Jeopardy! theme song | 38 |
| Aptly named flier with an unwelcoming call | 42 |
| Aptly named N.F.L. M.V.P. of the 1960s | 38 |
| Aptly named NYC sports radio station | 36 |
| Aptly named painter of ranch scenes | 35 |
| Aptly named Philadelphia indoor soccer team | 43 |
| Aptly named seven-time World Surfing Champion | 45 |
| Aptly named tennis player born in Minsk | 39 |
| Aptly named TV show about ENTER-tainment | 40 |
| Aptly, "Happy Talk" musical | 37 |
| Aptly, about 5 percent of the Earth's surface | 49 |
| Aptly, Israeli-occupied territory | 33 |
| Aptly, New Jersey beach phenomenon | 34 |
| Aptly-named "Fallin'" singer | 42 |
| Aptly-named Buffalo minor-league team | 37 |
| Aptly-named precursor to Wikipedia | 34 |
| Aptly-titled 2009 Michael Jackson documentary | 45 |
| Apuleius's "golden" one | 37 |
| Aqua ___, gold-dissolving liquid | 32 |
| Aquaculture site for pearl producers | 36 |
| Aqualung, e.g., in the 1971 Jethro Tull album | 45 |
| Aquanaut's workplace, perhaps | 33 |
| Aquarium "fighting fish" | 34 |
| Aquarium denizen also called a fighting fish | 44 |
| Aquarium denizen with blue and yellow stripes | 45 |
| Aquarium exhibit with morays and such | 37 |
| Aquarium fish with an iridescent stripe | 39 |
| Aquatic plant whose leaves trap small insects | 45 |
| Aquatic rodent prized for its fur | 33 |
| AquÃ, across the Pyrénées | 34 |
| Aquinas's "___ Theologica" | 40 |
| Aquino's successor as Philippine president | 46 |
| Aquino's successor in the Philippines | 41 |
| Arab chieftan's jurisdiction | 32 |
| Arab house of worship, in Arabic | 32 |
| Arab League creation of 1964: Abbr. | 35 |
| Arab nation that's not in OPEC | 34 |
| Arab's greeting formerly audible (5) | 40 |
| Arabian commander's jurisdiction | 36 |
| Arabian Peninsula capital (Var.) | 32 |
| Arabian Peninsula native, perhaps | 33 |
| Arabian trading port in Roman times | 35 |
| Arabic for ''the highest'' | 42 |
| Arabic for "commander" | 32 |
| Arabic is one of its two official langs. | 40 |
| Arabic name meaning ''exalted'' | 47 |
| Arabic name meaning "father" | 38 |
| Arabic name meaning "high" | 36 |
| Arabic name meaning "highly praised" | 46 |
| Arabic name meaning "wise" | 36 |
| Arabic name that means "exalted" | 42 |
| Arabic name that means "servant of God" | 49 |
| Arabic word for "desert" | 34 |
| Arabic word meaning ''peace'' | 45 |
| Arabic word meaning "submission" | 42 |
| Arachnid with a fearsome reputation | 35 |
| Arachnids that appear over the summer? | 38 |
| Arachnoid's "parlor" | 34 |
| Aramaic translation of the Old Testament | 40 |
| Aramaic word for "bread" | 34 |
| Arbitrary parental "explanation" | 42 |
| Arbitrary standard that everyone must conform to | 48 |
| Arboreal carnivore, or Manitoba river | 39 |
| Arboreal creature with sticky feet | 34 |
| Arboreal critter of South America | 33 |
| Arboreal mammal resembling a squirrel | 37 |
| Arborist's favorite magazine? | 33 |
| Arborist's preferred periodical? | 36 |
| Arc Angels "___ by Angels" | 36 |
| Arc de Triomphe and Nelson's Column | 39 |