| Area having over 17 million square miles | 40 |
| Area in a 1969 Elvis Presley hit | 32 |
| Area in front of a basketball net, informally | 45 |
| Area including China, Korea and Japan | 37 |
| Area including Israel and Jordan | 32 |
| Area including Turkey and Israel | 32 |
| Area known to the Chinese as Dongbei | 36 |
| Area measures (with "square") | 39 |
| Area named for a British financier | 34 |
| Area near Manhattan's Union Square | 38 |
| Area next to the pulpit, in some churches | 41 |
| Area not under government control | 33 |
| Area of 1940's mil. activity | 32 |
| Area of a ship where ceremonies take place | 42 |
| Area of barren lava flows, in the Southwest | 43 |
| Area of Chicago where Wrigley Field is located | 46 |
| Area of corporate investment, briefly | 37 |
| Area of east Brooklyn on Jamaica Bay | 36 |
| Area of India once owned by Portugal | 36 |
| Area of responsibility, so to speak | 35 |
| Area of town where the supernatural hang out? | 45 |
| Area of Venice with a famous bridge | 35 |
| Area outside of territorial waters | 34 |
| Area protected by military planes | 33 |
| Area record company lawyers avoid | 33 |
| Area south of Houston St., N.Y.C. | 33 |
| Area south of the Atlas Mountains | 33 |
| Area such as Chile's nitrate fields | 39 |
| Area that may have stained glass | 32 |
| Area that may have stained-glass windows | 40 |
| Area that separates the nave from the sanctuary | 47 |
| Area that's frequently swept? | 33 |
| Area under a bishop's jurisdiction | 38 |
| Area where blood vessels enter an organ | 39 |
| Area where electricians can't stand to work? | 48 |
| Area where everything feels like a Utah city? | 45 |
| Area where excessive celebration is discouraged | 47 |
| Area where the hoax Piltdown man was found | 42 |
| Area where troops are prohibited: Abbr. | 39 |
| Area with not much growing for it? | 34 |
| Area with nuts and grains, often | 32 |
| Area with the world's highest tides | 39 |
| Area with weatherproof furniture | 32 |
| Area worth the most bonus troops in the game Risk | 49 |
| Area's distinguishing qualities | 35 |
| Areas around altars for the clergy and choir | 44 |
| Areas between the veins of a leaf | 33 |
| Areas connected to an ambulatory | 32 |
| Areas connected to an ambulatory, sometimes | 43 |
| Areas often decorated with stained glass | 40 |
| Areas targeted for economic revitalization | 42 |
| Areas that may be protected by military jets | 44 |
| Areas usually decorated with stained glass | 42 |
| Areas with population explosions | 32 |
| Arena football team's head count | 36 |
| Arena section for the hoi polloi | 32 |
| Arequipa is its second-largest city | 35 |
| Aretha "Doctor's ___" | 35 |
| Aretha Franklin "___ Oh My" | 38 |
| Aretha Franklin "Baby ___ You" | 40 |
| Aretha Franklin "Love For ___" | 40 |
| Aretha Franklin "Spanish ___" | 39 |
| Aretha Franklin "___ Fools" | 37 |
| Aretha Franklin "___ it to me" | 40 |
| Aretha Franklin "___ Saw" | 35 |
| Aretha Franklin's "___ No Way" | 44 |
| Aretha Franklin's Grammy-nominated sister | 45 |
| Aretha Franklin's older singing sister | 42 |
| Aretha Franklin's record label | 34 |
| Aretha Franklin's recording label | 37 |
| Aretha Franklin, the Queen of ___ | 33 |
| Aretha sang at his 2009 inauguration | 36 |
| Aretha sang it at Obama's inauguration | 42 |
| Aretha's gospel-singing sister | 34 |
| Aretha's Grammy-nominated sister | 36 |
| Aretha's partner in a 1989 pop hit | 38 |
| Argentina's daily soccer newspaper | 38 |
| Argentina's elongated neighbor | 34 |
| Argentina's RÃo de __: River of Silver | 45 |
| Argentine author ___ Luis Borges | 32 |
| Argentine dictator who was ousted in 1955 | 41 |
| Argentine first family of the 1940s | 35 |
| Argentine game played on horseback | 34 |
| Argentine leader played by Madonna | 34 |
| Argentine Nobelist --- Perez Esquivel | 37 |
| Argentine province or its capital | 33 |
| Argentine revolutionary down in the dumps? | 42 |
| Argentine river that sounds like a fish | 39 |
| Argentine soccer star of the 1980's-90's | 48 |
| Argentinian first lady played by Madonna | 40 |
| Argentinian who inspired a musical | 34 |
| Arginine and tryptophan, for two | 32 |
| Arguably redundant name for a deck fixture | 42 |
| Arguably redundant name for a dessert | 37 |
| Arguably redundant name for a hygienic item | 43 |
| Arguably redundant name for a laundry product | 45 |
| Arguably redundant name for a photographic device | 49 |
| Arguably redundant name for a toiletry item | 43 |
| Arguably, best-known line from Shakespeare | 42 |
| Argues an issue that's already settled | 42 |