| A person who's short might run to it | 40 |
| Ant who once teamed with Secret Squirrel | 40 |
| “Truth in Engineering” sloganeer | 40 |
| Alpha Conspiracy album about atmosphere? | 40 |
| Actress ___ Ling of "The Crow" | 40 |
| Author of "The Fire Next Time" | 40 |
| Abbott and Costello's center fielder | 40 |
| Asks to be excused, with "off" | 40 |
| Ann Patchett novel "___ Canto" | 40 |
| Actress Andersson of "Persona" | 40 |
| Aristophanes drama, with "The" | 40 |
| A flower is pretty when it's in this | 40 |
| Animals used as food on "Lost" | 40 |
| A batter might do this when he chokes up | 40 |
| Actor Scott of "Hawaii Five-O" | 40 |
| Actor James of "The Godfather" | 40 |
| A star of "Cinderella Liberty" | 40 |
| Aron's "East of Eden" twin | 40 |
| Alfred Hitchcock in the background, e.g. | 40 |
| Auto denter in a supermarket parking lot | 40 |
| American equivalent of Britain's MI6 | 40 |
| Anderson Cooper's channel, for short | 40 |
| Acronym for a clause in a union contract | 40 |
| Admit one's guilt to serve less time | 40 |
| Accede to the district attorney, perhaps | 40 |
| Actor Joseph of "Citizen Kane" | 40 |
| Animal pattern on Gateway computer boxes | 40 |
| Anglers' baskets become their spools | 40 |
| Actor Richard of "Rambo" films | 40 |
| Appear unexpectedly, with "up" | 40 |
| Academic resumes or large pharmacy chain | 40 |
| Arlene of "Three Little Words" | 40 |
| Alfalfa's "Our Gang" amour | 40 |
| Armchair quarterback's room, perhaps | 40 |
| After the Fire "___ Kommissar" | 40 |
| Arnaz of ''I Love Lucy'' | 40 |
| Account that might be under lock and key | 40 |
| Author of "Play It as It Lays" | 40 |
| Alternative to a spinner in a board game | 40 |
| Abbr. on car sellers' license plates | 40 |
| Actor in "The Ghost Goes West" | 40 |
| Actor Robert of "The 39 Steps" | 40 |
| Affliction a k a "blue devils" | 40 |
| A .08% reading may lead to it, for short | 40 |
| Abbott and Costello and Laurel and Hardy | 40 |
| Apply less pressure, with "up" | 40 |
| Author of "Il nome della rosa" | 40 |
| A little "out there," as humor | 40 |
| Attorney General involved in Iran-Contra | 40 |
| Actress Skinner of "Mister Ed" | 40 |
| A first name on "The Simpsons" | 40 |
| Actress Williams of "Dr. Minx" | 40 |
| Alaska's first governor, William ___ | 40 |
| Airline with a Star of David in its logo | 40 |
| Airline with the subsidiary Sun D'Or | 40 |
| Airline that doesn't fly on Saturday | 40 |
| Ancient civilization in what is now Iran | 40 |
| Animal with a black stripe down its back | 40 |
| Athlete who's earned a "Y" | 40 |
| Actor Wallach of "The Misfits" | 40 |
| Author of "The Cocktail Party" | 40 |
| Actress Neal of "The Hughleys" | 40 |
| Actress Kemper of "The Office" | 40 |
| Author of "Representative Men" | 40 |
| Appointer of Kuwait's prime minister | 40 |
| Australia's unofficial national bird | 40 |
| Abbr. at the bottom of a business letter | 40 |
| Abbr. on the bottom of a business letter | 40 |
| Advice to a friend in a bad relationship | 40 |
| Actress Mireille of "Big Love" | 40 |
| About 525 trillion minutes, in astronomy | 40 |
| Actor Omar of TV's "House" | 40 |
| Â Â Verdi's "___ tu" | 40 |
| Adopted son in "My Three Sons" | 40 |
| Adopted son on "My Three Sons" | 40 |
| Art deco Harper's Bazaar illustrator | 40 |
| Artist who explored infinity in his work | 40 |
| Artist known for spatial impossibilities | 40 |
| Announcement from the cockpit, for short | 40 |
| Abbr. after a list of authors' names | 40 |
| Abbr. sometimes used twice in succession | 40 |
| And other things too numerous to mention | 40 |
| Actor Hawke of ''Alive'' | 40 |
| Argentinian first lady played by Madonna | 40 |
| Actor Sloane of "Citizen Kane" | 40 |
| Actor in "The Seven-Year Itch" | 40 |
| Act the sycophant, with "over" | 40 |
| Alice of "Hollywood Cavalcade" | 40 |
| Admit to wrongdoing, with "up" | 40 |
| Archipelago 1300 miles north of Auckland | 40 |
| Apt name for a woman with a green thumb? | 40 |
| A definition for ''arm'' | 40 |
| Actress who played Tootsie's tootsie | 40 |
| Anne with the infant-in-costume pictures | 40 |
| A small one makes extinction more likely | 40 |
| Andy who sang "Shadow Dancing" | 40 |
| Actor Mel of "What Women Want" | 40 |
| Author of "The Counterfeiters" | 40 |
| Author of "Strait Is the Gate" | 40 |
| Agents under J. Edgar Hoover, informally | 40 |