| A sax has one | 13 |
| A sawbuck has 10 | 16 |
| A savory jelly | 14 |
| A saucer, say | 13 |
| A sauce source | 14 |
| A satellite of Uranus | 21 |
| A satellite of Jupiter | 22 |
| A satellite may be kept in it | 29 |
| A satellite dish's size is often compared to it | 51 |
| A sandwich, for short | 21 |
| A sandwich filler | 17 |
| A sample? What's the sense? | 31 |
| A Samoan capital | 16 |
| A samara source | 15 |
| A Sam who damned the Stamp Act | 30 |
| A salutation | 12 |
| A salty lake | 12 |
| A salt of potassium | 19 |
| A salt of a water-insoluble acid | 32 |
| A salmon that has spawned | 25 |
| A salmon | 8 |
| A salix | 7 |
| A Salieri work opened it in 1778 | 32 |
| A salamander | 12 |
| A salad | 7 |
| A saison | 8 |
| A saint he ain't | 20 |
| A sail | 6 |
| A Sahara nation | 15 |
| A SAGITTARIAN | 13 |
| A safety is two of these: Abbr. | 31 |
| A safe bet for having a ball indoors | 36 |
| A safari quarry | 15 |
| A sad way to grow | 17 |
| A sad thing to be in | 20 |
| A sacred scripture | 18 |
| A sac fly earns one | 19 |
| A Saarinen and namesakes | 24 |
| A Saarinen | 10 |
| A S. African people | 19 |
| A Ryder | 7 |
| A Russian people | 16 |
| A Russian chess master | 22 |
| A Russian anarchist | 19 |
| A rushing sound | 15 |
| A runner, not a flier | 21 |
| A runner who loses may still win it | 35 |
| A runner might enter it | 23 |
| A runner may enter one | 22 |
| A runner may break it | 21 |
| A rung on the ladder of life | 28 |
| A run from the law | 18 |
| A ruminant | 10 |
| A ruler may have them | 21 |
| A ruler before the revolution | 29 |
| A rule _____ | 12 |
| A rug | 5 |
| A rudderfish | 12 |
| A Rubinstein | 12 |
| A RR's feline mascot | 24 |
| A royal Stuart | 14 |
| A royal status | 14 |
| A royal nanny needs to be an __ | 31 |
| A round-tripper earns at least one: Abbr. | 41 |
| A round, e.g. | 13 |
| A Round Table knight | 20 |
| A round of tennis | 17 |
| A round of golf, informally | 27 |
| A round number ends in it | 25 |
| A round may be added to it | 26 |
| A round cheese | 14 |
| A round at the tavern, say | 26 |
| A round at the tavern, often | 28 |
| A rough Stone? | 14 |
| A Ross | 6 |
| A Rosenberg and others | 22 |
| A Rose, by another name | 23 |
| A Rose by another name | 22 |
| A Rose | 6 |
| A rosary bead may represent one | 31 |
| A Roper | 7 |
| A root crop | 11 |
| A rooster might top it | 22 |
| A Roosevelt relative | 20 |
| A Roosevelt | 11 |
| A room with una vista? | 22 |
| A room with a view | 18 |
| A Room of One's Own author | 33 |
| A room of one's own | 23 |
| A Ron in baseball | 17 |
| A romp | 6 |
| A Romeo's words | 19 |
| A romantic keepsake | 19 |
| A romantic beginning | 20 |
| A Romanov title | 15 |
| A Romanov | 9 |
| A romance language | 18 |
| A Roman from Boston | 19 |
| A Roman farce | 13 |
| A rolling stone gathers none | 28 |