| A friend may lend one | 21 |
| A friend in ___ | 15 |
| A friend in Poza Rica de Hidalgo | 32 |
| A friend in need | 16 |
| A friend in Fife | 16 |
| A friend in "Friends" | 31 |
| A frickin' long time | 24 |
| A Freudian | 10 |
| A Freud | 7 |
| A freshwater fish | 17 |
| A freshman humanities course | 28 |
| A freshly cleaned Ms. Soren? | 28 |
| A fresh start? | 14 |
| A Frenchman's flèche | 27 |
| A French white | 14 |
| A French red | 12 |
| A French quarter note | 21 |
| A French prime minister in the 30's | 39 |
| A French military strategist described it in 1918 as "an interesting toy" but "with no military value" | 122 |
| A French letter might have one | 30 |
| A French cheese | 15 |
| A French brandy | 15 |
| A French article | 16 |
| A freight train | 15 |
| A freelancer may work on it | 27 |
| A free electron | 15 |
| A freak of the animal kingdom! | 30 |
| A fraternity chapter | 20 |
| A Franklin invention | 20 |
| A Franklin innovation | 21 |
| A Franklin | 10 |
| A Francis | 9 |
| A framer of Roger Rabbit | 24 |
| A fraction, fractionally | 24 |
| A fraction of some plays | 24 |
| A fra's superior | 20 |
| A fourth-day creation | 21 |
| A fourth of what's left? | 28 |
| A fourth of doce | 16 |
| A fourth of 40 | 14 |
| A foursome in Mississippi | 25 |
| A foursome for poker? | 21 |
| A four-time Wimbledon winner | 28 |
| A four-star meal it's not | 29 |
| A four-RBI hit | 14 |
| A four-letter exclamation that wouldn't get bleeped | 55 |
| A Four Corners state | 20 |
| A fountain of Rome | 18 |
| A founder of Time | 17 |
| A founder of the state of Israel | 32 |
| A founder of the Liberal Association of South Africa | 52 |
| A founder of the B.S.A. | 23 |
| A founder of Surrealism | 23 |
| A founder of Rome | 17 |
| A founder of Impressionism | 26 |
| A founder of Germany's Social Democratic Party | 50 |
| A founder of Dadaism | 20 |
| A founder of Dada | 17 |
| A founder of Cubism | 19 |
| A founder of aerodynamics | 25 |
| A founder and editor of Punch | 29 |
| A foul in hockey | 16 |
| A Fortune? | 10 |
| A fortune-teller's guide | 28 |
| A fortune | 9 |
| A forte of Ogden Nash | 21 |
| A Forsyte wife | 14 |
| A Forsyte by marriage | 21 |
| A Forsyte | 9 |
| A former White House chief of staff | 35 |
| A former Trump | 14 |
| A former Spice Girl | 19 |
| A former queen of Italy | 23 |
| A former Mrs. Trump | 19 |
| A former governor of Ga. | 24 |
| A former First Family of Va. | 28 |
| A former capital of Myanmar | 27 |
| A former capital of Burma | 25 |
| A former Bruin and a former Colt | 32 |
| A former British colony | 23 |
| A former ace might be one | 25 |
| A form of surety | 16 |
| A form of protest | 17 |
| A form of defamation | 20 |
| A form of être | 17 |
| A form of "to be" | 27 |
| A forerunner of opera | 21 |
| A forefather of Samuel | 22 |
| A forearm bone | 14 |
| A Ford who was born a King | 26 |
| A Ford who could afford a Rolls | 31 |
| A Ford aide | 11 |
| A Ford | 6 |
| A for ___ ; or dominant dog | 28 |
| A for ___ | 9 |
| A for sore eyes | 15 |
| A for Pete Rose; F for a disk jockey | 36 |
| A for Nana? | 11 |
| A for Mr. Dickens; F for Pinocchio | 34 |
| A for Ethel Merman; F for an inebriate | 38 |