| Assuming it'll happen at all | 32 |
| Assumption before "then" | 34 |
| Assumption for the sake of argument | 35 |
| Assumption of the Virgin, ---. 15 | 33 |
| Assurance of a chance of success | 32 |
| Assure payment of a promissory note | 35 |
| Assured something's completion | 34 |
| Assured way to solve a crossword puzzle | 39 |
| Assyrian goddess of love and war | 32 |
| Assyrian place of exile, in I Chronicles | 40 |
| Asta in the book "The Thin Man," e.g. | 47 |
| Astaire's "Daddy Long Legs" co-star | 49 |
| Astaire's "Ninotchka" remake | 42 |
| Astaire-Rogers destination: 1933 | 32 |
| Asteroid between Mars and Jupiter | 33 |
| Asteroid group named for a god of love | 38 |
| Asteroid group named for a love god | 35 |
| Asteroid group that includes Eros | 33 |
| Asteroid named after a Roman agricultural goddess | 49 |
| Asteroid on which a NASA probe landed in 2001 | 45 |
| Asteroid that Galileo flew by closely in 1993 | 45 |
| Asteroid that gets close to the sun | 35 |
| Asteroid viewed by the NEAR spacecraft, 2000 | 44 |
| Asteroid with the closest approach to the sun | 45 |
| Êtes, across the English Channel | 35 |
| Asthmatics' needs, sometimes | 32 |
| Astin of "Lord of the Rings" | 38 |
| Astin of "The Lord of the Rings" | 42 |
| Astin of the "Lord of the Rings" saga | 47 |
| Aston Martin high-performance model | 35 |
| Astonishingly coincidental, maybe | 33 |
| Astounded by how much weight you've gained? | 47 |
| Astral Doors singer Patrik Johansson | 36 |
| Astral saga that has a Darth part | 33 |
| Astrologer to the rich and famous | 33 |
| Astrologically, the thoughtful, diplomatic type | 47 |
| Astronaut Aldrin's real first name | 38 |
| Astronaut Aldrin's real name | 32 |
| Astronaut Fisher, the first mother in space | 43 |
| Astronaut honoree of '62 and '98 | 40 |
| Astronaut in a 1973 David Bowie hit | 35 |
| Astronaut John (or the sender of the message) | 45 |
| Astronaut of '62 and '98 | 32 |
| Astronaut Thomas on four space shuttle flights | 46 |
| Astronaut who chatted with HAL 9000 | 35 |
| Astronaut with Armstrong and Collins | 36 |
| Astronaut's 'thumbs-up' | 35 |
| Astronaut's "All systems go" | 42 |
| Astronaut's "Everything's fine" | 49 |
| Astronaut's "Fine!" | 33 |
| Astronaut's "fine" | 32 |
| Astronaut's "Perfect!" | 36 |
| Astronaut's "perfect" | 35 |
| Astronaut's employer, for short | 35 |
| Astronaut's favorite dessert? | 33 |
| Astronaut's final destination | 33 |
| Astronaut's quarters, in the early days | 43 |
| Astronaut's work environment, for short | 43 |
| Astronauts know the gravity of this situation | 45 |
| Astronauts' "all right" | 37 |
| Astronauts' "All's-well" calls | 48 |
| Astronauts' biopic, with "The" | 44 |
| Astronauts' descent to Earth | 32 |
| Astronomer born in Torun, Poland | 32 |
| Astronomer Brahe who wore a fake nose | 37 |
| Astronomer Clyde, discoverer of Pluto | 37 |
| Astronomer Edmund's felines? | 32 |
| Astronomer exonerated by the Vatican in 1992 | 44 |
| Astronomer Hubble of telescope fame | 35 |
| ASTRONOMER oversees a poultry farm? | 35 |
| Astronomer who coined the word "nova" | 47 |
| Astronomer who described planetary motion | 41 |
| Astronomer who discovered Uranus | 32 |
| Astronomer who lost part of his nose in a duel | 46 |
| Astronomer's calculation: Abbr. | 35 |
| Astronomer's favorite TV show? | 34 |
| Astronomer's sighting, perhaps | 34 |
| Astronomer's sighting, sometimes | 36 |
| Astronomer's unit of distance | 33 |
| Astronomers' "year zero" | 38 |
| Astronomical discovery of the 1960's | 40 |
| Astronomical distance of 3.26 light-years | 41 |
| Astronomical giant with a spectral letter ranking | 49 |
| Astronomical object with a large red shift | 42 |
| Astronomical phenomenon seen outside the city? | 46 |
| Astronomical surveyors' readings | 36 |
| Astronomical term coined by Galileo | 35 |
| Astronomy : Urania :: poetry : __ | 33 |
| Astronomy aficionado Thomas with a 1995 find | 44 |
| Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse ___ | 32 |
| ASUS laptop with a 7-inch screen | 32 |
| At 5,343 ft., Mt. Marcy is its highest point | 44 |
| At 6,684 ft., Mt. Mitchell is its highest point | 47 |
| At a butcher shop, the butcher gets to ... | 42 |
| At a ferris wheel's pinnacle? | 33 |
| At a lecture, say / Surpass in quality | 38 |
| At a magazine, an editor gets to ... | 36 |
| At a right angle to a ship's length | 39 |
| At all ___ (regardless of the consequences) | 43 |
| At an earlier time, in an earlier time | 38 |