| Like an academic point | 22 |
| Like an accepted challenge | 26 |
| Like an acid that builds proteins | 33 |
| Like an acrobat | 15 |
| Like an acrobat's limbs | 27 |
| Like an active chimney sweep | 28 |
| Like an active person | 21 |
| Like an active volcano | 22 |
| Like an actor between jobs | 26 |
| Like an actor who doesn't miss a line | 41 |
| Like an adage | 13 |
| Like an Adamite | 15 |
| Like an aerialist | 17 |
| Like an aerie | 13 |
| Like an afghan | 14 |
| Like an Afro | 12 |
| Like an agt. undercover | 23 |
| Like an air-filled lifeboat | 27 |
| Like an Airedale's coat | 27 |
| Like an airhead | 15 |
| Like an Alaskan winter | 22 |
| Like an albatross | 17 |
| Like an alcove | 14 |
| Like an alert ballerina? | 24 |
| Like an alias | 13 |
| Like an alligator's skin | 28 |
| Like an almanac | 15 |
| Like an amateur boxer | 21 |
| Like an amateurish cake | 23 |
| Like an amazing return on an investment | 39 |
| Like an ament's comments | 28 |
| Like an American in Europe | 26 |
| Like an American in Paris | 25 |
| Like an amniocentesis | 21 |
| Like an amoeba | 14 |
| Like an anathema | 16 |
| Like an anchoress | 17 |
| Like an anchoret | 16 |
| Like an anchorite | 17 |
| Like an ancient empire | 22 |
| Like an Andover student, say | 28 |
| Like an android | 15 |
| Like an angel | 13 |
| Like an angel or butterfly | 26 |
| Like an angel's head | 24 |
| Like an angle greater than 90 degrees | 37 |
| Like an angle that's less than 90 degrees | 45 |
| Like an angry babe? | 19 |
| Like an angry boomer? | 21 |
| Like an angry cat's back | 28 |
| Like an angry cleric? | 21 |
| Like an angry dog | 17 |
| Like an angry lion | 18 |
| Like an angry lobster? | 22 |
| Like an angry Mao Zedong? | 25 |
| Like an angry perfumer? | 23 |
| Like an angry watch maker? | 26 |
| Like an animal... | 17 |
| Like an animated Pea? | 21 |
| Like an Ankara native? | 22 |
| Like an Ann or Andy doll | 24 |
| Like an Annie Oakley | 20 |
| Like an annual Pebble Beach tourney | 35 |
| Like an anode: Abbr. | 20 |
| Like an ant. | 12 |
| Like an antique | 15 |
| Like an antonym: Abbr. | 22 |
| Like an apartment with new tenants | 34 |
| Like an apperception test | 25 |
| Like an appetite that can be fulfilled | 38 |
| Like an April day | 17 |
| Like an arachnid's home | 27 |
| Like an arachnid's web | 26 |
| Like an arbor | 13 |
| Like an arc | 11 |
| Like an arcade | 14 |
| Like an arch in the chest | 25 |
| Like an arctic winter | 21 |
| Like an ardent fan | 18 |
| Like an arduous battle | 22 |
| Like an area filled with fronds | 31 |
| Like an aria | 12 |
| Like an aristocrat | 18 |
| Like an armadillo | 17 |
| Like an armpatch, with "on" | 37 |
| Like an Arnold Palmer | 21 |
| Like an arrow | 13 |
| Like an arrow in the air | 24 |
| Like an arthropod in a carpet | 29 |
| Like an asp's bite | 22 |
| Like an aspen | 13 |
| Like an ass | 11 |
| Like an astronaut's drinks? | 31 |
| Like an athlete who wins a title match? | 39 |
| Like an atoll | 13 |
| Like an atrium | 14 |
| Like an atrium, typically | 25 |
| Like an attentive dog's ears | 32 |
| Like an attractive apartment | 28 |
| Like an auctioneer's voice | 30 |