| Like apparel donned in a Christmas carol | 40 |
| Like apparel in a carol | 23 |
| Like appealed orders | 20 |
| Like apple juice | 16 |
| Like apple pie, in a saying | 27 |
| Like apples and oranges | 23 |
| Like apples in pies | 19 |
| Like apples ready to bake | 25 |
| Like apples, say, during the fall | 33 |
| Like appreciative fans | 22 |
| Like apricot leaves | 19 |
| Like April weather | 18 |
| Like April, proverbially | 24 |
| Like April, typically | 21 |
| Like aprons, at times | 21 |
| Like aquamarine or teal | 23 |
| Like Aquarius, in a way | 23 |
| Like arabesques | 15 |
| Like arbitrators | 16 |
| Like arbors | 11 |
| Like Arbuckle | 13 |
| Like Arbuckle's films | 25 |
| Like Arcade Fire's "Bible" | 40 |
| Like arcade games | 17 |
| Like Arcadia's inhabitants | 30 |
| Like Archie Bunker | 18 |
| Like Archie Bunker's humor | 30 |
| Like Archie or Sluggo | 21 |
| Like Archie's pal Moose | 27 |
| Like architecture involving cedar shakes | 40 |
| Like arctic weather | 19 |
| Like arctic winds | 17 |
| Like arctic winters | 19 |
| Like area codes | 15 |
| Like areas above the timberline? | 32 |
| Like areas around waterfalls | 28 |
| Like areas where cattails thrive | 32 |
| Like areas with arroyos | 23 |
| Like arena football games | 25 |
| Like argon | 10 |
| Like argon or krypton | 21 |
| Like argon or neon | 18 |
| Like arguments or coins | 23 |
| Like Argus | 10 |
| Like arias | 10 |
| Like Arizona's climate | 26 |
| Like Arizona's climate, largely | 35 |
| Like Arlen's hat | 20 |
| Like arms reduction treaties | 28 |
| Like arms signaling a neutral zone infraction | 45 |
| Like Armstrong or Glenn | 23 |
| Like Armstrong's landing | 28 |
| Like Arnold Schoenberg's music | 34 |
| Like Arnold Schwarzenegger | 26 |
| Like Arnold's action | 24 |
| Like aromatherapy products | 26 |
| Like arpeggioed notes | 21 |
| Like arrangements before a vacation | 35 |
| Like arroyo areas | 17 |
| Like arroyos | 12 |
| Like arson evidence | 19 |
| Like art class models | 21 |
| Like Art Deco | 13 |
| Like art house films, for some | 30 |
| Like Arthur Fonzarelli | 22 |
| Like Arthur's Table | 23 |
| Like articles and blood | 23 |
| Like artificial fruit | 21 |
| Like artists | 12 |
| Like arts taught at Hogwarts | 28 |
| Like arugula | 12 |
| Like arugula's flavor | 25 |
| Like ashes | 10 |
| Like ashes in Amiens | 20 |
| Like Ashley, relative to Mary-Kate (by seconds) | 47 |
| Like Asia's reaches | 23 |
| Like aspen leaves | 17 |
| Like aspic | 10 |
| Like aspirin: Abbr. | 19 |
| Like Assam teas | 15 |
| Like assistant New York Times crossword editors? | 48 |
| Like associates, on some e-mails | 32 |
| Like Astaire in his heydey | 26 |
| Like asters | 11 |
| Like Astrodome events | 21 |
| Like Atahualpa | 14 |
| Like Atahualpa's subjects | 29 |
| Like Atalanta | 13 |
| Like Athena | 11 |
| Like Atlantis, according to legend | 34 |
| Like atmospheric music | 22 |
| Like atolls | 11 |
| Like atomic hydrogen | 20 |
| Like atria | 10 |
| Like atriums | 12 |
| Like attached baths, in Bordeaux | 32 |
| Like attendees at a masquerade party | 36 |
| Like attics in long-abandoned houses | 36 |
| Like attire at the Academy Awards | 33 |
| Like attractions on the beaten path | 35 |