| Fastballs that drop sharply near the plate | 42 |
| Fasten balanced auto gears (palindrome) | 39 |
| Fasten one's eyes on earnestly | 34 |
| Fasten with a click, as a vacuum attachment | 43 |
| Fastened tightly, with "down" | 39 |
| Fastened, as a preschooler's shoe | 37 |
| Fastener at the end of a bolt, perhaps | 38 |
| Fastener for basement flooring, perhaps | 39 |
| Fastener in a utility pole, often | 33 |
| Fastener in the catalog a bit above a U-bolt? | 45 |
| Fastener shaped like a horseshoe | 32 |
| Fastener that may have a Phillips head | 38 |
| Fastener with a ring-shaped head | 32 |
| Fasteners that sound like their name | 36 |
| Fastening bars with crosspieces for heads | 41 |
| Faster Pussycat: "Poison ___" | 39 |
| Fastest NL expansion team to win a World Series | 47 |
| Fastest way from here to way over there | 39 |
| Fastidious member of the Odd Couple | 35 |
| Fat abbr. popularized by Rachael Ray | 36 |
| Fat Albert's favorite superhero | 35 |
| Fat enjoyed by woodpeckers in winter | 36 |
| Fat found in traditional pemmican | 33 |
| Fat from a whale's head, used in soaps | 42 |
| Fat in some steamed English puddings | 36 |
| Fat often used to make Christmas pudding | 40 |
| Fat substitute brand in some potato chips | 41 |
| Fat substitute from western New York? | 37 |
| Fat-removal procedure, for short | 32 |
| Fat-sucking procedure, for short | 32 |
| Fatal problem in Genesis (Spanish) | 34 |
| Fatally addicted to knickknacks? | 32 |
| Fatally poisoned royal, for short | 33 |
| Fate of one walking under a ladder | 34 |
| Fate of one with a cause, perhaps | 33 |
| Fate who cuts the thread of life | 32 |
| Fate who spins the thread of life | 33 |
| Fateful letters on a police blotter | 35 |
| Fateful phrase, with "The" | 36 |
| Fath ___, Shah of Persia: 1797–1835 | 42 |
| Fatheads present on December 30 (5) | 35 |
| Father figure south of the border | 33 |
| Father Flanagan's group, today | 34 |
| Father Flye's famous correspondent | 38 |
| Father Guido Sarducci of "SNL" reruns | 47 |
| Father John and daughter Bonnie, for two | 40 |
| Father Mulcahy on "MASH," for one | 43 |
| Father of "Number One Son" | 36 |
| Father of "The Mothers of Invention" | 46 |
| Father of Balder, the god of goodness | 37 |
| Father of confederation or lady of the left | 43 |
| Father of Cordelia, Goneril, and Regan | 38 |
| Father of Deimos and Phobos, in myth | 36 |
| Father of gridders Peyton and Eli | 33 |
| Father of His Country's father | 34 |
| Father of Hophni and Phinehas, in the Bible | 43 |
| Father of King Hadad: Gen. 36:35 | 32 |
| Father of Lavinia in a 16th-century play | 40 |
| Father of modern antiseptic surgery | 35 |
| Father of modern Italian, per linguists | 39 |
| Father of octuplets on "The Simpsons" | 47 |
| FATHER of one of David's mighty men | 39 |
| Father of Pom, Flora, Alexander and Isabelle | 44 |
| Father of Rhodesian independence | 32 |
| Father of science fiction, to many | 34 |
| Father of Spanish drama Juan del | 32 |
| Father of the bride attire, briefly | 35 |
| Father of the bride's offering | 34 |
| Father of the bride, post-wedding | 33 |
| Father of the bride, to the groom | 33 |
| Father of the Year's complete opposite | 42 |
| Father Sarducci of old "S.N.L." | 41 |
| Father William's time of life | 33 |
| Father worshiped a tennis star, to a palindromist | 49 |
| Father ___ (Hawaiian priest beatified in 1995) | 46 |
| Father ___ (Irish founder of Boys Town orphanage) | 49 |
| Father ___ Sarducci of "S.N.L." | 41 |
| Father ___, famous priest to lepers | 35 |
| Father ___, leper priest of Molokai | 35 |
| Father ___, the leper priest of Molokai | 39 |
| Father's Day "award" | 34 |
| Father's Day gift giver, perhaps | 36 |
| Father's Day mo. in Australia | 33 |
| Father, Son and Holy Ghost, e.g. | 32 |
| Father, Son and Holy Spirit, e.g. | 33 |
| Father, Son, and Holy Ghost (abbr.) | 35 |
| Father-and-daughter Hollywood duo | 33 |
| Father-and-son name in football coaching | 40 |
| Father-and-son Nobel Prize winners in physics | 45 |
| Father-and-son Nobelists in physics | 35 |
| Father-and-son physics Nobelists | 32 |
| Father-and-son prophets in the Book of Mormon | 45 |
| Father-in-law of Motel the tailor | 33 |
| Father-son actors Robert and Alan | 33 |
| Fatherly figure for the other feudal workers | 44 |
| Fathers who don't get married | 33 |
| Fatigue may be a symptom of it: Var. | 36 |
| Fatigued (with "down") | 32 |
| Fats Domino title "corrected" | 39 |
| Fats Domino's 'Ain't That --' | 45 |