| An athlete might turn this | 26 |
| An athlete might swim in it | 27 |
| An athlete might run in one | 27 |
| An athlete might run in it | 26 |
| An atheist can't be one | 27 |
| An astronaut may get into it | 28 |
| An Astaire and namesakes | 24 |
| An associate of Thalia | 22 |
| An assembling of huntsmen | 25 |
| An article you use every day | 28 |
| An article for André | 23 |
| An artful Dodger: 1940-58 | 25 |
| An arm of a worldwide org. | 26 |
| An arm and a leg, really | 24 |
| An arm and a leg, maybe | 23 |
| An archbishop of Canterbury | 27 |
| An archangel: II Esdras 4 | 25 |
| An April loser in 1988 | 22 |
| An apple-less merry land? | 25 |
| An apple was named after him | 28 |
| An apple for Apple Inc., e.g. | 29 |
| An apartment, to a landlord | 27 |
| An antonym for restores | 23 |
| An antonym for abundant | 23 |
| An antitoxin: Comb. form | 24 |
| An annual golf tournament | 25 |
| An Annie of 1946 and 1966 | 25 |
| An angry place to live? | 23 |
| An angry frame of mind | 22 |
| An angry dog might do it | 24 |
| An Angel might get one: Abbr. | 29 |
| An Andersson from Sweden | 24 |
| An Anderson from St. Paul | 25 |
| An ancient name of Jerusalem | 28 |
| An ancient Greek dialect | 24 |
| An anchor often faces it | 24 |
| An ancestor of Abraham | 22 |
| An amino acid, for short | 24 |
| An American, to a Brit | 22 |
| An American, in Paris? | 22 |
| An American's right | 23 |
| An American staple crop | 23 |
| An American in Paris, perhaps | 29 |
| An American in Paris, maybe | 27 |
| An American in Paris, e.g. | 26 |
| An alternative to medium | 24 |
| An alter ego for Ali G | 22 |
| An also-ran in '76 | 22 |
| An ally against Iraq: 1990-91 | 29 |
| An All-Star pitcher in 1985 | 27 |
| An alien may take it: Abbr. | 27 |
| An Algonquian language | 22 |
| An Alaskan First Family | 23 |
| An airfoil provides it | 22 |
| An air from "Aida" | 28 |
| An affair to remember? | 22 |
| An adversary of Jim Hawkins | 27 |
| An admission of falsehood | 25 |
| An admirer of Snow White | 24 |
| An adjective for Whitman | 24 |
| An adjective for St. Patrick | 28 |
| An adjective for Sears Tower | 28 |
| An adjective for science | 24 |
| An adjective for old age | 24 |
| An actor may trip over one | 26 |
| An activity of Joe College | 26 |
| An acre has 4,840: Abbr. | 24 |
| An ace usually has a low one | 28 |
| An ace has a strong one | 23 |
| An account of incidents | 23 |
| An accomplice to, as a plot | 27 |
| An absence of musical skill | 27 |
| An abbreviated form of | 22 |
| An A.T.M. dispenses it | 22 |
| An A often boosts it (abbr.) | 28 |
| An 18th-century rationalist | 27 |
| An 18th-century overcoat | 24 |
| An 18-wheeler, for short | 24 |
| An "Untouchable" | 26 |
| An "Exodus" star | 26 |
| Amy Winehouse's haircut | 27 |
| Amy Winehouse song topic | 24 |
| Amy Poehler gig, for short | 26 |
| Amy of "Yentl" | 24 |
| Amy of "Enchanted" | 28 |
| Amy of "Dollhouse" | 28 |
| Amy of "Cry-Baby" | 27 |
| Amy Lowell or James Joyce | 25 |
| Amy Lowell or H.D., formerly | 28 |
| Amy Chua's university | 25 |
| Amusingly ironic, as humor | 26 |
| Amusing, rather than strange | 28 |
| Amusing stroke of luck? | 23 |
| Amusing confrontation? | 22 |
| Amusing in an odd way | 22 |
| Amusement-park features | 23 |
| Amusement-park feature | 22 |
| Amusement-park enticements | 26 |
| Amusement-park attraction | 25 |
| Amusement venue of yore | 23 |