| A favorite is a good one | 24 |
| A favorite of Queen Elizabeth I | 31 |
| A favorite poet of Charles I | 28 |
| A favorite saying | 17 |
| A favorite with milk | 20 |
| A fawn is a young one | 21 |
| A fearful Scott? | 16 |
| A feast ___ famine | 18 |
| A feast ____ famine | 19 |
| A feather in one's cap | 26 |
| A feature of Old Glory | 22 |
| A feature of this puzzle | 24 |
| A Fed | 5 |
| A FedEx driver may have one | 27 |
| A feeling of discomfort | 23 |
| A feeling of enmity | 19 |
| A feline sound | 14 |
| A felon might take it | 21 |
| A felony | 8 |
| A felony involving cks. | 23 |
| A female ruler | 14 |
| A fencing art | 13 |
| A ferry runs between it and Dover | 33 |
| A fertilizer | 12 |
| A fertilizer source | 19 |
| A festive occasion | 18 |
| A few | 5 |
| A few (of) | 10 |
| A few bits short of a byte | 26 |
| A few bricks short of a load | 28 |
| A few bricks shy of a load | 26 |
| A few bucks | 11 |
| A few bucks at Pimlico | 22 |
| A few bucks short | 17 |
| A few bucks to start the pot, say | 33 |
| A few bucks, e.g. | 17 |
| A few bucks, maybe | 18 |
| A few bucks? | 12 |
| A few chips in the pot, maybe | 29 |
| A few chips, perhaps | 20 |
| A few chips, say, in poker | 26 |
| A few clowns short of a circus | 30 |
| A few coins, in slang | 21 |
| A few cross words | 17 |
| A few English queens | 20 |
| A few extra flavorful sticks? | 29 |
| A few extra pounds | 18 |
| A few feet away | 15 |
| A few fries short of a Happy Meal | 33 |
| A few geese | 11 |
| A few good crows? | 17 |
| A few grains | 12 |
| A few greats | 12 |
| A few hours after dawn, in verse | 32 |
| A few hours of relaxing, say | 28 |
| A few hours to kill, e.g. | 25 |
| A few laps, perhaps | 19 |
| A few last words | 16 |
| A few last words? | 17 |
| A few laughs | 12 |
| A few minutes in the pool, say | 30 |
| A few notes | 11 |
| A few of | 8 |
| A few opening remarks | 21 |
| A few or more | 13 |
| A few pointers, say | 19 |
| A few poker chips, maybe | 24 |
| A few rounds, e.g. | 18 |
| A few rounds, perhaps | 21 |
| A few syllables from Santa | 26 |
| A few things for Franz to do? | 29 |
| A few words between friends | 27 |
| A few words from afar | 21 |
| A few words from Santa | 22 |
| A few words in passing? | 23 |
| A few Z's | 13 |
| A few Z's in Zaragoza | 25 |
| A few, south of the border | 26 |
| A few, to Fernando | 18 |
| A few, to Francisco | 19 |
| A few: Abbr. | 12 |
| A fez lacks one | 15 |
| A fiancee of Napoleon | 21 |
| A fib and an intonation are in her name | 39 |
| A fibrous protein | 17 |
| A fictional Charles | 19 |
| A fictional Jane | 16 |
| A fiddler and a pianist | 23 |
| A field for hams | 16 |
| A field may have one | 20 |
| A fifth of "Hamlet" | 29 |
| A fifth of DXXX | 15 |
| A fifth of Earth's land: Abbr. | 34 |
| A fifth of fifty | 16 |
| A fifth of MMMV | 15 |
| A fifth of MMMX | 15 |
| A fifth of MXX | 14 |
| A fifth of quinze | 17 |
| A fight may make it fly | 23 |
| A fighting force | 16 |