| The Accidental Tourist star | 30 |
| The ACLU protects them | 22 |
| The ACLU works to protect them: Abbr. | 37 |
| The Acropolis, once | 19 |
| The act | 7 |
| The act of cognition | 20 |
| The act of digging | 18 |
| The act of drawing | 18 |
| The act of drinking | 19 |
| The act of felicitating | 23 |
| The act of flipping a coin | 26 |
| The act of gluing corn husks together? | 38 |
| The act of grinding your teeth while thinking about comedian Martin? | 68 |
| The act of keeping | 18 |
| The act of keeping a basketball player from leaving the team? | 61 |
| The act of poking fun at yellow fruit? | 38 |
| The act of snoring | 18 |
| The act of spying | 17 |
| The act of stripping or ridding | 31 |
| The act of waiting for a partner to finish shopping, per the Urban Dictionary (+O) | 82 |
| The act of working out a national budget with new fried desserts? | 65 |
| The act of: Br. suffix | 22 |
| The act of: Suffix | 18 |
| The acting Chaneys | 18 |
| The actor we celebrate today | 28 |
| The actor __ | 12 |
| The actors in a play, collectively | 34 |
| The ad writer had ... | 21 |
| The Adamson cat | 15 |
| The Adamsons' cat | 21 |
| The Adamsons' pet | 21 |
| The Addams' butler | 22 |
| The Addams' hairy cousin | 28 |
| The Adirondacks, e.g.: Abbr. | 28 |
| The Admirable Doctor | 20 |
| The Admiral Benbow in "Treasure Island," for one | 58 |
| The Admiral Benbow ___ ("Treasure Island" locale) | 59 |
| The adopted son on "My Three Sons" | 44 |
| The adorable Miss Pickford | 26 |
| The Adriatic vis-Ã -vis the Mediterranean | 43 |
| The adults | 10 |
| The Adversary | 13 |
| The Aegean, e.g. | 16 |
| The Aesop of Indiana | 20 |
| The African Queen, e.g. | 23 |
| The Afrikaans | 13 |
| The Aggies of the Big West Conf. | 32 |
| The Aggies of the Western Athletic Conference | 45 |
| The aggregate | 13 |
| The aggressive candidate ___ | 28 |
| The Agonist "Memento ___" | 35 |
| The agony of da feet | 20 |
| The agony of de feet | 20 |
| The agony of defeat: pl. | 24 |
| The Air India _____, 1985 | 25 |
| The air up there | 16 |
| The Airfarce's Roger _____ | 30 |
| The aisles | 10 |
| The Aisne flows into it | 23 |
| The AL East, e.g. | 17 |
| The al. in et al. | 17 |
| The Alamo e.g. | 15 |
| The Alamo was used as one | 25 |
| The Alamo, e.g. | 15 |
| The Alamo, for one | 18 |
| The Alamo, once | 15 |
| The Alarm "___ Me Down the River" | 43 |
| The Albany is its longest river: Abbr. | 38 |
| The album "Honky Tonk Angels" is a collaboration of Dolly, Tammy and her | 82 |
| The Aleutians, for one | 22 |
| The Alfred P. ___ Foundation (nonprofit institution) | 52 |
| The Alhambra's city | 23 |
| The All-American Rejects' are "Happy" | 51 |
| The all-wise, of myth | 21 |
| The All-___ (backup band for Ringo) | 35 |
| The alleged first successful clone to Raelians | 46 |
| The Allegheny and Monongahela join to form it | 45 |
| The allergist's monologue drew a ___ | 40 |
| The Allman Brothers Band, e.g. | 30 |
| The allotted 54 in baseball's nine | 38 |
| The Almighty | 12 |
| The Almighty, in Alsace | 23 |
| The Aloha State | 15 |
| The Alous, for short | 20 |
| The Alpha Band musician Burnett | 31 |
| The alphabet | 12 |
| The Alps' __ Blanc | 22 |
| The Alps, for instance: Abbr. | 29 |
| The Altar | 9 |
| The Altar constellation | 23 |
| The Altar, in astronomy | 23 |
| The altogether | 14 |
| The Amazing Randi debunks it | 28 |
| The Amazing ___ | 15 |
| The Amazing ___ (debunker of pseudoscience) | 43 |
| The Amazing ___ (magician) | 26 |
| The Amazing ___ (noted magician) | 32 |
| The Amazing ___, illusionist | 28 |
| The Amazings | 12 |
| The Amazon and others | 21 |