| A wheel | 7 |
| A while ago | 11 |
| A while back | 12 |
| A while ___ | 11 |
| A whip (with "tails") | 31 |
| A whistle may follow it in cartoons | 35 |
| A Whistler opus | 15 |
| A White House hostess | 21 |
| A White House office | 20 |
| A White House scandal | 21 |
| A white one is little | 21 |
| A white one is small | 20 |
| A white wine | 12 |
| A whiting | 9 |
| A whole bunch | 13 |
| A whole heap | 12 |
| A whole lot | 11 |
| A whole lot of juice? | 21 |
| A whole lot of shaking going on | 31 |
| A whole one has no stem | 23 |
| A whole slew | 12 |
| A Wicked Witch's home | 25 |
| A wide variety | 14 |
| A wife in "Gianni Schicchi" | 37 |
| A wife of Al Jolson | 19 |
| A wife of Chaplin | 17 |
| A wife of Charlie Chaplin | 25 |
| A wife of Esau | 14 |
| A wife of Esau: Gen. 36:2 | 25 |
| A wife of Henry VIII | 20 |
| A wife of Hercules | 18 |
| A wife of Jacob | 15 |
| A wild card is unlikely to beat one | 35 |
| A wild rose has five | 20 |
| A Wilson of The Beach Boys | 26 |
| A Wimbledon champ's family | 30 |
| A Wimbledon champ: 1975 | 23 |
| A Wimbledon champ: 1976 | 23 |
| A Wimbledon champ: 1992 | 23 |
| A Wimbledon champion: 1981 | 26 |
| A Wimbledon winner: 1975 | 24 |
| A Wimbledon winner: 1992 | 24 |
| A wind chilled and killed her, in verse | 39 |
| A Windsor | 9 |
| A Windward Island | 17 |
| A wine container | 16 |
| A wine from SW France | 21 |
| A wing of _____ | 15 |
| A wing, for Dumbo | 17 |
| A wink or a nod, e.g. | 21 |
| A wink or a nod, maybe | 22 |
| A wink or a nod, perhaps | 24 |
| A wink or a nod, say | 20 |
| A winner at tic-tac-toe | 23 |
| A winner may break it | 21 |
| A winner might break it | 23 |
| A winner might do this | 22 |
| A winner might have it | 22 |
| A winner: 1990 | 14 |
| A winning combination in today's puzzle theme | 49 |
| A winning margin | 16 |
| A winning team may sit on one | 29 |
| A winter lift | 13 |
| A winter woe | 12 |
| A wise herb? | 12 |
| A wishbone has one | 18 |
| A wit's attribute | 21 |
| A witch in "Bewitched" | 32 |
| A witch might put one on you | 28 |
| A witch might use its eye | 25 |
| A Witch of Eastwick | 19 |
| A witch's nose might have one | 33 |
| A witness may verify it | 23 |
| A witness may verify one | 24 |
| A wk. has 168 | 13 |
| A wk. has 168 of these | 22 |
| A WMD | 5 |
| A wolf has a strong one | 23 |
| A wolf in ____clothing | 22 |
| A wolf may have one | 19 |
| A woman can see through this! | 29 |
| A woman desperate for a relationship, slangily | 46 |
| A woman went ... | 16 |
| A woman who has borne one child | 31 |
| A woman's bow | 17 |
| A woman's cloak of yore | 27 |
| A woman, to Pope | 16 |
| A wonder of nature! | 19 |
| A wood stain | 12 |
| A woodpile may be under it | 26 |
| A woodwind | 10 |
| A woodworker wields it | 22 |
| A Woody work: 1973 | 18 |
| A woof-woof | 11 |
| A woofer is part of one | 23 |
| A wool producer | 15 |
| A woolly bear becomes one | 25 |
| A word about poor Yorick | 24 |
| A word before meal | 18 |
| A word before you go | 20 |