| Academy Award winner Sophia | 27 |
| Academy Award winner in "Spartacus" | 45 |
| Academy Award winner for "Chicago," 2002 | 50 |
| Academy Award winner Charlize | 29 |
| Academy Award that's the theme of this puzzle | 49 |
| Academy Award statuette | 23 |
| Academy Award song of 1947 | 26 |
| Academy Award packing material? | 31 |
| Academy Award of ___ (official name for an Oscar) | 49 |
| Academy Award nominees | 22 |
| Academy Award nominee Rooney | 28 |
| Academy Award nomination | 24 |
| Academy Award category | 22 |
| Academy Award | 13 |
| Academy attendees | 17 |
| Academy attendee | 16 |
| Academy at Colo. Spgs. | 22 |
| Academy affirmation | 19 |
| Academy | 7 |
| Academies: Abbr. | 16 |
| Academics' résumés, for short | 39 |
| Academics' degrees | 22 |
| Academics | 9 |
| Academicians | 12 |
| Academician | 11 |
| Academically stylish | 20 |
| Academic, as an arguable point | 30 |
| Academic's robe | 19 |
| Academic's freedom? | 23 |
| Academic's choice | 21 |
| Academic __ | 11 |
| Academic year div. | 18 |
| Academic work | 13 |
| Academic who follows all the rules? | 35 |
| Academic Web letters | 20 |
| Academic wear | 13 |
| Academic warm-up | 16 |
| Academic URL ending | 19 |
| Academic URL ender | 18 |
| Academic units: Abbr. | 21 |
| Academic types | 14 |
| Academic trophy? | 16 |
| Academic track | 14 |
| Academic titles | 15 |
| Academic title: Ger. | 20 |
| Academic term | 13 |
| Academic survival phrase | 24 |
| Academic stretch | 16 |
| Academic sports org. | 20 |
| Academic specialty | 18 |
| Academic snobbery | 17 |
| Academic settings | 17 |
| Academic session | 16 |
| Academic second go-around | 25 |
| Academic rite of passage: Abbr. | 31 |
| Academic reviewer | 17 |
| Academic retreat | 16 |
| Academic retirees | 17 |
| Academic resumes or large pharmacy chain | 40 |
| Academic recognition | 20 |
| Academic rank | 13 |
| Academic qualifications | 23 |
| Academic publishing positions | 29 |
| Academic publication process | 28 |
| Academic protest | 16 |
| Academic position | 17 |
| Academic periods: Abbr. | 23 |
| Academic periods | 16 |
| Academic period | 15 |
| Academic paper? | 15 |
| Academic paper abbr. | 20 |
| Academic overseer | 17 |
| Academic orgs. | 14 |
| Academic or leap | 16 |
| Academic official | 17 |
| Academic mil. unit | 18 |
| Academic Maine town | 19 |
| Academic lowly | 14 |
| Academic list keeper | 20 |
| Academic lady? | 14 |
| Academic Iowa city | 18 |
| Academic interlude | 18 |
| Academic inst. in the Ocean State | 33 |
| Academic inst. | 14 |
| Academic hurdles | 16 |
| Academic hurdle | 15 |
| Academic honor | 14 |
| Academic heads | 14 |
| Academic hanger-on | 18 |
| Academic handle | 15 |
| Academic groups | 15 |
| Academic grilling | 17 |
| Academic gowns | 14 |
| Academic gown | 13 |
| Academic goals | 14 |
| Academic goal, for some | 23 |
| Academic garb | 13 |
| Academic freedom? | 17 |
| Academic formalist | 18 |
| Academic figures | 16 |