| A 40's hit | 14 |
| A 4/15 worry | 12 |
| A 4 A.M. sound | 14 |
| A 36 of a famous measurement | 28 |
| A 36 in 36-24-36 | 16 |
| A 30-day mo. | 12 |
| A 24 hour period | 16 |
| A 2006 champion team | 20 |
| A 2 or 3 on the Richter scale, maybe | 36 |
| A 2 may stand for it (abbr.) | 28 |
| A 19th-century decorative style | 31 |
| A 1993 stamp subject | 20 |
| A 1992 division | 15 |
| A 1991 war zone | 15 |
| A 1986 World Series site | 24 |
| A 1986 suspense film | 20 |
| A 1986 film | 11 |
| A 1984 running mate | 19 |
| A 1984 movie | 12 |
| A 1984 film | 11 |
| A 1984 Commodores hit | 21 |
| A 1982 Oscar winner | 19 |
| A 1982 film that takes place in 1959 | 36 |
| A 1981 film | 11 |
| A 1980 film | 11 |
| A 1979 Oscar winner | 19 |
| A 1978 film, with "The" | 33 |
| A 1977 movie | 12 |
| A 1977 film | 11 |
| A 1975 Marty Feldman role | 25 |
| A 1972 bilateral arms-control treaty, for short | 47 |
| A 1971 publication | 18 |
| A 1970 hit — as sung by a famous swinger? | 48 |
| A 1969 World Series star | 24 |
| A 1969 World Series hero | 24 |
| A 1969 rock anthem — as sung by a famous swinger? | 56 |
| A 1969 film | 11 |
| A 1968 hit — as sung by a famous swinger? | 48 |
| A 1967 role for Burt | 20 |
| A 1967 film directed by Joan Plowright? | 39 |
| A 1966 film | 11 |
| A 1965 U.S. Open winner | 23 |
| A 1963 Oscar winner | 19 |
| A 1962 movie described how it was won | 37 |
| A 1962 Beatles hit | 18 |
| A 1961 Oscar winner | 19 |
| A 1958 song | 11 |
| A 1958 Pulitzer Prize winner's monogram | 43 |
| A 1958 Oscar winner | 19 |
| A 1955 Oscar winner | 19 |
| A 1953 hit song | 15 |
| A 1952 3-cent stamp honored her 200th birthday | 46 |
| A 1950 movie was all about her | 30 |
| A 1950 film was "all about" her | 41 |
| A 1949 film thriller | 20 |
| A 1947 Nobelist in Medicine | 27 |
| A 1947 musical | 14 |
| A 1945 goal of the Allies | 25 |
| A 1941 Louis victim | 19 |
| A 1940's hit tune | 21 |
| A 1936 Oscar winner | 19 |
| A 1933 U.S. agency | 18 |
| A 1932 hit song | 15 |
| A 1930's dance | 18 |
| A 1930 discovery | 16 |
| A 1929 event involving money | 28 |
| A 1929 event | 12 |
| A 1927 song hit | 15 |
| A 1927 hit song | 15 |
| A 1925 musical | 14 |
| A 1924 hit tune | 15 |
| A 1922 song | 11 |
| A 1918 hit song | 15 |
| A 1914 Oriole who took wing | 27 |
| A 1793 invention | 16 |
| A 15th-century caravel | 22 |
| A 15th | 6 |
| A 1502 landfall | 15 |
| A 1493 landfall | 15 |
| A 1492 vessel | 13 |
| A 1492 ship | 11 |
| A 1492 landfall | 15 |
| A 1492 find | 11 |
| A 1492 discovery | 16 |
| A 1492 caravel | 14 |
| A 14-line verse | 15 |
| A 14-line poem, in Pamplona | 27 |
| A 12th-century Archbishop of Canterbury | 39 |
| A 10-, 11- or 12-year-old | 25 |
| A 10-, 11- or 12-year old | 25 |
| A 10, by some standards | 23 |
| A 1 followed by 100 zeros | 25 |
| A 1 | 3 |
| A 007 portrayer | 15 |
| A 007 player | 12 |
| A .45 | 5 |
| A .08% reading may lead to it, for short | 40 |
| A --- point (example) | 21 |
| A --- pittance | 14 |
| A --- formality | 15 |