| ___ Alley | 9 |
| ___ Alliance (airline bloc) | 27 |
| ___ Alliance (Princess Leia's group) | 40 |
| ___ Alliance of 1879 | 20 |
| ___ Allison, colleague of puppeteer Tillstrom | 45 |
| ___ almighty dollar | 19 |
| ___ almond (ice-cream flavor) | 29 |
| ___ alone | 9 |
| ___ alone (by oneself) | 22 |
| ___ alone (do by oneself) | 25 |
| ___ alone (do without help) | 27 |
| ___ alone (fly solo) | 20 |
| ___ alone (have no help) | 24 |
| ___ along (follow) | 18 |
| ___ along (manage) | 18 |
| ___ Alonzo Stagg | 16 |
| ___ Alou, Expos' manager | 28 |
| ___ Alpert & the Tijuana Brass | 34 |
| ___ Alpha Epsilon fraternity | 28 |
| ___ alphabet | 12 |
| ___ Alps | 8 |
| ___ Alps (Swiss range) | 22 |
| ___ alt. (druggist's "every other day") | 53 |
| ___ Alta, town SW of San Juan | 29 |
| ___ Alte | 8 |
| ___ Alte (Adenauer) | 19 |
| ___ alteram partem | 18 |
| ___ Alto | 8 |
| ___ Alto, CA | 12 |
| ___ Alto, Calif. | 16 |
| ___ Alto, California | 20 |
| ___ Altos, Calif. | 17 |
| ___ Alverio (Rita Moreno) | 25 |
| ___ amandine | 12 |
| ___ Américas | 15 |
| ___ Ambassador | 14 |
| ___ Amboy | 9 |
| ___ Amboy, N.J. | 15 |
| ___ Amboy, New Jersey | 21 |
| ___ America | 11 |
| ___ America (cable station) | 27 |
| ___ America (cable TV service) | 30 |
| ___ America (Chicago-based superstation) | 40 |
| ___ America / Final maneuver | 28 |
| ___ American | 12 |
| ___ Americana | 13 |
| ___ Americano | 13 |
| ___ Ames (California research center) | 37 |
| ___ ami | 7 |
| ___ amie | 8 |
| ___ Amiens (First Crusade preacher) | 35 |
| ___ Amin | 8 |
| ___ Amin in "The Last King of Scotland" | 49 |
| ___ Amin, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem | 34 |
| ___ Amin, Ugandan exile | 23 |
| ___ amis | 8 |
| ___ amis (my friends) | 21 |
| ___ Amitri | 10 |
| ___ ammoniac | 12 |
| ___ ammoniac (mineral found around volcanic vents) | 50 |
| ___ among thieves | 17 |
| ___ amore | 9 |
| ___ an ear | 10 |
| ___ an ear (hearken) | 20 |
| ___ an ear (heed) | 17 |
| ___ an ear (listen) | 19 |
| ___ an egg (bomb) | 17 |
| ___ an egg (bombed on stage) | 28 |
| ___ an egg (bombed) | 19 |
| ___ an egg (bombs) | 18 |
| ___ an egg (fail publicly) | 26 |
| ___ an egg (failed) | 19 |
| ___ an egg (fails) | 18 |
| ___ an egg (flop) | 17 |
| ___ an egg (flopped on Broadway) | 32 |
| ___ an end | 10 |
| ___ an era | 10 |
| ___ an example | 14 |
| ___ an independent (campaigned, in a way) | 41 |
| ___ an invitation | 17 |
| ___ an owl | 10 |
| ___ Ana | 7 |
| ___ Ana (Las Cruces's county) | 33 |
| ___ analysis | 12 |
| ___ analysis (branch of calculus) | 33 |
| ___ anchor | 10 |
| ___ anchor (be moored) | 22 |
| ___ anchor (is moored) | 22 |
| ___ anchor (stay put, nautically) | 33 |
| ___ and a day | 13 |
| ___ and a day (sentence) | 24 |
| ___ and a holler | 16 |
| ___ and a leg | 13 |
| ___ and a promise | 17 |
| ___ and aah | 11 |
| ___ and aahed | 13 |
| ___ and aahs | 12 |
| ___ and abet | 12 |
| ___ and abetted | 15 |
| ___ and Abner, old comedy duo | 29 |