| "A defeat for humanity," per Pope John Paul II | 56 |
| "A DVD of the 1992 Rodney Dangerfield film ___ ..." | 61 |
| "A failure of imagination," per Graham Greene | 55 |
| "A fickle food upon a shifting plate": Dickinson | 58 |
| "A first rough draft of history," to Phil Graham | 58 |
| "A Fool ___ as I" (1959 Elvis Presley hit) | 52 |
| "A Footnote to History" author's inits. | 53 |
| "A Free Examination of Darwin's Treatise" scientist | 65 |
| "A friend to call my own," per a Michael Jackson hit | 62 |
| "A friend ___ is a friend lost": H. B. Adams | 54 |
| "A Funny ___ Happened on the Way to the Forum" | 56 |
| "A game that two can play and both win": Eva Gabor | 60 |
| "A garden is a lovesome thing, God ___!": Brown | 57 |
| "A ginooine statesman should ___ his guard": J. R. Lowell | 67 |
| "A Good Day to ___ Hard" (2013 Bruce Willis movie) | 60 |
| "A good walk spoiled," according to Mark Twain | 56 |
| "A grand, ungodly, godlike man" in fiction | 52 |
| "A great flame follows a little spark" writer | 55 |
| "A great __ indicates a great man": Cyrano de Bergerac | 64 |
| "A guy that has never had much experience": Don Marquis | 65 |
| "A guy walks into a bar ..." may start one | 52 |
| "A Hard Day's Night" group, with "The" | 62 |
| "A heart to pity, and a hand ___": C. Churchill | 57 |
| "A heart unfortified, ___ impatient": Shak. | 53 |
| "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" author | 60 |
| "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" memoirist Dave | 68 |
| "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" writer Eggers | 67 |
| "A hint of lovely oblivion," per D. H. Lawrence | 57 |
| "A History of the World in Six Glasses" drink | 55 |
| "A Horrible Experience of Unbearable Length" author | 61 |
| "A Hymn to ___" ("My Fair Lady" song) | 57 |
| "A Hymn to ___" ("My Fair Lady" tune) | 57 |
| "A Hymn to ___," from "My Fair Lady" | 56 |
| "A Journal of the Plague Year" novelist, 1722 | 55 |
| "A Journey to the Center of the Earth" writer | 55 |
| "A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread - and Thou" poet | 58 |
| "A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread--and Thou" poet | 57 |
| "A League of Their Own" infielder __ Hooch | 52 |
| "A leopard can't change its spots," e.g. | 54 |
| "A lie that makes us realize truth": Picasso | 54 |
| "A lie that makes us realize truth," according to Picasso | 67 |
| "A lie that makes us realize truth," per Picasso | 58 |
| "A Light in the ___" (Shel Silverstein book) | 54 |
| "A Light in the ___" (Silverstein collection) | 55 |
| "A line is ___ that went for a walk": Klee | 52 |
| "A Little Fall of ___" ("Les Miserables") | 61 |
| "A little water is a ___ an ant" (Afghan proverb) | 59 |
| "A little __ the mightiest Julius fell": Horatio | 58 |
| "A little ___ do ya" (1950s-'60s slogan) | 54 |
| "A little ___ is a dang'rous thing": Pope | 55 |
| "A little ___ the mightiest Julius fell": Shak. | 57 |
| "A long time __ in a galaxy far, far away ..." | 56 |
| "A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away . . ." | 59 |
| "A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away ..." | 57 |
| "A long time ____, in a galaxy far, far away . . ." | 61 |
| "A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost" speaker | 69 |
| "A Love Like ___" (Barbra Streisand album) | 52 |
| "A magic number," according to "Schoolhouse Rock" | 69 |
| "A maid with hair of gold," in an old song | 52 |
| "A man cannot be too careful in ___": Wilde | 53 |
| "A man has to be what he is, Joey" speaker | 52 |
| "A man may learn wisdom even from ___" (Aristophanes) | 63 |
| "A man's reach should exceed his ___": Browning | 61 |
| "A merry heart __ good like a medicine . . .": Proverbs | 65 |
| "A merry heart ___ good like a medicine" (Proverbs 17:22) | 67 |
| "A merry heart ___ good like a medicine": Proverbs | 60 |
| "A Midsummer Night's Dream" fairy king | 52 |
| "A Midsummer Night's Dream" role, in its place? | 61 |
| "A mind is a terrible thing to waste" org. | 52 |
| "A mixture of ___ doth ever add pleasure": Bacon | 58 |
| "A Momentary ___ of Reason" (1987 Pink Floyd album) | 61 |
| "A mother is not a person ___ on . . . ": D. C. Fisher | 64 |
| "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore" et al. | 58 |
| "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore" speaker | 59 |
| "A Nightmare on Elm Street" creator Craven | 52 |
| "A pair of star-cross'd ___ take their life" | 58 |
| "A pair ___-cross'd lovers . . . ": Shak. | 55 |
| "A person's a person, no matter how small" speaker | 64 |
| "A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood" speaker | 63 |
| "A pious fraud of the almanac," per James Russell Lowell | 66 |
| "A Pirate Looks at ___" (Jimmy Buffett memoir) | 56 |
| "A plague o' ___ your houses!": Mercutio | 54 |
| "A Prairie Home Companion" (2006) director | 52 |
| "A Prairie Home Companion" director Robert | 52 |
| "A Prayer for Owen ___" (John Irving novel) | 53 |
| "A rabbi, a priest and a duck walk into ___ ..." | 58 |
| "A rabbi, a priest, and a minister walk into ___... " | 63 |
| "A revolt against fate" per André Malraux | 54 |
| "A revolution is not a bed of roses" speaker | 54 |
| "A revolution is not a dinner party" leader | 53 |
| "A revolution is not a dinner party" statesman | 56 |
| "A revolution is not a dinner party" writer | 53 |
| "A right delayed is a right denied" speaker | 53 |
| "A Room of One's Own" writer wearing a wool sweater? | 66 |
| "A Room of One's ___" (Virginia Woolf work) | 57 |
| "A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose" author | 55 |
| "A Sand County Almanac" ecologist/author __ Leopold | 61 |
| "A secret is ___" (start of a Howell quote) | 53 |
| "A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy" author | 65 |
| "A Series of Unfortunate Events" villainess ___ Squalor | 65 |