| ___ admiral (rank above captain) | 32 |
| ___ Aduba of "Orange Is the New Black" | 48 |
| ___ Affair (Civil War imbroglio) | 32 |
| ___ Affair (Civil War incident of 1861) | 39 |
| ___ Affair: 1798-1800 France/USA dispute | 40 |
| ___ Aficionado (smoker's mag) | 33 |
| ___ again (Trivial Pursuit space) | 33 |
| ___ against Day-Lewis (what the 2007 Oscars did) | 48 |
| ___ Aigner, noted designer of shoes and handbags | 48 |
| ___ Aigner, popular maker of shoes and handbags | 47 |
| ___ Ailey American Dance Theater | 32 |
| ___ Air ('90s sitcom setting) | 33 |
| ___ Air (90's sitcom setting) | 33 |
| ___ Al Ghul ("Batman Begins" villain) | 47 |
| ___ al-Fayed, companion of Princess Diana | 41 |
| ___ al-Fayed, friend of Princess Diana | 38 |
| ___ al-Khaimah (one of the United Arab Emirates) | 48 |
| ___ al-Rashid of "Arabian Nights" | 43 |
| ___ Alaska (dessert with cake and ice cream) | 44 |
| ___ alba (clay used to make pipes) | 34 |
| ___ alba (gypsum used in paper making) | 38 |
| ___ Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) | 34 |
| ___ Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, once) | 40 |
| ___ Alcindor, aka Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 37 |
| ___ alcohol (cosmetics emollient) | 33 |
| ___ Ale (bootleg booze in "Star Trek") | 48 |
| ___ Alert (child abduction bulletin) | 36 |
| ___ Alex (2005 Preakness and Belmont winner) | 44 |
| ___ Alexander (Hall-of-Fame pitcher) | 36 |
| ___ Ali, Afghan emir: 1863–78 | 36 |
| ___ Allah, Iranian religious leader | 35 |
| ___ Allen ("American Idol" winner) | 44 |
| ___ Alliance (Princess Leia's group) | 40 |
| ___ Allison, colleague of puppeteer Tillstrom | 45 |
| ___ Alpert & the Tijuana Brass | 34 |
| ___ America (Chicago-based superstation) | 40 |
| ___ Ames (California research center) | 37 |
| ___ Amiens (First Crusade preacher) | 35 |
| ___ Amin in "The Last King of Scotland" | 49 |
| ___ Amin, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem | 34 |
| ___ an egg (flopped on Broadway) | 32 |
| ___ an independent (campaigned, in a way) | 41 |
| ___ Ana (Las Cruces's county) | 33 |
| ___ analysis (branch of calculus) | 33 |
| ___ anchor (stay put, nautically) | 33 |
| ___ and cart (Cockney slang for "fart") | 49 |
| ___ and dash (stiff a restaurant) | 33 |
| ___ and Daxter (video game series) | 34 |
| ___ and DON'Ts ("Vice" feature) | 45 |
| ___ and Driver (popular magazine) | 33 |
| ___ and Him (Zooey Deschanel's band) | 40 |
| ___ and hounds (outdoor game for kids) | 38 |
| ___ and Jack (children's clothing brand) | 44 |
| ___ and Jaron (identical-twins pop duo) | 39 |
| ___ and Literature (Trivial Pursuit category) | 45 |
| ___ and Novak (old news partnership) | 36 |
| ___ and Span (household cleanser) | 33 |
| ___ and Span (popular cleaning supply brand) | 44 |
| ___ and Steve (variation on a biblical pair) | 44 |
| ___ and terminer (criminal court) | 33 |
| ___ and terminer (hearing or trial) | 35 |
| ___ and terminer (high criminal court) | 38 |
| ___ and the Dragon (Apocryphal book) | 36 |
| ___ and the Dragon (book of the Apocrypha) | 42 |
| ___ and the Issas (former French territory) | 43 |
| ___ and Thummim (sacred Judaic objects) | 39 |
| ___ and Thummin (Judaic objects) | 32 |
| ___ and Tobago, republic since 1976 | 35 |
| ___ Anderson of TV's "Baywatch" | 45 |
| ___ Anderson, Hemingway character | 33 |
| ___ Anderson, Super Bowl XXV M.V.P. | 35 |
| ___ Anderson, Tigers' manager | 33 |
| ___ Andric, 1961 Literature Nobelist | 36 |
| ___ Andric, Nobelist in Literature: 1961 | 40 |
| ___ Andronicus (Shakespeare's mad general) | 46 |
| ___ Andy ("Show Boat" role) | 37 |
| ___ Andy of "Show Boat" | 33 |
| ___ Angiolini (women's shoe brand) | 38 |
| ___ Anne's (popular pretzel purveyor) | 41 |
| ___ Annie ("Oklahoma!" character) | 43 |
| ___ Annie ("Oklahoma!" role) | 38 |
| ___ Annie in "Oklahoma!" | 34 |
| ___ Annie of "Oklahoma!" | 34 |
| ___ Annie, in "Oklahoma!" | 35 |
| ___ Annie, of "Oklahoma!" | 35 |
| ___ Antilles (St. Croix's island group) | 43 |
| ___ Antilles (Virgin Islands group) | 35 |
| ___ Antilles (Virgin Islands' group) | 40 |
| ___ Ape (purple cartoon gorilla) | 32 |
| ___ ape (tailless monkey of Gibraltar) | 38 |
| ___ Appia (water conduit of ancient Rome) | 41 |
| ___ Aquarids (May meteor shower) | 32 |
| ___ Aquarium (Chicago attraction) | 33 |
| ___ Arbor (University of Michigan locale) | 41 |
| ___ Arbus, memorable photographer | 33 |
| ___ Archer, with whom Sam Spade had an affair | 45 |
| ___ Archipelago (network of prisons) | 36 |
| ___ Arden, Flash Gordon companion | 33 |
| ___ Arena (home court of the Washington Bullets) | 48 |
| ___ Arena (home of the Carolina Hurricanes) | 43 |