| 41-week best seller, 1970-71 | 28 |
| 40th president, informally | 26 |
| 40th president of the U.S. | 26 |
| 409 and 410, but not 411 | 24 |
| 401(k) spender, usually | 23 |
| 401(k) cousin, briefly | 22 |
| 401(k) alternative: Abbr. | 25 |
| 401(k) alternative, for short | 29 |
| 401(k) alternative, briefly | 27 |
| 400-pound calf, perhaps | 23 |
| 40-person baseball team | 23 |
| 40-day period of penitence | 26 |
| 40, to 10 and 8: Abbr. | 22 |
| 40, 60, 75 or 100, commonly | 27 |
| 40's-50's music | 23 |
| 40's White House name | 25 |
| 40's turning point | 22 |
| 40's arena, for short | 25 |
| 40% of what's left? | 23 |
| 40 percent of ninety-nine? | 26 |
| 40 hours, to some workers | 25 |
| 40 days and 40 nights vessel | 28 |
| 40 days and 40 nights event | 27 |
| 40 days and 40 nights craft | 27 |
| 40 days and 40 nights boat | 26 |
| 4.0 is a great one: abbr. | 25 |
| 4-point Scrabble tiles | 22 |
| 4-0 World Series win, e.g. | 26 |
| 4, usually, on the links | 24 |
| 4, on some old clock faces | 26 |
| 4, on a touchtone keypad | 24 |
| 4%, say, on a bank acct. | 24 |
| 4 x 400-meter relay, e.g. | 25 |
| 4 p.m. refreshment, perhaps | 27 |
| 4 o'clock refreshment | 25 |
| 3x5 office supply item | 22 |
| 3rd word of our anthem | 22 |
| 3rd Edge "___ Out" | 28 |
| 3:00, on a grandfather clock | 28 |
| 39.37 inches, in England | 24 |
| 39.37 inches, in Britain | 24 |
| 39.37 inches of stream? | 23 |
| 39-plus inches, in Britain | 26 |
| 39+ inches, in Britain | 22 |
| 38th parallel peninsula | 23 |
| 365-day periods, roughly | 24 |
| 365 days, over and over | 23 |
| 36-year Senator Hatch of Utah | 29 |
| 36 inches, in Aberdeen? | 23 |
| 35th wedding anniversary gift | 29 |
| 35mm camera, initially | 22 |
| 35.3-cubic-feet measures | 24 |
| 35-year funnies stalwart | 24 |
| 35-10, for Super Bowl I | 23 |
| 35 miles-per-hour runner | 24 |
| 34th president's nickname | 29 |
| 34th president of the U.S. | 26 |
| 34-year-long comic strip | 24 |
| 33rd president's monogram | 29 |
| 33-time Walker Cup winner | 25 |
| 33-time Rose Bowl sch. | 22 |
| 33 1/3, 45 or 78, briefly | 25 |
| 33 1/3 r.p.m. spinners | 22 |
| 33 1/3 and 45, for short | 24 |
| 32nd in a noted series | 22 |
| 32-time Davis Cup champ | 23 |
| 32,808 152/381-ft. footrace | 27 |
| 32 laps, in many pools | 22 |
| 315 degrees on a compass | 24 |
| 310, to a letter writer | 23 |
| 31-syllable Japanese poem | 25 |
| 31,800,000 sq. mi. of water | 27 |
| 30th wedding anniversary gift | 29 |
| 30th president, informally | 26 |
| 30th anniversary gifts | 22 |
| 300-game winner Glavine | 23 |
| 300, in Roman numerals | 22 |
| 300 to 3,000 MHz range | 22 |
| 300 to 3,000 kilohertz | 22 |
| 300 minutes past midnight | 25 |
| 30-year late-night host | 23 |
| 30-something on the BMI scale | 29 |
| 30-miles-per-hour runners | 25 |
| 30-mile-per-hour runners | 24 |
| 30-day trial versions, e.g. | 27 |
| 30-40, say, in a tennis game | 28 |
| 30's-50's Arab ruler | 28 |
| 30's singer MacDonald | 25 |
| 30's leading lady Farrell | 29 |
| 30's Interior Secretary | 27 |
| 30's home run king | 22 |
| 30's crooner Columbo | 24 |
| 30's chess champ Max | 24 |
| 30's boxing champ Max | 25 |
| 30% of the world's land | 27 |
| 30 Seconds to Mars' Jared | 29 |
| 30 Seconds to Mars Shannon | 26 |
| 30 minutes, in the NFL | 22 |
| 30 minutes, in the N.F.L. | 25 |
| 30 minutes of NFL football | 26 |