Letter A
According to, formally
Armed conflict between nations
___ a free country.
___ a homer!
___ a shame!
Announcement on a blue balloon
Announcement that explains the surprise arrival to every starred clue's answer
Appointment confirmation
Appointment-confirming words
"Agreed!" ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues
Agreement words
Announcement provoked by an ultrasound
"A-O.K. for launch!"
"A-OK to launch"
Ad for the movie "10"?
Alanis Morissette "___ your fault"
Appropriate comment for this puzzle
Admission after accusations
Awed one's cry
"Against all odds!"
... and Men At Work sang ...
Alleged perp's denial
Acceptance speech cliché
"Afraid that ain't happening"
Accused's outraged cry
"___ assumption" (pretty sure)
All Saints "I Know Where ___"
Announcement before overtime starts
Ackbar's oft-quoted "Return of the Jedi" line
"And I quote from this book ..."
"And look you, here's your letter; this ___" (Shakespeare)
Apt Facebook status for this puzzle's subject
AI field
"As far as I can tell . . ."
"A house divided against ___ cannot stand"
A law unto --
An end in _____
"All good, no worries"
An expression meaning something is trivial or worthless
Announcer's cry after a field goal
August gripe
Awkward (though grammatical) answer to "Who's there?"
Answer to "How can I tell if he loves me so?" in "The Shoop Shoop Song"
"Are You There God? ___, Margaret"
Announcement at the door
Announcement confirmed by the speaker's voice
Announcement from an invisible friend?
Announcement made at a front door
Announcement made with a knock
Answer at a door
Answer at the door
Answer from a knocker
Answer from behind a closed door
Answer from behind a door
Answer you wouldn't give to a stranger
Apologetic remark during a breakup
Arrival's declaration
Announcement at the track meet?
Agatha Christie quote on writer's cramp
"At Honda because __"
"At your leisure!"
Author Graham's lament?
". . . and I am being so serious"
"As if wishing will make __"
Alternative to "Don't worry"
Announcer's reaction to a fumble
Ambiguous SNL character portrayed by Julia Sweeney
Androgynous "S.N.L." skit turned into a 1994 movie
Apathetic weather report?
"A pity, really"
"Annie" classic
"Ain't no doubt about that!"
"And look ahead."
Amazed remark after seeing someone's doppelgänger
Aid in avoiding viruses
Adjective for a yellow polka dot bikini
arachnid small
"Ain't nobody else getting punished for this, pal!"
"Addams Family "cousin
"Addams Family" member Cousin ___
Abbreviation akin to RCA.
Acronymic defense contractor
Addams Family member whose Spanish name is "Tio Eso"
Addams Family relative
Addams cousin
Addams family member whose name sounds like a pronoun
Addams hairy cousin
Addams member
Addams-family cousin
Addamses' hairy cousin
Antitrust suit defendant of the '70s
"Ain't ___ truth?"
Actress in a Size 0 dress?
An A. F. of L. union.
Apple's former digital music platform
App source
App whose button features a double eighth
Apple Music platform
Apple Music precursor
Apple Music predecessor
Apple Music's predecessor
Apple app
Apple app source
Apple media player
Apple music app
Apple music manager
Apple music product that was originally called "SoundJam" (crisis averted)
Apple music service
Apple music source
Apple product with a "Genius" feature
Apple program released in 2001
Apple service
Apple's "home to everything that entertains you"
Apple's all-in-one music player
Apple's music store
Apple program that features free educational lectures
Ate___: enjoyed
Are you still stocking caps?
"A Tale of Two Cities" opening
"Ah! Bitter chill ___."
"__ a dark and stormy night . . ."
"__ an accident!"
"___ a Good Day" (Ice Cube hit)
"___ a Very Good Year," Sinatra hit
"___ a dark and stormy night ...": 2 wds.
"___ a lover and his lass . . . "
"___ all a dream!"
"_____ a Very Good Year"
"_____ a dark and stormy .. ."
Answer to kids' riddle
A more-than-decent review summary
As ___ (so to speak)
A machine is officially dead when ...
Annoyed + 2 = "Success!"
"All fixed!"
Abnormal ending?
Authentic ending?
AEDON, victim of
Alternative to a diaphragm
Alternative to the pill, briefly
Alternative to the pill, for short
Alternative to the pill, in brief
Alternatives to the pill
Alternatives to vaginal rings and MPA shots
ASCANIUS
Archer's wife in "The Maltese Falcon"
___ Archer, with whom Sam Spade had an affair
Anc. Assyrian city.
Assyrian city of Biblical times.
"A Life for the Tsar" hero Susanin
A "terrible" czar
A Karamazov
A czar
A first name in Orel
A foe of Rocky
A grand duke of Muscovy
A tsar
AFRICAN artist
Abdul the Bul Bul's opponent.
Abdul the Bulbul's rival
Abdul's rival.
Actor Dixon
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's "One Day in the Life of ___ Denisovich"
All-Star catcher Rodriguez
Any Russian soldier
Any of several Russian czars
Any of six Russian monarchs
Any of six Russian rulers
As a czar, he was terrible
Author Turgenev
Author Turgenev’s first name
A Donald Trump ex
A Mrs. Trump
A Trump
A Trump ex
A Trump wife
A former Mrs. Trump
A former Trump
An ex of Donald
An ex of Donald's
An ex of The Donald
An ex-Mrs. Trump
An ex-Trump
Athelstane's romantic rival
Argentine Ambassador to U. S.
A k a the Terrible
Assistant to Donald
"All These Things That ___ Done" (The Killers song)
"All ___ Got to Do" (Beatles song)
"All these squandered years ... woe is me!" *sob sob*
"__ a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"
"___ about had it up to here!"
"___ already said too much"
Act addition?
Act or combat ending?
Altered my ways, as a person might say
"___ a Crush on You"
Arlen's perennial song hit.
...a pushy waiter?
Announcement from a recent arrival by plane
Allen of the Denver Nuggets
Allen of the N.B.A.
Allen whose #3 was retired by the 76ers
"A Holly Jolly Christmas" singer Burl
"A Little Bitty Tear" hit maker, 1962
"A Little Bitty Tear" hitmaker, 1962
"A Little Bitty Tear" singer
"A Little Bitty Tear" singer Burl
"As I was going to St. ___, I met a man with seven wives"
A 1958 Oscar winner
Actor Brul
Actor Burl
Actor Burl or composer Charles
Actor Burt.
Actor and ballad singer.
Actor in "Hot Tin Roof."
Actor-singer Burl
Adlai's sister's married name.
Alice Emma ___, "The Brooklyn Handicap" playwright
American composer Charles
American composer in modern idiom.
American composer is overlooking intro
American composer who pioneered in polytonality
American composer: 1874-1954
American folk singer.
American lithographer
Artist mentioned in the lyrics of "Sleigh Ride"
Avant-garde U.S. composer
"At the risk of repeating myself ..."
Actress Judith
Actress Judith from El Paso
Actress Judith of "The Devil's Advocate"
Actress Judith or Dana
Alabama governor Kay
Acting Dana and Judith
Acting sisters Judith and Dana
Actresses Dana and Judith
Actresses Judith and Dana
Alabama governor Kay and poker star Phil, for two
Abbr. in reproductive health
Assisted pregnancy procedure, for short
Assisted reproductive procedure: Abbr.
Assisted reproductive technology method
Anderson who sang with Duke Ellington
Anderson who sang with Ellington
Academia metaphor
Academic metaphor
Academia's "Ancient Eight"
Arbor growth
Arbor growths
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