Letter A
Atkins diet credo
Anti-American request?
A not-so-young woman: Slang.
Arrow end
Arrow groove
Arrow indentation
Arrow grooves
"A very valuable American expression"—Churchill.
A romp
any of several large Old World insectivorous bats
any of the main sections of the office of matins
Act by night
Active at night
Any of 13 piano pieces by Fauré
"And giving a ___, up the chimney he rose" ("A Visit From St. Nicholas" excerpt)
A SIGN OF ASSENT OR SALUTATION OR COMMAND
A pal of Wynken
A silent bid
A way to do one's bidding
Academy Award nomination, informally
Acknowledge silently
Across-the-room signal
Act like a bobblehead
Affirm, in a way
Affirmation of a sort
Affirmative act
Affirmative gesture
Affirmative signal
Affirming gesture
Agree nonverbally
Agree quietly
Agree silently
Agree without a word
Agree without speaking
Agree wordlessly
Agree, in away
Agree, visibly
Agreement from a silent partner?
Agreement indicator
Agreement of a kind
Agreement signal
Aloof greeting.
An aye for the eye?
Approval of a kind
Approval of a sort
Approval of sorts
Approval sign
Approval, so to speak
Approve gesturally
Approve without speaking
Approving act
Approving gesture
Approving head shake
Approving motion
Assent from a silent partner?
Assent gesture
Assent of sorts
Assent silently
Assent wordlessly
Assenting sign
Auction acknowledgment
Auction agreement
Auction assent
Auction bid
Auction bid of a sort
Auction bid that doesn't require raising a paddle
Auction bid, often
Auction bid, perhaps
Auction gesture
Auction indication
Auction motion
Auction movement
Awards recognition, metaphorically
Affirmative head movement
Acknowledge from across the room
Acknowledge from afar
Acknowledge in passing
Acknowledge nonverbally
Acknowledge quietly
Acknowledge surreptitiously, maybe
Acknowledge tacitly
Acknowledge without words
Acknowledge wordlessly
Agree with silently
Agree with, tacitly
Agreed silently
Agreed, in a way
Assented silently
Assented, at an auction
Assented, in a way
Assenting nonverbally
A joint in a stem.
Abnormal enlargement
Anagram for done
Anatomical bulge
Anatomical bump
Anatomical knot
Anatomical mass
Any device in a network
any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part
"All bets are off!"
Affectionate denial
Affectionate refusal
Affectionate turndown
Anatomical knots
Astronomical intersecting points.
"Afraid that's impossible"
ACCOR
-- approval ('yes' signal)
A real smarty
Aid for all-nighters
Aid in pulling an all-nighter
Alertness aid
All-night trucker's aid
All-night-long pill
All-nighter aid
All-nighter brand
All-nighter pill
Acknowledges silently
Affirmations to pitchers
Affirmative actions added to the long across answers in this puzzle
Affirmative motions
Affirmative moves
Agreeing gestures
Agreeing motions
Agreement signs
Agrees nonverbally
Agrees quietly
Agrees silently
Agrees tacitly
Agrees via a head shake
Agrees without a word
Agrees without speaking
Agrees without words
Agrees wordlessly
Agrees, in a way
Approves quietly
Approves silently
Approving bobs
Approving gestures
Assents at Christie's
Assents noiselessly
Assents silently
Assents, in a way
Assents, visually
Auction acknowledgements
Auction actions that might indicate bids
Auction assents
Auction bids
Auction gestures
Auction-bidders' moves
Audition acceptances
Award nominations, e.g.
Acknowledges silently, perhaps
Acknowledges in passing
Acknowledges nonverbally
Acknowledges tacitly
Acknowledges with a head tilt
Acknowledges without a sound
Acknowledges wordlessly
Acknowledges wordlessly, in a way
Acknowledges, in a way
Acknowledge with a head gesture
Acknowledge with a head movement
"As if I didn't know that!"
All-too-obvious comment
A little rounded lump or swelling
Aggregations of cells
Arca de ___ (boat in la biblia)
Arche de ___ (boat in la Bible)
Ark builder, to Antonio
Ark builder, to Italians
Ark captain: var.
Ark maker in the Douay Bible
Ark man: Var.
Absence of musical ability
Absence of musical skill
An absence of musical skill
Answered in the negative.
Answered negatively.
"Adeste Fideles," e.g.
"Adeste Fideles," for one
"Angels From the Realms of Glory," e.g.
"Away in a Manger," e.g.
"Away in a Manger," for one
A Byron name.
A Coward
A memorable Coward
A number for December
A season
Acting without a partner
Actor Coward
Actor Harrison.
Actor-composer Coward
Actress Sydelle
Actress Wells
Advent air
Advent number
Advent song
Air that circulates annually
Another name for Christmas
Apt name for a Dec. 25 baby
Apt name for someone born on Christmas
Apt partner for Carol?
Auguste's Christmas
Author Behn
Author Coward
Author of "Conversation Piece."
Airs at the present time?
Airs during the holidays
Airs for December
An awful lot, informally
An infinite supply (of)
Annoy to ___
Adverse votes.
Against votes
Ayes' opposites
Apprehended only by the intellect.
"A man may see . . . with ___"
Angler's over-the-limit take?
A Sprat's dietary rule
Anti-ingredient
Apartment ad come-on
Apartment-ad phrase
Apartment-listing phrase
Attractive IRA feature
Auto design now, vis-à-vis the 1950s?
Angler's complaint
Area above the National Mall, e.g.
A sensible sort
Airline's Spartan offering
A drag
A real drag
A total drag
A snap to use
A breeze to use, in adspeak
Alcoholic egg drink
Ariz. border city
Arizona border city
Arizona border town
Arizona city across the border from a city of Sonora with the same name
Arizona city, S of Tucson.
Arizona-Mexico border cities.
A person's head
A small quantity of alcoholic drink
Aborted
Aborted launch
Aborted operation
Aborted plan
Aborted take-off
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