| "__ pasa?" | 20 |
| "__ Peach": Allman Brothers album | 43 |
| "__ Peculiar Man": Paul Simon song | 44 |
| "__ penny, pick it up ..." | 36 |
| "__ people ..." | 25 |
| "__ people call me the space cowboy ..." | 50 |
| "__ Petite" (Jackie Wilson song) | 42 |
| "__ picture paints ..." | 33 |
| "__ picture paints ...": song lyric | 45 |
| "__ Pie" | 18 |
| "__ Pierce": Kate Winslet miniseries | 46 |
| "__ pig's eye!" | 29 |
| "__ pin, pick it up . . ." | 36 |
| "__ Pinafore" | 23 |
| "__ Pinafore" (comic opera) | 37 |
| "__ pinch of ...": recipe words | 41 |
| "__ pinch of salt" | 28 |
| "__ Place" | 20 |
| "__ plaisir!" | 23 |
| "__ Planet" (UN mag) | 30 |
| "__ Plays Fats" (1955 jazz LP) | 40 |
| "__ pleasure!" | 24 |
| "__ pleasure, sure, to see one's name in print": Byron | 68 |
| "__ Plenty o' Nuttin' " | 41 |
| "__ Plenty o' Nuttin'": Gershwin song | 55 |
| "__ Plenty o' Nuttin"' | 40 |
| "__ Poetica" (Horace work) | 36 |
| "__ porridge hot . . ." | 33 |
| "__ porridge hot ..." | 31 |
| "__ Porridge Hot" | 27 |
| "__ porridge in the pot ..." | 38 |
| "__ possibility" | 26 |
| "__ pray" | 19 |
| "__ pray" (pastor's phrase) | 41 |
| "__ prize!" (hawker's exhortation) | 48 |
| "__ problem!" | 23 |
| "__ Promise You": NSYNC hit | 37 |
| "__ pronounce you . . ." | 34 |
| "__ pronounce you ..." | 32 |
| "__ put hair on your chest" | 37 |
| "__ put it another way . . ." | 39 |
| "__ put it another way ..." | 37 |
| "__ Quartet" (Paul Scott novel series) | 48 |
| "__ questions?" | 25 |
| "__ quote:" | 21 |
| "__ Radio" (O'Donnell talk show) | 46 |
| "__ Rae "(Field film) | 31 |
| "__ Rae" | 18 |
| "__ Ramsey": '70s TV Western | 42 |
| "__ Ramsey": Richard Boone TV Western | 47 |
| "__ rancheros" | 24 |
| "__ rang?" | 20 |
| "__ Rappaport": 1986 Tony winner for Best Play | 56 |
| "__ Reader" (eclectic magazine) | 41 |
| "__ Real" (Williams play) | 35 |
| "__ Really Going Out With Him?": Joe Jackson hit | 58 |
| "__ reasonable" | 25 |
| "__ Rebel": 1962 hit | 30 |
| "__ recall . . ." | 27 |
| "__ recall ..." | 25 |
| "__ recall,..." | 25 |
| "__ Remember" | 23 |
| "__ Remember" ("Fantasticks" song) | 54 |
| "__ Remember" ("Fantasticks" tune) | 54 |
| "__ Remember" (Eleanor Roosevelt book) | 48 |
| "__ Restaurant" | 25 |
| "__ return" | 21 |
| "__ Reveille" (Crosby tune) | 37 |
| "__ Rhapsody": Brahms vocal work | 42 |
| "__ Rhythm" | 21 |
| "__ Rhythm" (Gershwin song) | 37 |
| "__ Rhythm" (Gershwin tune) | 37 |
| "__ Right Thing" | 26 |
| "__ Right": Platters hit | 34 |
| "__ ripoff!" | 22 |
| "__ River": 2003 drama directed by Clint Eastwood | 59 |
| "__ Road" | 19 |
| "__ Road" (Binchy book) | 33 |
| "__ Rock" | 19 |
| "__ Rock" (Simon & Garfunkel song) | 48 |
| "__ Rock": 1966 hit | 29 |
| "__ roll!" | 20 |
| "__ Room": 2002 Jodie Foster film | 43 |
| "__ Room": former tots' TV show | 45 |
| "__ Room": old TV show for preschoolers | 49 |
| "__ Rose": "The Music Man" quartet | 54 |
| "__ Rose": "The Music Man" song | 51 |
| "__ Rosenkavalier" | 28 |
| "__ Rosenkavalier" (Strauss opera) | 44 |
| "__ Rosenkavalier": Strauss opera | 43 |
| "__ Roses": 1963 hit | 30 |
| "__ Roses": 1996 film | 31 |
| "__ Ruled the World" | 30 |
| "__ run!" | 19 |
| "__ run!": "Time for me to leave!" | 54 |
| "__ safe and warm if ...": "California Dreamin'" lyric | 78 |
| "__ said before ..." | 30 |
| "__ said it!" | 23 |
| "__ said so?" | 23 |
| "__ said!" | 20 |