| Parent cell | 11 |
| Parent company of Alpo, Friskies and Fancy Feast | 48 |
| Parent company of AmeriSuites | 29 |
| Parent company of Armour and Renuzit | 36 |
| Parent company of Blue Note Records | 35 |
| Parent company of Capitol Records | 33 |
| Parent company of half.com | 26 |
| Parent company of Jimmy Dean and Wonderbra | 42 |
| Parent company of Klondike and Ben and Jerry's | 50 |
| Parent company of Lotus | 23 |
| Parent company of Oscar Mayer | 29 |
| Parent company of PayPal | 24 |
| Parent company of Popsicle and Skippy | 37 |
| Parent company of Reebok | 24 |
| Parent company of Rolls-Royce | 29 |
| Parent company of Shopping.com | 30 |
| Parent company of Virgin Records | 32 |
| Parent company of Yves Saint Laurent | 36 |
| Parent company? | 15 |
| Parent identifier | 17 |
| Parent in old Rome | 18 |
| Parent in the wings | 19 |
| Parent in the wings, perhaps | 28 |
| Parent of a college-aged kid | 28 |
| Parent of a sec. | 16 |
| Parent of Ameritech, Nynex, etc. | 32 |
| Parent of college kids, perhaps | 31 |
| Parent of Mack Trucks | 21 |
| Parent of Maserati and Ferrari | 30 |
| Parent of N.B.C. | 16 |
| Parent of Playtex and Hanes | 27 |
| Parent of romance languages | 27 |
| Parent of your kid's cuz | 28 |
| Parent on a set | 15 |
| Parent or guardian | 18 |
| Parent or scared horse | 22 |
| Parent org. of N.B.C. | 21 |
| Parent org. of the Counterterrorism Center | 42 |
| Parent paired up with guitarist Frank? | 38 |
| Parent sharer | 13 |
| Parent sharer, briefly | 22 |
| Parent sharer, informally | 25 |
| Parent sharers | 14 |
| Parent team of the Louisville Bats | 34 |
| Parent to Philippe | 18 |
| Parent who can pass on an X or Y chromosome | 43 |
| Parent who minds how her kid acts? | 34 |
| Parent who raises cane? | 23 |
| Parent who supports a family without help | 41 |
| Parent whose kids have moved out | 32 |
| Parent with a drawl? | 20 |
| Parent without a partner | 24 |
| Parent's "please" evoker | 38 |
| Parent's admonishment | 25 |
| Parent's admonishment, Part 1 | 33 |
| Parent's after-supper request | 33 |
| Parent's armful | 19 |
| Parent's authoritarian explanation | 38 |
| Parent's before-supper request | 34 |
| Parent's bro | 16 |
| Parent's challenge | 22 |
| Parent's challenge, perhaps | 31 |
| Parent's challenge, sometimes | 33 |
| Parent's challenge, stereotypically | 39 |
| Parent's contribution | 25 |
| Parent's cry after a finished meal | 38 |
| Parent's declaration | 24 |
| Parent's demand | 19 |
| Parent's diner order? | 25 |
| Parent's dream? | 19 |
| Parent's employee | 21 |
| Parent's explanation, perhaps | 33 |
| Parent's greeting | 21 |
| Parent's handful | 20 |
| Parent's helper | 19 |
| Parent's hermano | 20 |
| Parent's mom, informally | 28 |
| Parent's morning request | 28 |
| Parent's nickname | 21 |
| Parent's order | 18 |
| Parent's peremptory "reason" | 42 |
| Parent's performance | 24 |
| Parent's ploy | 17 |
| Parent's reason | 19 |
| Parent's reason, with "because" | 45 |
| Parent's reminder | 21 |
| Parent's request | 20 |
| Parent's ruse to hush noisy kids | 36 |
| Parent's sisters | 20 |
| Parent's status, perhaps | 28 |
| Parent's stern order | 24 |
| Parent's temporary replacement | 34 |
| Parent's ultimatum | 22 |
| Parent's warning | 20 |
| Parent's word | 17 |
| Parent's words after ''because'' | 52 |
| Parent's words of warning | 29 |
| Parent's words of warning or encouragement | 46 |
| Parent, after birth | 19 |
| Parent, at times | 16 |