| Perennial '90s-'00s presidential candidate | 50 |
| Perennial "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" host | 58 |
| Perennial 1950s-'60s NBA all-star | 37 |
| Perennial basketball powerhouse | 31 |
| Perennial battleground state | 28 |
| Perennial battlers | 18 |
| Perennial battlers? | 19 |
| Perennial best seller | 21 |
| Perennial best seller, with "the" | 43 |
| Perennial best-seller | 21 |
| Perennial best-seller subjects | 30 |
| Perennial billiards champ | 25 |
| Perennial borrower | 18 |
| Perennial bulb plant | 20 |
| Perennial campaign issue | 24 |
| Perennial campaign promise | 26 |
| Perennial candidate Harold | 26 |
| Perennial cellar dweller | 24 |
| Perennial Christmas gift | 24 |
| Perennial college basketball powerhouse | 39 |
| Perennial comedian Bob | 22 |
| Perennial debate topic | 22 |
| Perennial deejay Casey | 22 |
| Perennial Detroit secret | 24 |
| Perennial failures | 18 |
| Perennial family that includes bee balm and horsemint | 53 |
| Perennial flower | 16 |
| Perennial G. I. treat | 21 |
| Perennial government concern | 28 |
| Perennial grown in marshes | 26 |
| Perennial herb | 14 |
| Perennial herb or clergyman's headdress | 43 |
| Perennial herb with florets sometimes called "ham and eggs" | 69 |
| Perennial horror film | 21 |
| Perennial hot spot | 18 |
| Perennial hot-button political debate topic | 43 |
| Perennial last-place finisher | 29 |
| Perennial last-place teams | 26 |
| Perennial loser | 15 |
| Perennial loser's comment | 29 |
| Perennial movie re-release | 26 |
| Perennial N.C.A.A. hoops powerhouse | 35 |
| Perennial N.L. leader of old | 28 |
| Perennial name on best-seller lists | 35 |
| Perennial NCAA lacrosse powerhouse | 34 |
| Perennial NL Central cellar-dwellers | 36 |
| Perennial Olympics powerhouse: Abbr. | 36 |
| Perennial Oscars staple | 23 |
| Perennial plant | 15 |
| Perennial plants | 16 |
| Perennial presidential campaign issue | 37 |
| Perennial presidential candidate | 32 |
| Perennial presidential candidate Ralph | 38 |
| Perennial question from Ferris Bueller's teacher | 52 |
| Perennial Reno winner | 21 |
| Perennial resembling a primrose | 31 |
| Perennial spring plant | 22 |
| Perennial subj. of federal funding debates | 42 |
| Perennial subject of articles | 29 |
| Perennial succulent | 19 |
| Perennial swing state | 21 |
| Perennial talk show topic | 25 |
| Perennial target of abuse | 25 |
| Perennial teenage feeling | 25 |
| Perennial trouble spot | 22 |
| Perennial TV show | 17 |
| Perennial Vegas winner | 22 |
| Perennial whose flowers are typically orange with black dots | 60 |
| Perennial with a large mouth | 28 |
| Perennial with a purplish band from a yellow base | 49 |
| Perennial with yellow flowers | 29 |
| Perennially last-place teams | 28 |
| Perennially parched | 19 |
| Perennially popular game books | 30 |
| Perennially popular tour band | 29 |
| Perennially railed-against generation | 37 |
| Perennials do this | 18 |
| Perennials with cup-shaped flowers | 34 |
| Peres of Israel | 15 |
| Peres's predecessor | 23 |
| Peretti and Schiaparelli | 24 |
| Perez Hilton fodder | 19 |
| Perez of ''Do the Right Thing'' | 47 |
| Perez of "Do the Right Thing" | 39 |
| Perez of baseball | 17 |
| Perez of film | 13 |
| Perez of the Cardinals | 22 |
| Perez or O'Donnell | 22 |
| Perez PradoÂ’s music | 23 |
| Perez stat. | 11 |
| Perez with a nasally voice | 26 |
| Perfboard insert | 16 |
| Perfboard partner | 17 |
| Perfect | 7 |
| Perfect on Apollo | 21 |
| Perfect to a gymnast | 21 |
| Perfect 10, perhaps | 19 |
| Perfect abode | 13 |
| Perfect accord | 14 |
| Perfect agreement | 17 |