| Persist in | 10 |
| Persist to completion | 21 |
| Persist with | 12 |
| Persisted | 9 |
| Persisted in | 12 |
| Persisted with | 14 |
| Persistence | 11 |
| Persistence of memory | 21 |
| Persistence of Memory painter | 32 |
| Persistence of memory concept | 29 |
| Persistence of memory effect | 28 |
| Persistence over resistance | 27 |
| Persistent | 10 |
| Persistent also-ran | 19 |
| Persistent annoyer | 18 |
| Persistent attack | 17 |
| Persistent attacks | 18 |
| Persistent bad luck | 19 |
| Persistent but subordinate motif | 32 |
| Persistent clinger | 18 |
| Persistent creditor | 19 |
| Persistent critic | 17 |
| Persistent critics | 18 |
| Persistent Dr. Seuss character | 30 |
| Persistent dread | 16 |
| Persistent food profferer from Seuss | 36 |
| Persistent foreboding | 21 |
| Persistent girlfriend, in tabloid headlines? | 44 |
| Persistent incitement to litigation | 35 |
| Persistent noise | 16 |
| Persistent notion | 17 |
| Persistent one | 14 |
| Persistent pain | 15 |
| Persistent pains | 16 |
| Persistent personal quirk | 25 |
| Persistent pest | 15 |
| Persistent photographers? | 25 |
| Persistent problem of a sort | 28 |
| Persistent problems | 19 |
| Persistent salesperson? | 23 |
| Persistent Seuss character | 26 |
| Persistent sleuth | 17 |
| Persistent sound | 16 |
| Persistent squeeze | 18 |
| Persistent, as a backache | 25 |
| Persistent, irritating critic | 29 |
| Persistently aggravates | 23 |
| Persistently annoy | 18 |
| Persistently annoying | 21 |
| Persistently annoying people | 28 |
| Persistently annoying sound | 27 |
| Persistently bothered | 21 |
| Persistently bothers | 20 |
| Persistently bothersome person | 30 |
| Persistently chews on | 21 |
| Persistently demand | 19 |
| Persistently harassed | 21 |
| Persistently irritate | 21 |
| Persistently opposing | 21 |
| Persistently pester journalist Blitzer? | 39 |
| Persistently pestered | 21 |
| Persistently picked on | 22 |
| Persistently taught | 19 |
| Persistently think about something | 34 |
| Persistently trouble | 20 |
| Persistently worry | 18 |
| Persistently worrying | 21 |
| Persisting | 10 |
| Persists | 8 |
| Persists doggedly | 17 |
| Persists, with "in" | 29 |
| Persists, with "on" | 29 |
| Persnickety | 11 |
| Persnickety one | 15 |
| Persnickety ones | 16 |
| Persnickety sort | 16 |
| Person | 6 |
| Person place or thing | 23 |
| Person 'twixt 12 and 20 | 27 |
| Person above criticism | 22 |
| Person above it all | 19 |
| Person after a lifestyle change, self-descriptively | 51 |
| Person against government | 25 |
| Person akin to a dumb bunny | 27 |
| Person always on the go | 23 |
| Person an errand runner may visit | 33 |
| Person answering the door, sometimes | 36 |
| Person asking too much | 22 |
| Person assisting a worship service | 34 |
| Person at a computer | 20 |
| Person at a foundation | 22 |
| Person at a PC | 14 |
| Person at a reunion | 19 |
| Person at a steering wheel with a handle? | 41 |
| Person at court | 15 |
| Person at home | 14 |
| Person at the bar | 17 |
| Person at the controls | 22 |
| Person at the end of a tug-of-war rope | 38 |
| Person at the fridge, maybe | 27 |