| Polite question | 15 |
| Polite refusal | 14 |
| Polite refusal to a lady | 24 |
| Polite refusal, in Nuremberg | 28 |
| Polite refusal, slangily | 24 |
| Polite reply | 12 |
| Polite reply from a cowboy | 26 |
| Polite reply from a ranch hand | 30 |
| Polite reply that may be accompanied by eye-rolling | 51 |
| Polite reply to a lady | 22 |
| Polite reply, briefly | 21 |
| Polite request | 14 |
| Polite request for permission | 29 |
| Polite request to a parent, maybe | 33 |
| Polite request to an assistant on a home improvement project? | 61 |
| Polite request to keep things witty? | 36 |
| Polite response | 15 |
| Polite response from a ranch hand | 33 |
| Polite response to "Thank you" | 40 |
| Polite response to a lady | 25 |
| Polite response to a woman / "You got it, lady," respectfully | 71 |
| Polite response to an invitation | 32 |
| Polite response to Mother | 25 |
| Polite RSVP reply | 17 |
| Polite rural affirmative | 24 |
| Polite rural agreement | 22 |
| Polite rural answer | 19 |
| Polite rural assent | 19 |
| Polite rural reply | 18 |
| Polite rural response | 21 |
| Polite shorthand abbr. | 22 |
| Polite speech introduction | 26 |
| Polite term for a brat | 22 |
| Polite term of address | 22 |
| Polite term used by Columbo | 27 |
| Polite thing | 12 |
| Polite title | 12 |
| Polite title: Abbr. | 19 |
| Polite turndown | 15 |
| Polite turndown for desserts | 28 |
| Polite turndown of an invitation | 32 |
| Polite way to interrupt someone | 31 |
| Polite wd. | 10 |
| Polite woman | 12 |
| Polite word | 11 |
| Polite word for a falsehood | 27 |
| Polite word for Hans | 20 |
| Polite word in a text msg. | 26 |
| Polite word in a txt | 20 |
| Polite word in Munich | 21 |
| Polite word in Palermo | 22 |
| Polite word in Potsdam | 22 |
| Polite word to a Fräulein | 28 |
| Polite word to a woman | 22 |
| Polite word to say | 18 |
| Polite word used by nice young men | 34 |
| Polite word, in text messages | 29 |
| Polite word: Abbr. | 18 |
| Polite words after "if" | 33 |
| Polite words at an entrance | 27 |
| Polite words for shut up | 24 |
| Polite words showing little interest | 36 |
| Polite yes or no follower | 25 |
| Polite, in Rome | 15 |
| Polite, old-fashioned assent | 28 |
| Polite-but-firm persuasion | 26 |
| Politely | 8 |
| Politely admitted | 17 |
| Politely decline | 16 |
| Politely disagree | 17 |
| Politely drank hot tea | 22 |
| Politely got rid of | 19 |
| Politeness | 10 |
| Politeness pundit Post | 22 |
| Politesse | 9 |
| Politic | 7 |
| Political warhorse Herb | 24 |
| Political "yellow dogs," for short | 44 |
| Political abbr. | 15 |
| Political acronym | 17 |
| Political action | 16 |
| Political activist Alan | 23 |
| Political activist James known for undercover videos | 52 |
| Political activity | 18 |
| Political advice of a sort | 26 |
| Political adviser Hughes | 24 |
| Political adviser Nofziger | 26 |
| Political adviser Richard | 25 |
| Political affiliation of DDE | 28 |
| Political affiliation of RMN | 28 |
| Political aficionado's station | 34 |
| Political agitation | 19 |
| Political agreement | 19 |
| Political alliance | 18 |
| Political alliance of 1958: Abbr. | 33 |
| Political alliances | 19 |
| Political ally who's loyal? | 31 |
| Political ammunition? | 21 |
| Political analyst Myers | 23 |
| Political analyst Rothenberg | 28 |