| A penny short of a dime | 23 |
| A people of east Africa | 23 |
| A pep talk may boost it | 23 |
| A Perón and a Gabor | 22 |
| A Perón or Gabor | 23 |
| A Perfect Circle's logo | 27 |
| A performer may keep one | 24 |
| A period of instruction | 23 |
| A perissodactyl, for short | 26 |
| A perp might give it to a cop | 29 |
| A perro might chase one | 23 |
| A person in it is out of it | 27 |
| A person may go off with this | 29 |
| A person who is not a doofus | 28 |
| A person ___ tastes (boor) | 26 |
| A person, to that person | 24 |
| A pet collar repels them | 24 |
| A Phillies' manager: 1987 | 29 |
| A pièce de résistance | 27 |
| A pick may be placed in it | 26 |
| A picky person may pick one | 27 |
| A picture may cover it | 22 |
| A piece of a three-piece | 24 |
| A piece of one's mind? | 26 |
| A pilot keeps it moving | 23 |
| A pilot might start it | 22 |
| A pin may go through it | 23 |
| A pinch in the kitchen | 22 |
| A pinch of SALT, briefly? | 25 |
| A pint to drown your sorrows? | 29 |
| A pirate or a choreographer | 27 |
| A piratic quack's lady? | 27 |
| A pitcher likes a low one | 25 |
| A pitcher may appear in it | 26 |
| A pitcher should keep it low | 28 |
| A pittance in Quezon City | 25 |
| A place to go in London? | 24 |
| A place to spend the night | 26 |
| A place to stay for a day | 25 |
| A placebo may be given in it | 28 |
| A plan may be put on it | 23 |
| A plane takeoff, for short | 26 |
| A plot may have many of them | 28 |
| A pluviometer measures it | 25 |
| A Plymouth colony founder | 25 |
| A pocket radio might have one | 29 |
| A point is a division of one | 28 |
| A pome made her leave home | 26 |
| A ponytail hangs over it | 24 |
| A pope who became a saint | 25 |
| A popular one is golden | 23 |
| A popular one might chart | 25 |
| A portion of land: Brit. | 24 |
| A portrayer of Charlie Chan | 27 |
| A portrayer of Dr. Kildare | 26 |
| A position of prominence | 24 |
| A positive course of action | 27 |
| A possible end to night? | 24 |
| A Powerpuff Girl, e.g. | 22 |
| A prankster may pull one | 24 |
| A predecessor of Boomer | 23 |
| A predecessor of Checkers | 25 |
| A predecessor of Holmes | 23 |
| A predecessor of Solon | 22 |
| A predecessor of Tricky Dick | 28 |
| A prelate and a playwright | 26 |
| A president and his conflict | 28 |
| A president usually has one | 27 |
| A Presidential candidate | 24 |
| A Presidential nickname | 23 |
| A pretty capable person | 23 |
| A priestess of Aphrodite | 24 |
| A prima donna has a large one | 29 |
| A prince of Simeon: I Chr. 4 | 28 |
| A prisoner may enter one | 24 |
| A product of Australia | 22 |
| A professor's duster? | 25 |
| A program usually has one | 25 |
| A proper one is capitalized | 27 |
| A proper pinata has one | 23 |
| A proper senor has one | 22 |
| A property may have one on it | 29 |
| A prospector may stake one | 26 |
| A protector of baby Zeus | 24 |
| A psychic may claim to see it | 29 |
| A psychic may read yours | 24 |
| A psychic may sense it | 22 |
| A pull on one's leg? | 24 |
| A pun is an example of ___ | 26 |
| A purebred it's not | 23 |
| A putting into circulation | 26 |
| A python's is hinged | 24 |
| A quality start can lower it | 28 |
| A quark and an antiquark | 24 |
| A queen from the U.S.A. | 23 |
| A question from Hitler | 22 |
| A question from Mrs. Browning | 29 |
| A question might do this | 24 |
| A question of aesthetics | 24 |
| A question of explanation | 25 |