| Rush-hour rarity | 16 |
| Rumble or county follower | 25 |
| Right of membership | 19 |
| Relief for a commuter | 21 |
| Race goal, perhaps | 18 |
| Put in one's place? | 23 |
| Power's place | 17 |
| Position in Congress | 20 |
| Politician's goal | 26 |
| Political goal | 14 |
| Play the usher | 14 |
| Placement | 9 |
| Place on a plane | 16 |
| Place on a bus | 14 |
| Place of government | 19 |
| Place in the House | 18 |
| Place in a box? | 15 |
| Place in a parliament | 22 |
| Place for the catbird? | 22 |
| Place for a cushion | 19 |
| Pew, for one | 12 |
| Pew or stool | 12 |
| Pew or perch | 12 |
| Pew | 3 |
| Passengers' selections | 26 |
| Passenger's selection | 25 |
| Part of a chair | 15 |
| Part of a bike | 14 |
| Parliament spot | 15 |
| Parliament prize | 16 |
| Pants part that gets a lot of wear | 34 |
| One of a hundred in the Senate | 30 |
| Officeholder's office | 25 |
| NYSE sale | 9 |
| NYSE membership | 15 |
| Musical-chairs prize | 20 |
| Might get a nosebleed one | 25 |
| Might be in loge | 16 |
| Membership on Wall Street | 25 |
| Membership on the N.Y.S.E. | 26 |
| Membership on an exchange | 25 |
| Membership on a stock exchange | 30 |
| Membership of a sort | 20 |
| Membership in Congress | 22 |
| M.P.'s prized possession | 28 |
| Love or county | 14 |
| Love ___ (small sofa) | 21 |
| Lone red ___ (specially colored Fenway Park chair) | 50 |
| Locus of power | 14 |
| Legislative position | 20 |
| Lap, perhaps | 12 |
| Lap, at times | 13 |
| Item in a box | 13 |
| It's sought in Washington | 29 |
| It's sought after in Washington | 35 |
| It's probably under you now | 31 |
| It may be taken | 15 |
| It may be saved, offered or taken | 33 |
| Install in Congress | 19 |
| Insert firmly | 13 |
| In the catbird ___ | 18 |
| Hot or love follower | 20 |
| Hot or county | 13 |
| Hot or catbird | 14 |
| Home of government | 18 |
| Have space for | 14 |
| Have room for | 13 |
| Hassock, e.g. | 13 |
| Government site | 15 |
| Governing center | 16 |
| Goal of some races | 18 |
| Goal of a senatorial campaign | 29 |
| Give a chair to | 15 |
| Gentleman's offering on a crowded train, perhaps | 52 |
| Gentleman's offer on a subway | 33 |
| Fall runner's goal, perhaps | 31 |
| Establish in office | 19 |
| Election prize | 14 |
| Election goal | 13 |
| Election acquisition | 20 |
| East anagram | 12 |
| Do an usher's duty | 22 |
| Coveted spot at an S.R.O. show | 30 |
| County or rumble | 16 |
| County or Congressional | 23 |
| County follower | 15 |
| County capital | 14 |
| Concert ticket | 14 |
| Concert spot? | 13 |
| Commuter's hope | 19 |
| Center of government | 20 |
| Catbird or county | 17 |
| Catbird or banana follower | 26 |
| Catbird ____: advantageous position | 35 |
| Catbird ___ (powerful position) | 31 |
| Campaigner's goal | 21 |
| Bucket in a Buick | 17 |
| Bucket ___ | 10 |
| Broadway "score" | 26 |
| Boxoffice quest | 15 |