| Proposed state of 1849 that was not granted admission to the Union | 66 |
| Proprietor of Hooper's Store on "Sesame Street" | 61 |
| Props used in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" | 56 |
| Prospect that might evoke "We'd be delighted!" | 60 |
| Prostitute's client who loads trucks in his spare time? | 59 |
| Protagonist in David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest" | 67 |
| Protagonist in Kerouac's "On the Road" | 52 |
| Protagonist of the story in "The Neverending Story" | 61 |
| Protagonist who does not kill orcs after sundown on the Sabbath? | 64 |
| Protect the "Kiss From a Rose" singer from the cops? | 62 |
| Protective cover that's found in an "Ave Maria" phrase? | 69 |
| Protective covering rolled out at a seafood restaurant? | 55 |
| Protest activity for ANWR drilling proponents against EPA officials? | 68 |
| Protest activity for PETA members against Tyson Foods? | 54 |
| Protest against squished conditions inside easter candy packaging? | 66 |
| Proton feature? Favorable use of plastic? Whatever! I'm a PC | 64 |
| Protoplasmic mass that's neither fungus nor animal | 54 |
| Proud academic achievement of football star Esiason? | 52 |
| Proud parent's comment when Junior calculates 2 x 2 x 2? | 60 |
| Proust's ''A la recherche du temps ___'' | 60 |
| Proust's "A la Recherche du Temps _____" | 54 |
| Proust's "Ë la Recherche du Temps ___" | 56 |
| Proust's "À la Recherche du ___ Perdu" | 56 |
| Proverbially, those too busy to provide their kids with footwear | 64 |
| Provide recon, and another hint to this puzzle's long answers | 65 |
| Provider of roughly a third of all international phone traffic | 62 |
| Providing a racy sight gag in a coming-of-age movie, e.g. | 57 |
| Providing of questions for answers on "Jeopardy!," e.g. | 65 |
| Pseudonym for Norma McCorvey, in a landmark 1972 case | 53 |
| Pseudonym of an 1800s French feminist noted for scandalous behavior | 67 |
| Pseudonymous author of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" | 65 |
| Pseudonymous plaintiff in a landmark 1973 Supreme Court opinion | 63 |
| Psychedelic Furs "The radio stops and nobody moves ___" | 65 |
| Psychiatric discipline pioneered by Margaret Naumburg | 53 |
| Psychiatrist who coined the term "collective unconscious" | 67 |
| Psychiatrist who coined the term "inferiority complex" | 64 |
| Psychoanalyst Erich who was a notable critic of Freud | 53 |
| Psychologist Abraham known for his "hierarchy of needs" | 65 |
| Psychologist Jean known for his theory of cognitive development | 63 |
| Psychotic "Kitchen Nightmares" restaurateur Bouzaglo | 62 |
| PTA's concern found in all three theme answers (abbr.) | 58 |
| Ptolemy believed the Mountains of the Moon was its source | 57 |
| Pub purchases, and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters | 62 |
| Pub souvenir inscribed with "You've Got Ale!" | 59 |
| Public transportation to New York's Yankee Stadium | 54 |
| Public tribute to a former veep on his silver anniversary? | 58 |
| Publication featuring "Accounts in Review" | 52 |
| Publication that is the key to this puzzle's theme | 54 |
| Publicist covers my group's bakery container (5, 4) | 55 |
| Publicity photo from the film "Tombstone"? | 52 |
| Publicly traded investment company with a limited number of shares | 66 |
| Publisher and "What's My Line?" panelist | 54 |
| Publisher of the most widely read magazine in the U.S. | 54 |
| Publisher who was the inspiration for "Citizen Kane" | 62 |
| Publisher whose Boeing 727 was named Capitalist Tool | 52 |
| Publisher whose second and third children were born 35 years apart | 66 |
| Publisher Zuckerman's book about weapons negotiations? | 58 |
| Publishing magnate with a famous mansion, familiarly | 52 |
| Puccini opera with the aria "Vissi d'arte" | 56 |
| Puccini's "O Mimi, tu più non torni" e.g. | 58 |
| Puchase at "Ollivanders" in the Harry Potter series | 61 |
| Puerto Rican city that shares its name with an explorer | 55 |
| Pulitzer Prize author of "In This Our Life" | 53 |
| Pulitzer Prize winner William for the play "Picnic" | 61 |
| Pulitzer winner for "A Death in the Family" | 53 |
| Pulitzer winner for "A Delicate Balance," 1967 | 56 |
| Pulitzer winner for "John Brown's Body" | 53 |
| Pulitzer winner for "Russia Leaves the War" | 53 |
| Pulitzer winner for "Tales of the South Pacific" | 58 |
| Pulitzer winner for "The Optimist's Daughter" | 59 |
| Pulitzer-winning Bernard Malamud novel, with "The" | 60 |
| Pulitzer-winning composer of the opera "The Consul" | 61 |
| Pull out of thin air, seemingly, with "up" | 52 |
| Pulling an agent off a case and putting them on another one, say | 64 |
| Pulp comic that transformed Nick Fury into a super-spy | 54 |
| Pulp fiction cliché meaning "Look for the woman" | 61 |
| Pulver title in ''Mister Roberts'' (Abbr.) | 58 |
| Pulver's rank in "Mister Roberts": Abbr. | 54 |
| Pumpkins lyric "Pop ___, what's our mission?" | 59 |
| Punishment of having to wear a paper sign on your back? | 55 |
| Punjab's associate in "Little Orphan Annie" | 57 |
| Punk rock band who coined the term "straight edge movement" | 69 |
| Punk rock band whose most famous song is a prayer to the Virgin Mary | 68 |
| Punk rock legend known as "The Queen of Shock Rock" | 61 |
| Punny answer to ''Why are birds so noisy?'' | 59 |
| Punny pianist who promoted "phonetic punctuation" | 59 |
| Punxsutawney groundhog, sick of the same damn routine every year? | 65 |
| Purchases for hipsters who think MP3s sound like crap | 53 |
| Purple-haired author of "My Gorgeous Life" | 52 |
| Purple-haired star of "The Royal Tour" on Broadway | 60 |
| Pursued an academic specialty (with ''in'') | 59 |
| Pursuit of Happiness hit "I'm an ____Now" | 55 |
| Purveyor of Londoners' "telly" programs | 53 |
| Put a Starbucks in each of Edward Hopper's paintings, say | 61 |
| Put an "X" where you want to cut the cord? | 52 |
| Put an H in front of it to make something you can do with it | 60 |
| Put more pressure (on) ... or a title for this puzzle? | 54 |
| Put your head down, try this, and you'll breathe easy | 57 |
| Putting 7:00 on the invite, but not actually getting home until 7:30? | 69 |
| Puzzle that may go from "hard" to "easy" | 60 |