| A play by Euripides | 19 |
| A play for time | 15 |
| A play may have one | 19 |
| A play might be seen better with this | 37 |
| A play on words | 15 |
| A player may land one | 21 |
| A player might be cut after one | 31 |
| A player, perhaps | 17 |
| A playground pair? | 18 |
| A plea at sea | 13 |
| A pledging document | 19 |
| A plethora | 10 |
| A Pliny | 7 |
| A plot may have many of them | 28 |
| A plow inventor | 15 |
| A plum | 6 |
| A plum brandy | 13 |
| A Plummer from N.Y.C. | 21 |
| A plus | 6 |
| A plus, definitely | 18 |
| A pluviometer measures it | 25 |
| A Plymouth colony founder | 25 |
| A pocket radio might have one | 29 |
| A pocketful, in rhyme | 21 |
| A pod of _____ | 14 |
| A poem like this / Of 17 syllables / Split 5-7-5 | 48 |
| A poet laureate of Byron's day | 34 |
| A poetic foot | 13 |
| A poetic Moore | 14 |
| A point ahead | 13 |
| A point away from losing serve | 30 |
| A point in Mexico | 17 |
| A point in space | 16 |
| A point is a division of one | 28 |
| A point of writing | 18 |
| A Pointer sister | 16 |
| A poison in Potsdam | 19 |
| A poison: Comb. form | 20 |
| A poisonous plant | 17 |
| A poker hand | 12 |
| A polar bear might be found on one | 34 |
| A polarizing filter reduces it | 30 |
| A police car may get one: Abbr. | 31 |
| A police officer may ask for it | 31 |
| A policeman's isn't happy | 33 |
| A policy expert, say | 20 |
| A polishing powder | 18 |
| A polite dismissal | 18 |
| A political position | 20 |
| A pollutant | 11 |
| A Polo | 6 |
| A polyhedron | 12 |
| A Polynesian language | 21 |
| A Polynesian tongue | 19 |
| A pome caused her to leave home | 31 |
| A pome made her leave home | 26 |
| A Ponderosa son | 15 |
| A pongid | 8 |
| A pony, perhaps | 15 |
| A ponytail hangs over it | 24 |
| A Pooh companion | 16 |
| A pop | 5 |
| A pop group might have one on Facebook | 38 |
| A pop, say | 10 |
| A pop-up has one | 16 |
| A pop? | 6 |
| A pope in Charlemagne's day | 31 |
| A pope may lead it | 18 |
| A pope who became a saint | 25 |
| A poplar | 8 |
| A popular one is "In your face!" | 42 |
| A popular one is golden | 23 |
| A popular one is modeled after the Winchester rifle | 51 |
| A popular one might chart | 25 |
| A popular Perón | 18 |
| A popular way to cook | 21 |
| A porgy | 7 |
| A portion | 9 |
| A portion (of) | 14 |
| A portion of | 12 |
| A portion of land: Brit. | 24 |
| A portmanteau word | 18 |
| A portrayer of Charlie Chan | 27 |
| A portrayer of Dr. Kildare | 26 |
| A position of prominence | 24 |
| A positive course of action | 27 |
| A positive word | 15 |
| A possessive | 12 |
| A possible answer to the riddle | 31 |
| A possible end to night? | 24 |
| A possible title for this puzzle | 32 |
| A postal service | 16 |
| A poster may have one | 21 |
| A potable | 9 |
| A pound has 100 | 15 |
| A POUND here . . . | 18 |
| A pound of Turkey? | 18 |
| A pound, in Soho | 16 |
| A powder | 8 |
| A powdered blue glass | 21 |