| A powdery starch | 16 |
| A power of dos | 14 |
| A power of two | 14 |
| A power source | 14 |
| A Powerpuff Girl, e.g. | 22 |
| A pox on your locks | 19 |
| A practice of David | 19 |
| A practice that can't be wrong? | 35 |
| A prankster may pull one | 24 |
| A Prarie Province | 17 |
| A prayer | 8 |
| A prayer place | 14 |
| A pre-Benji star | 16 |
| A preceder of about | 19 |
| A preceder of spring | 20 |
| A precept of Inspector Clouseau | 31 |
| A predecessor of Boomer | 23 |
| A predecessor of Checkers | 25 |
| A predecessor of Holmes | 23 |
| A predecessor of six | 20 |
| A predecessor of Solon | 22 |
| A predecessor of Tricky Dick | 28 |
| A prelate and a playwright | 26 |
| A prescription drug | 19 |
| A president and his conflict | 28 |
| A president usually has one | 27 |
| A Presidential candidate | 24 |
| A Presidential nickname | 23 |
| A presidential oath? | 20 |
| A presidential power | 20 |
| A Pretorian | 11 |
| A pretty capable person | 23 |
| A Previn | 8 |
| A previous time | 15 |
| A pricey one may be made of koa wood | 36 |
| A pride of lions? | 17 |
| A priest, not a beast | 21 |
| A priestess of Aphrodite | 24 |
| A prig splits them | 18 |
| A prima donna has a large one | 29 |
| A prima donna's needs stroking | 34 |
| A primary color | 15 |
| A primary source for Scandinavian mythology | 43 |
| A prime time | 12 |
| A prince of Qatar | 17 |
| A prince of Simeon: I Chr. 4 | 28 |
| A Princetonian | 14 |
| A printing | 10 |
| A prior engagement, in socialspeak | 34 |
| A prisoner may enter one | 24 |
| A private eye might videotape one | 33 |
| A pro might shoot it | 20 |
| A problem for Kringle | 21 |
| A process everyone would like to avoid? | 39 |
| A process many would like to avoid? | 35 |
| A producer of protein | 21 |
| A product of Australia | 22 |
| A prof. may have them | 21 |
| A profane state | 15 |
| A professor's duster? | 25 |
| A program usually has one | 25 |
| A pronoun | 9 |
| A pronoun + renter's contract + eye part = ? | 48 |
| A pronoun has one | 17 |
| A propeller | 11 |
| A proper one is capitalized | 27 |
| A proper partner? | 17 |
| A proper pinata has one | 23 |
| A proper senor has one | 22 |
| A property may have one on it | 29 |
| A proportion: Abbr. | 19 |
| A prospector may stake one | 26 |
| A prospector might get a lode of it | 35 |
| A Prot. | 7 |
| A Prot. religion | 16 |
| A protector of baby Zeus | 24 |
| A protein, for short | 20 |
| A protozoan | 11 |
| A proverbial giggler | 20 |
| A proverbial septet | 19 |
| A proverbial seven | 18 |
| A province of Ecuador | 21 |
| A province of Minerva | 21 |
| A province of Panama | 20 |
| A provocation | 13 |
| A psych. test | 13 |
| A psychic may claim to see it | 29 |
| A psychic may read yours | 24 |
| A psychic may see it | 20 |
| A psychic may see one | 21 |
| A psychic may sense it | 22 |
| A pt. of speech | 15 |
| A pub. utility | 14 |
| A puck in a net | 15 |
| A pueblo dweller | 16 |
| A Pueblo Indian | 15 |
| A Pueblo people | 15 |
| A Pulitzer Prize nonfiction work: 1986 | 38 |
| A Pulitzer Prize winner in Letters: 1980 | 40 |
| A pull on one's leg? | 24 |