| ___ potatoes (certain home fries) | 33 |
| ___ pot (sinus-cleaning apparatus) | 34 |
| ___ possidetis (as you possess, at law) | 39 |
| ___ Porter, "Ally McBeal" role | 40 |
| ___ pork (Chinese restaurant entrée) | 39 |
| ___ populi (voice of the people) | 32 |
| ___ pop, music genre since the 1980s | 36 |
| ___ Pop, 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee | 49 |
| ___ ponens (classic logical argument) | 37 |
| ___ Pompilius, legendary Roman king | 35 |
| ___ Pompilius, legendary king of Rome | 37 |
| ___ polymerase (enzyme also called transcriptase) | 49 |
| ___ Polo of "Meet the Fockers" | 40 |
| ___ pole (Native American carving) | 34 |
| ___ polar (animal del Ãrtico) | 32 |
| ___ Poke (classic caramel candy) | 32 |
| ___ pointer (lecturer's tool) | 33 |
| ___ Point Lighthouse, on Buzzards Bay | 37 |
| ___ Pogner of "Die Meistersinger" | 43 |
| ___ podrida (spicy Spanish stew) | 32 |
| ___ Po, eighth-century Chinese poet | 35 |
| ___ Plus (brand in the toiletries section) | 42 |
| ___ Plotting Raccoon (Internet meme) | 36 |
| ___ plexus (nerve network behind the stomach) | 45 |
| ___ please (does one's best) | 32 |
| ___ Plaza, former Calgary landmark name | 39 |
| ___ Plaza ("Die Hard" setting) | 40 |
| ___ play (defense against a bunt) | 33 |
| ___ platter (Polynesian menu item) | 34 |
| ___ platter (Polynesian menu choice) | 36 |
| ___ platter (order at a Polynesian restaurant) | 46 |
| ___ platter (Chinese restaurant appetizer set) | 46 |
| ___ platter (Chinese menu choice) | 33 |
| ___ platter (Asian cafe offering) | 33 |
| ___ Planet (United Nations magazine) | 36 |
| ___ plancha (grilled on a metal plate) | 38 |
| ___ plancha (cooked on a griddle) | 33 |
| ___ Place (Edmonton Oilers' arena) | 38 |
| ___ Place (companion of the Sundance Kid) | 41 |
| ___ Place (Boston's tallest building) | 41 |
| ___ Pitman, who invented shorthand | 34 |
| ___ Pitman, developer of shorthand | 34 |
| ___ pitch (former paving product) | 33 |
| ___ Pinto (Texas county or its seat) | 36 |
| ___ Pince, librarian at Hogwarts | 32 |
| ___ Pills (classic muscle-ache medication) | 42 |
| ___ Piggle-Wiggle (children's character) | 44 |
| ___ Pieces (lookalikes of M&M's) | 40 |
| ___ pieces (became discombobulated) | 35 |
| ___ Pie Island (artist commune on the Thames) | 45 |
| ___ Pictures (entertainment company) | 36 |
| ___ Pickles (youngest of the Rugrats) | 37 |
| ___ pick (part of a figure skate) | 33 |
| ___ Picchu (site of Incan ruins) | 32 |
| ___ Piao, former Chinese Communist leader | 41 |
| ___ Pi (dessert lover's fraternity?) | 40 |
| ___ phenomenon (optical illusion) | 33 |
| ___ phenomena (ESP, telepathy, etc.) | 36 |
| ___ Pet (item advertised around Christmas) | 42 |
| ___ perpetuum (let it be everlasting) | 37 |
| ___ perpetua (IdahoÂ’s motto) | 32 |
| ___ Perpetua (Idaho's motto) | 32 |
| ___ Peron, former Argentine first lady | 38 |
| ___ Peron (musical Madonna role) | 32 |
| ___ Perilous, at the Round Table | 32 |
| ___ per second (luminosity unit) | 32 |
| ___ per centimeter (surface tension measure) | 44 |
| ___ Pepper, flier in a Redford film | 35 |
| ___ penny (very common, in British lingo) | 41 |
| ___ Peninsula (where Albania is) | 32 |
| ___ Peninsula (Alaskan land off the Cook Inlet) | 47 |
| ___ Pendragon, King Arthur's father | 39 |
| ___ Pendragon (King Arthur's father) | 40 |
| ___ pectore (from the bottom of the heart) | 42 |
| ___ Pecksniff (Dickens character) | 33 |
| ___ Pearson, memorable Canadian P.M. | 36 |
| ___ Peak (Massachusetts ski resort) | 35 |
| ___ Peace Prize (award discontinued in 1990) | 44 |
| ___ peace accord (1998 agreement) | 33 |
| ___ Pea, Popeye's "adoptic infink" | 48 |
| ___ Pavlova, memorable ballerina | 32 |
| ___ Paulo (BrazilÂ’s most populous state) | 44 |
| ___ Paulo (Brazil's most populous city) | 43 |
| ___ Paul Kruger, Transvaal leader | 33 |
| ___ Pass (one way to travel across the Alps) | 44 |
| ___ Pasha, Young Turks' leader | 34 |
| ___ party (neighborhood get-together) | 37 |
| ___ particle (short-lived lepton) | 33 |
| ___ particle (electrically neutral meson) | 41 |
| ___ Parks, former "Miss America" host | 47 |
| ___ Parker, founding president of Facebook | 42 |
| ___ Parker, first president of Facebook | 39 |
| ___ Park, site of Edison's workshop | 39 |
| ___ Park, Ranger who became a Bruin | 35 |
| ___ Park, old Coney Island attraction | 37 |
| ___ Park, New York (Queens neighborhood) | 40 |
| ___ Park, New Jersey (noted invention site) | 43 |
| ___ Park, home of the San Diego Padres | 38 |
| ___ Park, home for the Pittsburgh Pirates | 41 |
| ___ Park, historic home near Philadelphia | 41 |