| American prefix | 15 |
| American predator | 17 |
| American potato snack | 21 |
| American portraitist John Singer ___ | 36 |
| American portrait painter | 25 |
| American port below the 20th parallel | 37 |
| American port | 13 |
| American polar explorer Robert ___ | 34 |
| American poet Sara ("Strange Victory") | 48 |
| American poet Lizette | 21 |
| American poet Charles Hanson | 28 |
| American poet Angelou | 21 |
| American poet and critic: 1825–1903 | 42 |
| American poet | 13 |
| American plow pioneer | 21 |
| American plover | 15 |
| American playwright | 19 |
| American plan inclusions | 24 |
| American plan feature | 21 |
| American pit viper | 18 |
| American pioneer Daniel | 23 |
| American pioneer born 1734 | 26 |
| American Pie singer McLean | 29 |
| American physician-author | 25 |
| American photorealist Richard or Simon of opera | 47 |
| American photorealist Richard --- | 33 |
| American photographer Lewis Wickes | 34 |
| American philosopher: 1855-1916 | 31 |
| American patriot-inventor: 18th century | 39 |
| American patriot Silas | 22 |
| American patriot Nathan | 23 |
| American patriot Hale | 21 |
| American patriot Deane | 22 |
| American patriot Crispus __ | 27 |
| American patriot Allen | 22 |
| American patriot | 16 |
| American pastime | 16 |
| American painting family | 24 |
| American painters' family name | 34 |
| American painter: 1887-1986 | 27 |
| American painter of sports scenes | 33 |
| American painter George | 23 |
| American painter Albert Pinkham ___ | 35 |
| American painter | 16 |
| American PAct org. | 18 |
| American overseer: Abbr. | 24 |
| American outlaw Starr | 21 |
| American ostriches | 18 |
| American ostrich | 16 |
| American organist-composer | 26 |
| American organ | 14 |
| American org. | 13 |
| American orchid | 15 |
| American orator: 1725–83 | 31 |
| American or World follower, in school | 37 |
| American or Western follower | 28 |
| American or Western | 19 |
| American or Swiss | 17 |
| American or National | 20 |
| American or Foreign follower | 28 |
| American or Foreign | 19 |
| American or Delta route | 23 |
| American or Delta | 17 |
| American or Continental | 23 |
| American or Canadian beverages | 30 |
| American option | 15 |
| American opening | 16 |
| American of note | 16 |
| American of Japanese parents | 28 |
| American of Japanese heritage | 29 |
| American of Japanese descent | 28 |
| American of Japanese birth | 26 |
| American of Japanese ancestry | 29 |
| American novelist?film critic | 29 |
| American novelist Joyce Carol | 29 |
| American novelist Hawthorne | 27 |
| American novelist Cather | 24 |
| American novelist (1909-1955) | 29 |
| American novelist | 17 |
| American Nobel author | 21 |
| American newspaper publisher of note | 36 |
| American news execs' org. | 29 |
| American naval officer: 1806–63 | 38 |
| American naturalization test subject | 36 |
| American naturalist John | 24 |
| American naturalist and explorer William | 40 |
| American naturalist and explorer | 32 |
| American Music Institute, for short | 35 |
| American music form | 19 |
| American muralist | 17 |
| American moths | 14 |
| American morning glory | 22 |
| American mole? | 14 |
| American missile | 16 |
| American milkwort | 17 |
| American military branch: Abbr. | 31 |
| American mil. wing | 18 |
| American mil. fliers | 20 |
| American mil. branch | 20 |
| American mil. body | 18 |