| The panhandler ordered ___ | 26 |
| The Pac-10's Golden Bears | 29 |
| The P.L.O.'s Mahmoud ___ | 28 |
| The P.G.A.'s Craig ___ | 26 |
| The Owls of the N.C.A.A. | 24 |
| The owl was her mascot | 22 |
| The Owl or the Pussy-cat | 24 |
| The out-of-shape photo | 22 |
| The other's mother | 22 |
| The other woman, Roman style | 28 |
| The other other other woman | 27 |
| The other half of the quote | 27 |
| The Osmonds' birthplace | 27 |
| The Oscars and Olympics, say | 28 |
| The orthopedist ordered a __ | 28 |
| The original ones were actors | 29 |
| The original Miss Saigon | 24 |
| The original Goldfinger? | 24 |
| The origin of an invention | 26 |
| The Orient Express, e.g. | 24 |
| The Orient Express was one | 26 |
| The Oregon Trail crossed it | 27 |
| The orchestra tunes to one | 26 |
| The orange variety is black | 27 |
| The orange kind is black | 24 |
| The oracle of Apollo, e.g. | 26 |
| The optometrist's place? | 28 |
| The opposite of a nail-biter | 28 |
| The opportunity to start over | 29 |
| The opening of an iris | 22 |
| The Open Boat author | 23 |
| The only three-letter element | 29 |
| The only Guns guitarist | 23 |
| The only evil, per Socrates | 27 |
| The only even prime number | 26 |
| The ones that got away? | 23 |
| The ones right in front of us | 29 |
| The ones in front of us | 23 |
| The ones born in late July | 26 |
| The one watching the chicks? | 28 |
| The one thing about an amoeba | 29 |
| The one that got away? | 22 |
| The one puppy that can read? | 28 |
| The one of fourth-and-one | 25 |
| The one in last place, e.g. | 27 |
| The one in a one-two, usually | 29 |
| The one getting toasted | 23 |
| The one assigned to a bomb? | 27 |
| The Olympics held in Antwerp | 28 |
| The Olympics are full of them | 29 |
| The Olympic rings, e.g. | 23 |
| The Olympic logo's five | 27 |
| The Olympic logo has five | 25 |
| The Olympic Australis, e.g. | 27 |
| The Olympians overthrew them | 28 |
| The oldest animated Simpson | 27 |
| The older Gershwin brother | 26 |
| The old man's old man | 25 |
| The Old Curiosity, e.g. | 23 |
| The old Boston Garden, e.g. | 27 |
| The old ball and chain? | 23 |
| The old "ould sod" | 28 |
| The olés are not for them | 28 |
| The Okefenokee and others | 25 |
| The offense or the defense | 26 |
| The offense and the defense | 27 |
| The odds are against them | 25 |
| The oceanographer started ... | 29 |
| The ocean's B-team? | 23 |
| The obstetrician had ___ | 24 |
| The oboist makes his a double | 29 |
| The Obamas' Bo, for one | 27 |
| The Obamacare rollout, e.g. | 27 |
| The O's play in it | 22 |
| The O's or A's, e.g. | 28 |
| The O'Haras' place | 26 |
| The O'Haras' home | 25 |
| The O'Haras' estate | 27 |
| The O'Hara mansion | 22 |
| The O'Hara homestead | 24 |
| The O in the NFL's T.O. | 27 |
| The O in "Jackie O" | 29 |
| The Nutmeg State: Abbr. | 23 |
| The Nutmeg State (abbr.) | 24 |
| The Nutcracker brought __ | 25 |
| The number many look out for | 28 |
| The number at left + 1 | 22 |
| The Nuge, or Uncle ___ | 22 |
| The nouveaux riches put it on | 29 |
| The notorious Ms Braun | 22 |
| The Notorious B.I.G., for one | 29 |
| The Notorious B.I.G., e.g. | 26 |
| The not-so-hokey pokey | 22 |
| The Nostra of Cosa Nostra | 25 |
| The north wind, personified | 27 |
| The normal-looking Munster | 26 |
| The non-silence of lambs | 24 |
| The Nittany Lions: Abbr. | 24 |
| The Nittany Lions' sch. | 27 |
| The ninth day before the ides | 29 |