| Percussion instrument of the past | 33 |
| Percussion instrument struck with a mallet | 42 |
| Percussion instrument with a pedal | 34 |
| Percussion instrument with wooden bars | 38 |
| Percussion player who works for Big Blue? | 41 |
| Percy Dovetonsils portrayer on 1950s TV | 39 |
| Percy Sledge's "When ___" | 39 |
| Percy Sledge: "When ___ Loves a Woman" | 48 |
| Percy ___, inventor of the microwave oven | 41 |
| Perdita's owner in "101 Dalmatians" | 49 |
| Perennial #1 resort in Ski Magazine | 35 |
| Perennial 1950s-'60s NBA all-star | 37 |
| Perennial best seller, with "the" | 43 |
| Perennial college basketball powerhouse | 39 |
| Perennial herb or clergyman's headdress | 43 |
| Perennial hot-button political debate topic | 43 |
| Perennial N.C.A.A. hoops powerhouse | 35 |
| Perennial name on best-seller lists | 35 |
| Perennial NCAA lacrosse powerhouse | 34 |
| Perennial NL Central cellar-dwellers | 36 |
| Perennial Olympics powerhouse: Abbr. | 36 |
| Perennial presidential campaign issue | 37 |
| Perennial presidential candidate | 32 |
| Perennial presidential candidate Ralph | 38 |
| Perennial subj. of federal funding debates | 42 |
| Perennial with a purplish band from a yellow base | 49 |
| Perennially railed-against generation | 37 |
| Perennials with cup-shaped flowers | 34 |
| Perez of ''Do the Right Thing'' | 47 |
| Perez of "Do the Right Thing" | 39 |
| Perfect attendance reward, maybe | 32 |
| Perfect bowling game for Caesar? | 32 |
| Perfect Circles' emblem, funnily enough | 43 |
| Perfect diamond of 100 or more carats | 37 |
| Perfect for the tabloid headlines | 33 |
| Perfect game pitcher of May 8, 1968 | 35 |
| Perfect moment to put parsley on the plate? | 43 |
| Perfect person for silent movies | 32 |
| Perfect place that's "not a place" | 48 |
| Perfect scores, in figure skating | 33 |
| Perfect shape, in a collectibles ad | 35 |
| Perfect Sleeper mattress company | 32 |
| Perfect, as a pitcher's game | 32 |
| Perfectly fine, after an aspirin | 32 |
| Perfectly halfway from either bank | 34 |
| Perfectly healthy, to the military | 34 |
| Perfectly safe, as an investment | 32 |
| Perfecto pitcher of '56 Series | 34 |
| Perfidious clerk in "David Copperfield" | 49 |
| Perform a cabinetmaking function | 32 |
| Perform a camel spin into a double axel | 39 |
| Perform a certain driving maneuver | 34 |
| Perform a dangerous naval maneuver? | 35 |
| Perform a navigator's function | 34 |
| Perform a quarterback's function | 36 |
| Perform a routine household chore | 33 |
| Perform a sheepish hip-hop number? | 34 |
| Perform an electrician's job | 32 |
| Perform an exterminator's service | 37 |
| Perform at La Scala, palindromically | 36 |
| Perform at the top of one's game | 36 |
| Perform autopsies on bisected morays? | 37 |
| Perform brain surgery on Mr. Begley? | 36 |
| Perform community service, perhaps | 34 |
| Perform deep-tissue manipulation | 32 |
| Perform delicate surgery, in a way | 34 |
| Perform in a knightly tournament | 32 |
| Perform in the Upright Citizens Brigade, say | 44 |
| Perform musically although untrained | 36 |
| Perform on "American Idol" | 36 |
| Perform on "American Idol," e.g. | 42 |
| Perform on "Glee," perhaps | 36 |
| Perform part of a Bob Barker wish | 33 |
| Perform part of a liturgical service | 36 |
| Perform part of a morning workout, perhaps | 42 |
| Perform spinning acrobatics to music | 36 |
| Perform successfully, with "off" | 42 |
| Performance amidst a performance | 32 |
| Performance artist with a palindromic name | 42 |
| Performance by one whose career is taking off | 45 |
| Performance enhancers in the news | 33 |
| Performance in a Beach Boys hit? | 32 |
| Performance on a troupe's tour | 34 |
| Performance that takes a second? | 32 |
| Performance where several items are kept aloft | 46 |
| Performance with nearly perfect pitch? | 38 |
| Performance with two principal features | 39 |
| Performed a wedding emcee's function, perhaps | 49 |
| Performed an Inauguration Day rite | 34 |
| Performed better than Michael Phelps, say | 41 |
| Performed by Metallica at '89 Grammys | 41 |
| Performed in an a cappella group | 32 |
| Performed microsurgery on, perhaps | 34 |
| Performed on "American Idol" | 38 |
| Performed on stage (with "the boards") | 48 |
| Performed one-third of a triathlon | 34 |
| Performed really well, informally | 33 |
| Performed spectacularly, informally | 35 |
| Performed, in a Shakespeare play | 32 |
| Performer "trapped" in a box | 38 |