| Playground's climbing device | 32 |
| Playing a fourth NHL period, say | 32 |
| Playing an extra NBA period, say | 32 |
| Playing an extra period, briefly | 32 |
| Playing areas for Padres et al.? | 32 |
| Playing card for a fortuneteller | 32 |
| Playing card that has the most pips | 35 |
| Playing in someone else's stadium | 37 |
| Playing longer than expected, for short | 39 |
| Playing loudly, like a group of trumpets | 40 |
| Playing notes on certain musical instruments | 44 |
| Playing out all one's cards? | 32 |
| Playing pieces in the game of Go | 32 |
| Playing surface for World Cup participants | 42 |
| Playing the ___ (improvised verbal contest) | 43 |
| Playing to someone's vanity, maybe | 38 |
| Playing two cellos at once, maybe? | 34 |
| Playing will a full deck, so to speak | 37 |
| Playmate of Tinky Winky, Dipsy and Po | 37 |
| Playroom toy endorsed by a Beastie Boy? | 39 |
| Plays "Wheel of Fortune" | 34 |
| Plays a campus prank on, informally | 35 |
| Plays a Halloween prank on, informally | 38 |
| Plays a hole to its "quota," say | 42 |
| Plays a sophomoric prank on, informally | 39 |
| Plays after some snaps, in brief | 32 |
| Plays another game of Jenga, say | 32 |
| Plays April Fools on, in Krakow? | 32 |
| Plays fast and loose with, as data | 34 |
| Plays resulting in yardage losses | 33 |
| Plays with one's thumbs, in a way | 37 |
| Plays with something, as a kitten might | 39 |
| Playskool's Rocktivity products, e.g. | 41 |
| PlayStation devotee's mantra? | 33 |
| Plaything named for the 26th President | 38 |
| Playthings / Electronics companies merge? | 41 |
| Playthings used as tribal emblems? | 34 |
| Playwright Akins ("The Old Maid") | 43 |
| Playwright Akins and Tony winner Caldwell | 41 |
| Playwright and philosopher who advised Nero | 43 |
| Playwright and screenwriter Clifford | 36 |
| Playwright Christopher's family | 35 |
| Playwright Connelly: 1890–1981 | 37 |
| Playwright Edward who won three Pulitzers | 41 |
| Playwright Gilroy's "subject" | 43 |
| Playwright Jason Miller's father-in-law | 43 |
| Playwright Moss's orchestral section? | 41 |
| Playwright Pagnol: 1895–1974 | 35 |
| Playwright Peter of "Equus" | 37 |
| Playwright Peter who wrote “Marat/Sade” | 47 |
| Playwright satirized in "Patience" | 44 |
| Playwright Sean in a softball game? | 35 |
| Playwright Sir Arthur ___ Pinero | 32 |
| Playwright some theorize was actually Shakespeare | 49 |
| Playwright who became a president | 33 |
| Playwright who co-founded the Abbey Theatre | 43 |
| Playwright who co-wrote with Kaufman | 36 |
| Playwright who coined the word "robot" | 48 |
| Playwright who created the character Lothario | 45 |
| Playwright who died on May 23, 1906 | 35 |
| Playwright who favored heartland locales | 40 |
| Playwright who penned "Picnic" | 40 |
| Playwright who's afraid of Christmas? | 41 |
| Playwright whose pastime is making flour? | 41 |
| Playwright William and infielder Brandon | 40 |
| Playwright with the 2009 play "Race" | 46 |
| Playwright's "moment of truth" | 44 |
| Playwright's cayuse emporium | 32 |
| Playwright's favorite literature | 36 |
| Playwright-actor consumes a vegetable | 37 |
| Playwrights' "innings" | 36 |
| Plaza brat, in children's lit | 33 |
| Plaza de la Raza location, for short | 36 |
| Plaza de la Revolución locale | 32 |
| Plaza de la Revolución setting | 33 |
| Plaza girl created by Kay Thompson | 34 |
| Plaza Hotel dweller of kiddie lit | 33 |
| Plaza Hotel dweller of kids' books | 38 |
| Plaza Hotel heroine of kiddie lit | 33 |
| Plea after "Don't leave me!" | 42 |
| Plea from an artistic little girl? | 34 |
| Plea from the Human League, 1982 | 32 |
| Plea from those in witness protection? | 38 |
| Plea from Tommy, the pinball wizard | 35 |
| Plea made with one's hands up | 33 |
| Plea to avoid bankruptcy from 1983 to 1986 | 42 |
| Plea to Lassie in a 1943 film title | 35 |
| Plead for compassionate treatment | 33 |
| Plead with one's frontier buddy? | 36 |
| Pleading in response to a complaint (abbr.) | 43 |
| Pleasant feeling, in reggae songs | 33 |
| Pleasant position, from a Marlowe poem | 38 |
| Pleasant sight at a supermarket checkout | 40 |
| Pleasurable pursuit (1 Thessalonians 1:3) | 41 |
| Pleasure craft loaded with Charmin? | 35 |
| Pleasure yourself after a Brazilian? | 36 |
| Pleasure-associated neurotransmitter | 36 |
| Pleasure-dome site, in a Coleridge poem | 39 |
| Pledges from unaccomplished musicians? | 38 |
| Plen-T- -- (Wrigley's gum unit) | 35 |