| Like a phoenix from the ashes | 29 |
| Like a piccolo's range | 26 |
| Like a piled-up sundae | 22 |
| Like a pinball machine | 22 |
| Like a piper of folklore | 24 |
| Like a pirate on the briny | 26 |
| Like a pitch-black room | 23 |
| Like a pitcher's box | 24 |
| Like a plane, for short | 23 |
| Like a planetarium projection | 29 |
| Like a planetary orbit | 22 |
| Like a plant in need of water | 29 |
| Like a Playboy centerfold | 25 |
| Like a Playboy Playmate | 23 |
| Like a playful TSA agent? | 25 |
| Like a Playmate of the Month | 28 |
| Like a plug, but not a socket | 29 |
| Like a plug, not a socket? | 26 |
| Like a plum job, perhaps | 24 |
| Like a pocketful of krypton | 27 |
| Like a poison pen letter? | 25 |
| Like a poli sci major, maybe | 28 |
| Like a Polish joke, for short | 29 |
| Like a pond on a quiet day | 26 |
| Like a pool table, ideally | 26 |
| Like a poor attendance | 22 |
| Like a poor pickpocket? | 23 |
| Like a poorly hung picture | 26 |
| Like a pope, old-style | 22 |
| Like a popular Internet video | 29 |
| Like a popular porridge | 23 |
| Like a popular YouTube video | 28 |
| Like a porter at a pub, say | 27 |
| Like a post-shower mirror | 25 |
| Like a powerful checker | 23 |
| Like a powerful speech | 22 |
| Like a prebirth body position | 29 |
| Like a prefabricated house | 26 |
| Like a prefall Humpty Dumpty | 28 |
| Like a preliminary rinse | 24 |
| Like a prestidigitator | 22 |
| Like a pretentious museumgoer | 29 |
| Like a prima ballerina | 22 |
| Like a primary school: Abbr. | 28 |
| Like a prized cabernet, say | 27 |
| Like a prof. emeritus: Abbr. | 28 |
| Like a professional haircut | 27 |
| Like a programmed computer | 26 |
| Like a promising future | 23 |
| Like a proposer's knee | 26 |
| Like a propped pigskin | 22 |
| Like a proverbial calf | 22 |
| Like a psychological complex | 28 |
| Like a Puccini product | 22 |
| Like a puck, sometimes | 22 |
| Like a punished G.I., perhaps | 29 |
| Like a punker's hair | 24 |
| Like a pvt. peeling potatoes | 28 |
| Like a quarter's edge | 25 |
| Like a quick links round | 24 |
| Like a rabid music collector | 28 |
| Like a raccoon's tail | 25 |
| Like a raisin in the sun | 24 |
| Like a ram, but not a Ram | 25 |
| Like a rare baseball game | 25 |
| Like a raspberry bush stem | 26 |
| Like a rational argument | 24 |
| Like a rational theory | 22 |
| Like a raucous stadium crowd | 28 |
| Like a readied golf ball | 24 |
| Like a really big shoe | 22 |
| Like a recently waxed floor | 27 |
| Like a red-light district | 25 |
| Like a redeemed coupon | 22 |
| Like a referee's shirt | 26 |
| Like a reflection on water | 26 |
| Like a refrigerated peach? | 26 |
| Like a relatively minor fire | 28 |
| Like a repressed grievance | 26 |
| Like a required course, maybe | 29 |
| Like a respectful librarygoer | 29 |
| Like a retired barber? | 22 |
| Like a retired cashier? | 23 |
| Like a retired musician? | 24 |
| Like a retired seismologist? | 28 |
| Like a revealing bathing suit | 29 |
| Like a revealing skirt, maybe | 29 |
| Like a rhinestone cowboy? | 25 |
| Like a rhino or unicorn | 23 |
| Like a rhythmic beating | 23 |
| Like a rickey's taste | 25 |
| Like a right not exercised | 26 |
| Like a risky situation | 22 |
| Like a road full of furrows | 27 |
| Like a road in a Frost poem | 27 |
| Like a Roald Dahl tale | 22 |
| Like a robin's egg | 22 |
| Like a robot's voice | 24 |
| Like a roller-coaster ride | 26 |
| Like a romantic dinner | 22 |