| The party faithful they're not | 34 |
| The path of virtue in Confucianism | 34 |
| The path to becoming a Mafia kingpin? | 37 |
| The Pemaquid Point Light is on its state quarter | 48 |
| The Pentax ME-F was the first one with autofocus | 48 |
| The people on "Jersey Shore"? | 39 |
| The People's Choice author | 33 |
| The Perdido R. forms part of its border | 39 |
| The perfect place to cool a pie? | 32 |
| The performances of Milli Vanilli, essentially | 46 |
| The Persians conquered them under Cyrus the Great | 49 |
| The person quoted in today's puzzle | 39 |
| The person who made this puzzle, e.g. | 37 |
| The Pet Shop Boys' politely named debut album | 49 |
| The Phantom of the Opera's first name | 41 |
| The Phantom of the Opera's name | 35 |
| The Phila. Warriors were its first champs | 41 |
| The Philippines' highest peak: Abbr. | 40 |
| The Philippines' ___ Archipelago | 36 |
| The Phillies' division, briefly | 35 |
| The philosophy behind colatherapy | 33 |
| The Phoenix of the NCAA's Southern Conference | 49 |
| The Phoenix of the Southern Conference | 38 |
| The Piazzale Michelangelo affords a view of it | 46 |
| The Pigeon R. forms part of its border | 38 |
| The Pilgrim's Progress author | 36 |
| The Pink Panther, in "The Pink Panther" | 49 |
| The Pirates, in sports headlines | 32 |
| The pitcher who took Sterno to a picnic ___ | 43 |
| The Pixies "Where is My ___" | 38 |
| The pizzeria in "Do the Right Thing" | 46 |
| The place for a good mountaineer? | 33 |
| The plain-speaking candidate ___ | 32 |
| The plane of the earth's orbit around the sun | 49 |
| The plastic thingie on the end of a shoelace | 44 |
| The Plastic ___ Band, of 60's-70's music | 48 |
| The Platters' "It ___ Right" | 42 |
| The Platters' "___ Mine" | 38 |
| The Platters' platters, stylistically | 41 |
| The Pleiades' Alcyone, for one | 34 |
| The Pleistocene Epoch, familiarly | 33 |
| The plume that's mightier than the sword? | 45 |
| The point when Fido's master starts walking? | 48 |
| The Pointer Sisters' "--- Excited" | 48 |
| The Pointer Sisters' "___ Excited" | 48 |
| The Pointer Sisters' "___ So Shy" | 47 |
| The Police "Zenyatta ___" | 35 |
| The Police and The Bee Gees, for two | 36 |
| The Police's breakout single | 32 |
| The Polkas' comic-strip daughter | 36 |
| The ponderosa pine is its st. tree | 34 |
| The Pont d'Avignon spanned it | 33 |
| The Ponte Santa Trinita spans it | 32 |
| The pool-player-turned-actor often ___ | 38 |
| The popcorn producer ordered a __ | 33 |
| The Power of Love lead singer | 32 |
| The practice of kicking an import's tires? | 46 |
| The President and his supporters? | 33 |
| The president at a medal ceremony, e.g. | 39 |
| The prevailing weather conditions of an area | 44 |
| The principal waterway of Venice | 32 |
| The process of mountain formation | 33 |
| The Professor and Mary Ann were on one | 38 |
| The prophet Muhammed's cousin | 33 |
| The prophet Muhammed's favorite wife | 40 |
| The Protestant Reformation, e.g. | 32 |
| The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, e.g. | 41 |
| The puck's stopped here, often | 34 |
| The punch in planter's punch | 32 |
| The purported prototype for Dracula | 35 |
| The purpose of frames in eyeglasses? | 36 |
| The purpose of milk, in the mind of a cat? | 42 |
| The quality of having no practical function | 43 |
| The Quebec City Bridge______, 1907 | 34 |
| The queen's grub in the parlor | 34 |
| The racer's edge, commercially | 34 |
| The rain here falls mainly on the plain | 39 |
| The Ramones were "Too Tough to" do this | 49 |
| The Ramones' "Blitzkrieg ___" | 43 |
| The Ramones' "___ Is a Punk Rocker" | 49 |
| The Rams of the Atlantic 10 Conf. | 33 |
| The Rams of the Atlantic 10: Abbr. | 34 |
| The Rams of the NCAA's Atlantic 10 Conf. | 44 |
| The Rams' division in the NFC | 33 |
| The ranch in ''Giant'' | 38 |
| The Ravens got four in Super Bowl XLVII: abbr. | 46 |
| The Reaganomics' song about singer Hendryx? | 47 |
| The real estate agent ordered ___ | 33 |
| The real thing at southern diners? | 34 |
| The real ___ (the genuine article) | 34 |
| The really-long-term lot at the airport? | 40 |
| The reason AL pitchers don't swing | 38 |
| The record score in this game is 1,049 points | 45 |
| The red in red velvet cake, for one | 35 |
| The red kind is especially sticky | 33 |
| The Red Sox' Jon Lester, e.g. | 33 |
| The Red Storm of the Big East Conference | 40 |
| The redbud is one of its symbols: Abbr. | 39 |
| The reformed cannibal promised he was... | 40 |
| The regular one doesn't include specials | 44 |