| ''Principia Mathematica'' author | 48 |
| ''Prince of Tides'' Oscar nominee | 49 |
| ''Prince Caspian'' author | 41 |
| ''Prime'' rater: Abbr. | 38 |
| ''Primal Fear'' actor | 37 |
| ''Prima Ballerina'' artist | 42 |
| ''Pride and Prejudice'' author | 46 |
| ''Price Is Right'' prize | 40 |
| ''Previously owned,'' in ad-speak | 49 |
| ''Pretty Woman'' star | 37 |
| ''Pretty maids all in ___'' | 43 |
| ''Pretty Baby'' director | 40 |
| ''Pretty as a picture,'' e.g. | 45 |
| ''Pret-a-Porter'' actor Stephen | 47 |
| ''Presumed Innocent'' writer | 44 |
| ''Presumed Innocent'' creator | 45 |
| ''Presumed Innocent'' author | 44 |
| ''Present'' alternative | 39 |
| ''Power Lunch'' network | 39 |
| ''Power Lunch'' channel | 39 |
| ''Potemkin'' mutiny locale | 42 |
| ''Postcards from the ___'' | 42 |
| ''Post'' opposite | 33 |
| ''Port'' starter | 32 |
| ''Porgy and Bess,'' for one | 43 |
| ''Porgy and Bess'' lyricist | 43 |
| ''Popeye'' creator Segar | 40 |
| ''Pong'' creator | 32 |
| ''Pong'' company | 32 |
| ''Polly'' playwright John | 41 |
| ''Polloi'' preceder | 35 |
| ''Poison'' shrub | 32 |
| ''Poison'' plant | 32 |
| ''Podge'' attachment | 36 |
| ''Plunk'' preceder | 34 |
| ''Pledge of Allegiance'' ender | 46 |
| ''Please ___ Eat the Daisies'' | 46 |
| ''Please send a letter'' | 40 |
| ''Please reply'' | 32 |
| ''Please continue'' | 35 |
| ''Please answer ___ no!'' | 41 |
| ''Pleading Guilty'' author | 42 |
| ''Playbill'' listings | 37 |
| ''Platoon'' star | 32 |
| ''Platoon'' setting, briefly | 44 |
| ''Platoon'' actor | 33 |
| ''Platinum Blonde'' star Harlow | 47 |
| ''Plastic'' to pay with | 39 |
| ''Plasma'' appliances | 37 |
| ''Plant one right here!'' | 41 |
| ''Planet of the ___'' | 37 |
| ''Plaines'' starter | 35 |
| ''Plaines'' leader | 34 |
| ''Pinocchio'' kitten | 36 |
| ''Pinocchio'' goldfish | 38 |
| ''Pinky'' actress Jeanne | 40 |
| ''Pinafore'' designation | 40 |
| ''Pilgrim's Progress'' author | 49 |
| ''Picnic'' Pulitzer winner | 42 |
| ''Picnic'' playwright | 37 |
| ''Pick a cod, any cod,'' e.g. | 45 |
| ''Pick a card, ___ card'' | 41 |
| ''Pic-a-nic basket'' seeker | 43 |
| ''Piano Man'' artist | 36 |
| ''Phantom of the Opera'' lead | 45 |
| ''Peyton Place'' first name | 43 |
| ''Peut-__'' (perhaps, to Pierre) | 48 |
| ''Peter ___'' (Disney film) | 43 |
| ''Peter Pan'' villain | 37 |
| ''Peter Pan'' pooch | 35 |
| ''Peter Pan'' pirate | 36 |
| ''Peter Pan'' girl | 34 |
| ''Peter Pan'' dog | 33 |
| ''Peter Pan'' character | 39 |
| ''Peter Pan'' beast, briefly | 44 |
| ''Peter Pan'' baddie | 36 |
| ''Peter Grimes'' highlight | 42 |
| ''Peter and the Wolf'' duck | 43 |
| ''Peter and the Wolf'' bird | 43 |
| ''Pet'' that's a plant | 42 |
| ''Pet'' that holds a plant | 42 |
| ''Perry Mason'' police lieutenant | 49 |
| ''Perry Mason'' event | 37 |
| ''Permit Me Voyage'' author James | 49 |
| ''Permission granted'' | 38 |
| ''Pequod'' skipper | 34 |
| ''Pequod'' captain | 34 |
| ''People'' person | 33 |
| ''Pennies ___ Heaven'' | 38 |
| ''Penguin'' of baseball | 39 |
| ''Peer __'' (Ibsen play) | 40 |
| ''Peer Gynt'' playwright | 40 |
| ''Peer Gynt'' dramatist | 39 |
| ''Peer Gynt'' composer | 38 |
| ''Peer Gynt Suite'' composer | 44 |
| ''Peek'' follower | 33 |
| ''Peculiar'' word form | 38 |
| ''Pearl of the South'' city | 43 |
| ''Peanuts,'' e.g. | 33 |
| ''Peanuts'' sound effect | 40 |