| The one thing about an amoeba | 29 |
| The one watching the chicks? | 28 |
| The ones born in late July | 26 |
| The ones in front of us | 23 |
| The ones right in front of us | 29 |
| The ones that got away? | 23 |
| The only even prime number | 26 |
| The only evil, per Socrates | 27 |
| The only Guns guitarist | 23 |
| The only three-letter element | 29 |
| The Open Boat author | 23 |
| The opening of an iris | 22 |
| The opportunity to start over | 29 |
| The opposite of a nail-biter | 28 |
| The optometrist's place? | 28 |
| The oracle of Apollo, e.g. | 26 |
| The orange kind is black | 24 |
| The orange variety is black | 27 |
| The orchestra tunes to one | 26 |
| The Oregon Trail crossed it | 27 |
| The Orient Express was one | 26 |
| The Orient Express, e.g. | 24 |
| The origin of an invention | 26 |
| The original Goldfinger? | 24 |
| The original Miss Saigon | 24 |
| The original ones were actors | 29 |
| The orthopedist ordered a __ | 28 |
| The Oscars and Olympics, say | 28 |
| The Osmonds' birthplace | 27 |
| The other half of the quote | 27 |
| The other other other woman | 27 |
| The other woman, Roman style | 28 |
| The other's mother | 22 |
| The out-of-shape photo | 22 |
| The Owl or the Pussy-cat | 24 |
| The owl was her mascot | 22 |
| The Owls of the N.C.A.A. | 24 |
| The P.G.A.'s Craig ___ | 26 |
| The P.L.O.'s Mahmoud ___ | 28 |
| The Pac-10's Golden Bears | 29 |
| The panhandler ordered ___ | 26 |
| The Panthers of the Big East | 28 |
| The Panthers of the N.C.A.A. | 28 |
| The paper doll maker ... | 24 |
| The parenthesis in :-) | 22 |
| The Parthenon, for one | 22 |
| The patriotic beverage | 22 |
| The patriotic entrée | 27 |
| The patriotic salad dressing | 28 |
| The patron replied ... | 22 |
| The Patrons of Husbandry | 24 |
| The pause that refreshes | 24 |
| The pause that refreshes? | 25 |
| The Pawtucket Red Sox, e.g. | 27 |
| The PB in a PB&J, maybe | 27 |
| The peacock was sacred to her | 29 |
| The Pearl of the Black Sea | 26 |
| The Pearl of the Danube | 23 |
| The Pearl of the Orient | 23 |
| The Pearl of the Riviera | 24 |
| The Penguin, to Batman | 22 |
| The Pentagon is its HQ | 22 |
| The Pentagon, e.g.: Abbr. | 25 |
| The people upstairs, briefly | 28 |
| The people upstairs: Abbr. | 26 |
| The People's Champ | 22 |
| The People's Champion | 25 |
| The people's choice | 23 |
| The Pequod's captain | 24 |
| The Pequod's harpooner | 26 |
| The Pequod's skipper | 24 |
| The perennial perennial youth | 29 |
| The perfect fall gift? | 22 |
| The perfect match, for some | 27 |
| The person behind the wheel? | 28 |
| The person in question? | 23 |
| The personification of peace | 28 |
| The Phantom of the Opera | 24 |
| The Phantom's instrument | 28 |
| The Phantom's rival | 23 |
| The Pharisees and others | 24 |
| The Pharmacists' Ted | 24 |
| The Philippines' Marcos | 27 |
| The Philippines, to Philippe | 28 |
| The Phillie Phanatic, e.g. | 26 |
| The Phillies are in it | 22 |
| The Phillies Phanatic, e.g. | 27 |
| The phoenix rises from these | 28 |
| The phone company personified | 29 |
| The Piano actress Holly | 26 |
| The pick of the litter | 22 |
| The Pied Piper's river | 26 |
| The pig in pigs in blankets | 27 |
| The Pillsbury Doughboy? | 23 |
| The pilots of Penzance: Abbr. | 29 |
| The Piltdown Man, e.g. | 22 |
| The Piltdown Man, notably | 25 |
| The Pink Panther and others | 27 |
| The Pink Panther, e.g. | 22 |
| The pinnace stops here | 22 |