| Common place for a knot | 23 |
| Common place for a mosquito bite | 32 |
| Common place for a pull | 23 |
| Common place for a sprain | 25 |
| Common place for a tattoo | 25 |
| Common place for pain | 21 |
| Common place for something to drop | 34 |
| Common place to get stuck | 25 |
| Common place? | 13 |
| Common places for wasps' nests | 34 |
| Common plastic-surgery target | 29 |
| Common play with a great hand | 29 |
| Common plea, informally | 23 |
| Common pledge drive gift | 24 |
| Common pluralizer | 17 |
| Common pocket locale | 20 |
| Common poetic device | 20 |
| Common polar surface | 20 |
| Common policy on vacation time | 30 |
| Common Polish name ender | 24 |
| Common political principle | 26 |
| Common pollutant | 16 |
| Common pool or store posting | 28 |
| Common poolside chair | 21 |
| Common port type | 16 |
| Common portrait subject | 23 |
| Common possessive | 17 |
| Common potato | 13 |
| Common potluck dish | 19 |
| Common powder | 13 |
| Common power sources | 20 |
| Common practice | 15 |
| Common practice for a nun? | 26 |
| Common practices | 16 |
| Common praenomen among Roman emperors | 37 |
| Common prayer opener | 20 |
| Common prayer opening | 21 |
| Common prayer starter | 21 |
| Common prefix | 13 |
| Common prefix in Dundee | 23 |
| Common prefix with phobia | 25 |
| Common preposition | 18 |
| Common preservative | 19 |
| Common price for a beer in a bar | 32 |
| Common prime-time sitcom rating | 31 |
| Common printing error | 21 |
| Common procedure for an orthopedic surgeon | 42 |
| Common project in shop class | 28 |
| Common prom coifs | 17 |
| Common prom night stain? | 24 |
| Common promise from BitTorrent software | 39 |
| Common promotion deal, for short | 32 |
| Common pronoun | 14 |
| Common prop in close-up magic | 29 |
| Common property boundary | 24 |
| Common property divider | 23 |
| Common pulp protagonist | 23 |
| Common pump choice | 18 |
| Common punch-in time | 20 |
| Common punk rock theme | 22 |
| Common purchase of this puzzle's theme | 42 |
| Common purse item | 17 |
| Common quail? | 13 |
| Common quality? | 15 |
| Common quarter horse color | 26 |
| Common quatrain form | 20 |
| Common quatrain rhyme scheme | 28 |
| Common question | 15 |
| Common quintet | 14 |
| Common quitting time | 20 |
| Common quotation attribution: Abbr. | 35 |
| Common race | 11 |
| Common radio fare | 17 |
| Common radio format | 19 |
| Common Radiohead theme | 22 |
| Common ratio | 12 |
| Common reality show sound | 25 |
| Common rebus pronoun | 20 |
| Common recipe amount | 20 |
| Common recitation | 17 |
| Common recommendation by an oncologist, briefly | 47 |
| Common recyclable | 17 |
| Common refrain | 14 |
| Common refrain that's a hint to this puzzle's theme | 59 |
| Common refrigerant | 18 |
| Common refund source: Abbr. | 27 |
| Common reimbursement requirement | 32 |
| Common relationship fear | 24 |
| Common religious artwork | 24 |
| Common remote battery | 21 |
| Common remote control holder | 28 |
| Common rental | 13 |
| Common rental restriction | 25 |
| Common reply to 'Are you?' | 34 |
| Common reply to a parent's demand | 37 |
| Common request | 14 |
| Common request for Pat Sajak | 28 |
| Common requests for info | 24 |
| Common resources | 16 |
| Common respite hr. | 18 |