| Short order, often with mayo | 28 |
| Short order? | 12 |
| Short orders | 12 |
| Short orders in a luncheonette? | 31 |
| Short orders, for short | 23 |
| Short orders? | 13 |
| Short outing for a jogger | 25 |
| Short outings | 13 |
| Short ovation? | 14 |
| Short pack item | 15 |
| Short pain | 10 |
| Short pan | 9 |
| Short pans | 10 |
| Short pans? | 11 |
| Short panties | 13 |
| Short pants | 11 |
| Short pants? | 12 |
| Short parade-goer's complaint | 33 |
| Short paragraph | 15 |
| Short parody | 12 |
| Short part of a dash? | 21 |
| Short partner | 13 |
| Short partner? | 14 |
| Short pass | 10 |
| Short pass to a running back near the sideline | 46 |
| Short passage from "Water Music"? | 43 |
| Short passage of Scripture | 26 |
| Short pasta | 11 |
| Short pastoral piece | 20 |
| Short pastoral poem (Var.) | 26 |
| Short pen name? | 15 |
| Short pencil | 12 |
| Short pencils | 13 |
| Short people do it? | 19 |
| Short people might write them | 29 |
| Short period | 12 |
| Short period of forgetfulness | 29 |
| Short period of Navy duty | 25 |
| Short period of time | 20 |
| Short periods | 13 |
| Short person's offering? | 28 |
| Short person's request? | 27 |
| Short person's savior? | 26 |
| Short person's slip? | 24 |
| Short person? | 13 |
| Short personal histories | 24 |
| Short personal profiles | 23 |
| Short petition | 14 |
| Short physique? | 15 |
| Short piano piece | 17 |
| Short piece | 11 |
| Short piece for the stage | 25 |
| Short piece of a pencil | 23 |
| Short piece of bar steel | 24 |
| Short piece of classical music | 30 |
| Short piece of music | 20 |
| Short piece of pencil | 21 |
| Short piece of video | 20 |
| Short piece of wool | 19 |
| Short piece on a given subject | 30 |
| Short pieces | 12 |
| Short plane flight | 18 |
| Short plane trip | 16 |
| Short plane trips | 17 |
| Short plant stalk | 17 |
| Short play | 10 |
| Short play length | 17 |
| Short play or opera | 19 |
| Short play? | 11 |
| Short playerwise, as in hockey | 30 |
| Short plays | 11 |
| Short plea | 10 |
| Short pleasure trip | 19 |
| Short poem | 10 |
| Short poem about nature | 23 |
| Short poem by William Carlos Williams | 37 |
| Short poem on two rhymes | 24 |
| Short poem running on two rhymes | 32 |
| Short poems | 11 |
| Short poetic tribute | 20 |
| Short pooch, for short | 22 |
| SHORT POSER? | 12 |
| Short postmortem biog. | 22 |
| Short prayer of penitence | 25 |
| Short preamble | 14 |
| Short preface? | 14 |
| Short premed course? | 20 |
| Short presentations? | 20 |
| Short profile | 13 |
| Short profile? | 14 |
| Short profiles | 14 |
| Short program | 13 |
| Short projections | 17 |
| Short promise? | 14 |
| Short promo | 11 |
| Short prose piece | 17 |
| Short prose sketch | 18 |
| Short publicity notice | 22 |
| Short punch | 11 |
| Short punches | 13 |