| Place for a plug | 16 |
| Place for a plume | 17 |
| Place for a plunger in Plymouth | 31 |
| Place for a poker game? | 23 |
| Place for a polar bear | 22 |
| Place for a pooch, at times | 27 |
| Place for a porker | 18 |
| Place for a pot | 15 |
| Place for a potato? | 19 |
| Place for a pothole | 19 |
| Place for a potted plant | 24 |
| Place for a prank involving a potato | 36 |
| Place for a preacher | 20 |
| Place for a price | 17 |
| Place for a procedure | 21 |
| Place for a professeur | 22 |
| Place for a programme | 21 |
| Place for a programming class, perhaps | 38 |
| Place for a prom | 16 |
| Place for a promenade | 21 |
| Place for a proton | 18 |
| Place for a psycho? | 19 |
| Place for a pull | 16 |
| Place for a pullover? | 21 |
| Place for a pump | 16 |
| Place for a pupil | 17 |
| Place for a puttee | 18 |
| Place for a quad | 16 |
| Place for a quarter | 19 |
| Place for a quick bite | 22 |
| Place for a quill | 17 |
| Place for a quill pen | 21 |
| Place for a rabbit in a magic act | 33 |
| Place for a race | 16 |
| Place for a rack | 16 |
| Place for a racket | 18 |
| Place for a racquet game | 24 |
| Place for a railroading | 23 |
| Place for a range fire | 22 |
| Place for a rapper | 18 |
| Place for a rat race | 20 |
| Place for a reader | 18 |
| Place for a record, briefly | 27 |
| Place for a red tag? | 20 |
| Place for a regular column | 26 |
| Place for a reminder | 20 |
| Place for a renter's signature | 34 |
| Place for a reredos | 19 |
| Place for a rest cure | 21 |
| Place for a retreat | 19 |
| Place for a revival | 19 |
| Place for a revival, perhaps | 28 |
| Place for a revolving ball, maybe | 33 |
| Place for a ribbon | 18 |
| Place for a ride | 16 |
| Place for a rim shot | 20 |
| Place for a ring | 16 |
| Place for a ring or a stud | 26 |
| Place for a ring, perhaps | 25 |
| Place for a ringlet | 19 |
| Place for a rink | 16 |
| Place for a rip | 15 |
| Place for a riser | 17 |
| Place for a rivulet | 19 |
| Place for a road sign | 21 |
| Place for a roast | 17 |
| Place for a rock group? | 23 |
| Place for a roll | 16 |
| Place for a rooster | 19 |
| Place for a rooter | 18 |
| Place for a rototiller | 22 |
| Place for a round of darts | 26 |
| Place for a row of potted plants | 32 |
| Place for a rowel | 17 |
| Place for a rubber duckie | 25 |
| Place for a ruler | 17 |
| Place for a run | 15 |
| Place for a runner's high | 29 |
| Place for a Saab or a sale | 26 |
| Place for a sacred cow | 22 |
| Place for a sacred cow? | 23 |
| Place for a sadhu | 17 |
| Place for a sail | 16 |
| Place for a saint's image, maybe | 36 |
| Place for a sala | 16 |
| Place for a sale | 16 |
| Place for a salty meal? | 23 |
| Place for a sand wedge | 22 |
| Place for a sash | 16 |
| Place for a Scarlett letter? | 28 |
| Place for a scene | 17 |
| Place for a school dance | 24 |
| Place for a school dance, often | 31 |
| Place for a school dance, perhaps | 33 |
| Place for a sconce | 18 |
| Place for a seat of honor | 25 |
| Place for a seaweed wrap | 24 |
| Place for a señorita's rose | 34 |
| Place for a select group | 24 |
| Place for a senator's car? | 30 |