| Private matters | 15 |
| Private mail carrier's rural beat | 37 |
| Private lunch? | 14 |
| Private lunch area | 18 |
| Private Lives playwright | 27 |
| Private link | 12 |
| Private lingoes | 15 |
| Private lines, perhaps | 22 |
| Private lines | 13 |
| Private line? | 13 |
| Private line | 12 |
| Private letter destination? | 27 |
| Private leader? | 15 |
| Private languages | 17 |
| Private journals | 16 |
| Private journal | 15 |
| Private jet, e.g. | 17 |
| Private jet V.I.P., maybe | 25 |
| Private jet type | 16 |
| Private jet producer | 20 |
| Private jet maker | 17 |
| Private jet brand | 17 |
| Private jail? | 13 |
| Private investigators, for short | 32 |
| Private investigator, in slang | 30 |
| Private investigator, in old slang | 34 |
| Private investigator | 20 |
| Private invasion, with "the" | 38 |
| Private introduction? | 21 |
| Private instructors | 19 |
| Private instructor: Abbr. | 25 |
| Private instructor, popularly | 29 |
| Private instructor | 18 |
| Private instruction? | 20 |
| Private instruction | 19 |
| Private insignia | 16 |
| Private income, in Paris | 24 |
| Private in a memorable film | 27 |
| Private identification | 22 |
| Private home? | 13 |
| Private home | 12 |
| Private hoard | 13 |
| Private high school | 19 |
| Private high sch. | 17 |
| Private hi-fis, TVs, VCRs, etc. | 31 |
| Private health club, perhaps | 28 |
| Private hall? | 13 |
| Private groups? | 15 |
| Private groups | 14 |
| Private group | 13 |
| Private greetings? | 18 |
| Private golfing facility | 24 |
| Private girls' school in Manhattan | 38 |
| Private gesture? | 16 |
| Private gesture | 15 |
| Private gatherings | 18 |
| Private garments | 16 |
| Private game payment? | 21 |
| Private gag | 11 |
| Private followers | 17 |
| Private follower | 16 |
| Private fete | 12 |
| Private eyes, slangily | 22 |
| Private eyes, in slang | 22 |
| Private eyes, for short | 23 |
| Private eyes | 12 |
| Private eye, slangily | 21 |
| Private eye, informally | 23 |
| Private eye, for short | 22 |
| Private eye, e.g.: Abbr. | 24 |
| Private eye, briefly | 20 |
| Private eye, at times | 21 |
| Private eye's project | 25 |
| Private eye's path | 22 |
| Private eye's garment | 25 |
| Private eye's customer | 26 |
| Private eye's activity | 26 |
| Private eye Walker in Loren D. Estleman books | 45 |
| Private eye Sam | 15 |
| Private eye Peter of old TV | 27 |
| Private eye Peter of early TV | 29 |
| Private eye Peter | 17 |
| Private eye in Lawrence Block's novels | 42 |
| Private eye from Iraq? | 22 |
| Private eye Archer | 18 |
| Private eye | 11 |
| Private entrance | 16 |
| Private entertainers? | 21 |
| Private entertainers, for short? | 32 |
| Private elementary schools, in Britain | 38 |
| Private economy spending gap | 28 |
| Private eatery? | 15 |
| Private eatery | 14 |
| Private dwelling? | 17 |
| Private dos? | 12 |
| Private disagreement? | 21 |
| Private dinner? | 15 |
| Private dinner setting? | 23 |
| Private dinner | 14 |
| Private dining spot? | 20 |