| A primary source for Scandinavian mythology | 43 |
| A prime time | 12 |
| A prince of Qatar | 17 |
| A prince of Simeon: I Chr. 4 | 28 |
| A Princetonian | 14 |
| A printing | 10 |
| A prior engagement, in socialspeak | 34 |
| A prisoner may enter one | 24 |
| A private eye might videotape one | 33 |
| A pro might shoot it | 20 |
| A problem for Kringle | 21 |
| A process everyone would like to avoid? | 39 |
| A process many would like to avoid? | 35 |
| A producer of protein | 21 |
| A product of Australia | 22 |
| A prof. may have them | 21 |
| A profane state | 15 |
| A professor's duster? | 25 |
| A program usually has one | 25 |
| A pronoun | 9 |
| A pronoun + renter's contract + eye part = ? | 48 |
| A pronoun has one | 17 |
| A propeller | 11 |
| A proper one is capitalized | 27 |
| A proper partner? | 17 |
| A proper pinata has one | 23 |
| A proper senor has one | 22 |
| A property may have one on it | 29 |
| A proportion: Abbr. | 19 |
| A prospector may stake one | 26 |
| A prospector might get a lode of it | 35 |
| A Prot. | 7 |
| A Prot. religion | 16 |
| A protector of baby Zeus | 24 |
| A protein, for short | 20 |
| A protozoan | 11 |
| A proverbial giggler | 20 |
| A proverbial septet | 19 |
| A proverbial seven | 18 |
| A province of Ecuador | 21 |
| A province of Minerva | 21 |
| A province of Panama | 20 |
| A provocation | 13 |
| A psych. test | 13 |
| A psychic may claim to see it | 29 |
| A psychic may read yours | 24 |
| A psychic may see it | 20 |
| A psychic may see one | 21 |
| A psychic may sense it | 22 |
| A pt. of speech | 15 |
| A pub. utility | 14 |
| A puck in a net | 15 |
| A pueblo dweller | 16 |
| A Pueblo Indian | 15 |
| A Pueblo people | 15 |
| A Pulitzer Prize nonfiction work: 1986 | 38 |
| A Pulitzer Prize winner in Letters: 1980 | 40 |
| A pull on one's leg? | 24 |
| A Pullman berth | 15 |
| A pump lacks one | 16 |
| A pun is a ___ | 14 |
| A pun is an example of ___ | 26 |
| A pun is the ___ | 16 |
| A punch in the mouth | 20 |
| A pupil of Cimabue | 18 |
| A pupil of Rembrandt | 20 |
| A pupil's in the center of it | 33 |
| A puppy does it | 15 |
| A puppy's bite | 18 |
| A pure disgrace | 15 |
| A purebred it's not | 23 |
| A purloining | 12 |
| A pusher may push it | 20 |
| A pushover | 10 |
| A putting into circulation | 26 |
| A puzzle solver | 15 |
| A puzzlement | 12 |
| A Pyle of fun | 13 |
| A pyramid has six | 17 |
| A Pyrenees native | 17 |
| A python's is hinged | 24 |
| A quadruped | 11 |
| A quaff that quenches | 21 |
| A qualifier for Red Cross donations?: Abbr. | 43 |
| A quality of Cassius | 20 |
| A quality start can lower it | 28 |
| A quantity of | 13 |
| A quantity of paper | 19 |
| A quark and an antiquark | 24 |
| A quarrel | 9 |
| A quart and a bit | 17 |
| A quart and a smidgen | 21 |
| A quarter | 9 |
| A quarter of acht | 17 |
| A quarter of cuatro | 19 |
| A quarter of eight | 18 |
| A quarter of eight? | 19 |
| A quarter of five? | 18 |
| A quarter of four | 17 |
| A quarter of four? | 18 |