| Perennial presidential candidate Ralph | 38 |
| Perennial presidential candidate | 32 |
| Perennial presidential campaign issue | 37 |
| Perennial plants | 16 |
| Perennial plant | 15 |
| Perennial Oscars staple | 23 |
| Perennial Olympics powerhouse: Abbr. | 36 |
| Perennial NL Central cellar-dwellers | 36 |
| Perennial NCAA lacrosse powerhouse | 34 |
| Perennial name on best-seller lists | 35 |
| Perennial N.L. leader of old | 28 |
| Perennial N.C.A.A. hoops powerhouse | 35 |
| Perennial movie re-release | 26 |
| Perennial loser's comment | 29 |
| Perennial loser | 15 |
| Perennial last-place teams | 26 |
| Perennial last-place finisher | 29 |
| Perennial hot-button political debate topic | 43 |
| Perennial hot spot | 18 |
| Perennial horror film | 21 |
| Perennial herb with florets sometimes called "ham and eggs" | 69 |
| Perennial herb or clergyman's headdress | 43 |
| Perennial herb | 14 |
| Perennial grown in marshes | 26 |
| Perennial government concern | 28 |
| Perennial G. I. treat | 21 |
| Perennial flower | 16 |
| Perennial family that includes bee balm and horsemint | 53 |
| Perennial failures | 18 |
| Perennial Detroit secret | 24 |
| Perennial deejay Casey | 22 |
| Perennial debate topic | 22 |
| Perennial comedian Bob | 22 |
| Perennial college basketball powerhouse | 39 |
| Perennial Christmas gift | 24 |
| Perennial cellar dweller | 24 |
| Perennial candidate Harold | 26 |
| Perennial campaign promise | 26 |
| Perennial campaign issue | 24 |
| Perennial bulb plant | 20 |
| Perennial borrower | 18 |
| Perennial billiards champ | 25 |
| Perennial best-seller subjects | 30 |
| Perennial best-seller | 21 |
| Perennial best seller, with "the" | 43 |
| Perennial best seller | 21 |
| Perennial battlers? | 19 |
| Perennial battlers | 18 |
| Perennial battleground state | 28 |
| Perennial basketball powerhouse | 31 |
| Perennial 1950s-'60s NBA all-star | 37 |
| Perennial "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" host | 58 |
| Perennial '90s-'00s presidential candidate | 50 |
| Perennial #1 resort in Ski Magazine | 35 |
| Peremptory signal | 17 |
| Peremptory order | 16 |
| Peremptory demand | 17 |
| Perelman title | 14 |
| Peregrines | 10 |
| Peregrine's place | 21 |
| Peregrine's perch | 21 |
| Peregrine's abode | 21 |
| Peregrine Pickle's wife | 27 |
| Peregrine penthouse | 19 |
| Peregrine | 9 |
| Peregrinations | 14 |
| Peregrination | 13 |
| Peregrinates | 12 |
| Peregrinated | 12 |
| Peregrinate | 11 |
| Pere ___ | 8 |
| Pere and mere's son | 23 |
| Perdure | 7 |
| Perdue? | 7 |
| Perdue's product | 20 |
| Perdue rival | 12 |
| Perdue products | 15 |
| Perdue product | 14 |
| Perdition | 9 |
| Perdita's owner in "101 Dalmatians" | 49 |
| Perdita's husband? | 22 |
| Perdita or Pongo of film | 24 |
| Percy ___, inventor of the microwave oven | 41 |
| Percy who sang "When a Man Loves a Woman" | 51 |
| Percy Sledge: "When ___ Loves a Woman" | 48 |
| Percy Sledge's "When ___" | 39 |
| Percy Sledge hit of 1966 | 24 |
| Percy Shelley's middle name | 31 |
| Percy Shelley's alma mater | 30 |
| Percy Grainger favorite | 23 |
| Percy Dovetonsils portrayer on 1950s TV | 39 |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley, e.g. | 26 |
| Percussive woodwind technique | 29 |
| Percussive dancing | 18 |
| Percussive dance troupe | 23 |
| Percussive dance style | 22 |
| Percussive dance | 16 |
| Percussionists? | 15 |
| Percussionist's setup | 25 |
| Percussionist's set | 23 |