| Period extending well into the future | 37 |
| Period during which Charlemagne lived | 37 |
| Period bookended by extinction events | 37 |
| Period between stimulus and response | 36 |
| Period between Shaban and Shawwal | 33 |
| Period beginning on Ash Wednesday | 33 |
| Period beginning four Sundays before Christmas | 46 |
| Period before the results come in | 33 |
| Period after springing forward: Abbr. | 37 |
| Period after one round too many? | 32 |
| Period after Ford's presidency | 34 |
| Period after finishing homework, say | 36 |
| Period 4/5 as lonely to Garcia Márquez | 41 |
| Perilous place in sword-and-sorcery tales | 41 |
| Peri's role on "Frasier" | 38 |
| Peri's role on 'Frasier' | 36 |
| Peri's "Frasier" character | 40 |
| Peri's 'Frasier' role | 33 |
| Peri Gilpin's "Frasier" role | 42 |
| Perhaps doesn't believe witty Rogers? | 41 |
| Pergolesi's "La ___ Padrona" | 42 |
| Perfume with a "verboten" name | 40 |
| Perfume name that sounds verboten | 33 |
| Perfume name that sounds forbidden | 34 |
| Perfume ingredient in a Maryland ballpark? | 42 |
| Perfume at Garfield's house? | 32 |
| Performs the traditional male role | 34 |
| Performs part of a liturgical service | 37 |
| Performs lackadaisically, slangily | 34 |
| Performs halfheartedly, slangily | 32 |
| Performs eye surgery, in a high-tech way | 40 |
| Performs deep-tissue manipulation on | 36 |
| Performs cunnilingus on, slangily | 33 |
| Performs at an outstanding level | 32 |
| Performs an archaeologist's job | 35 |
| Performs "Stairway to Heaven," e.g. | 45 |
| Performs "Frère Jacques" in concert? | 49 |
| Performing ___ (singing, dancing, etc.) | 39 |
| Performing very badly, as a comedian | 36 |
| Performing siblings' surname | 32 |
| Performing monkey's employer | 32 |
| Performers' theater entrance | 32 |
| Performers' representatives: Abbr. | 38 |
| Performers without stage presence? | 34 |
| Performers who often wear gloves | 32 |
| Performers of an annual bear dance | 34 |
| Performers in black-and-white striped shirts | 44 |
| Performer's appearance onstage | 34 |
| Performer with the Tijuana Brass | 32 |
| Performer with the first million-selling record | 47 |
| Performer with a self-titled HBO special in 2006 | 48 |
| Performer with a self-titled ABC series in 1996 | 47 |
| Performer with a painted-on smile | 33 |
| Performer who may have a navel decoration | 41 |
| Performer who is heard but not seen | 35 |
| Performer who has won 16 Grammys | 32 |
| Performer who doesn't say a word | 36 |
| Performer on a 1980s TV music show | 34 |
| Performer often trapped in a box | 32 |
| Performer of high-risk operations | 33 |
| Performer of a balancing act?: Abbr. | 36 |
| Performer in the title role, usually | 36 |
| Performer in a seven-million-gallon tank | 40 |
| Performer in a 7-million-gallon pool | 36 |
| Performer in a 7-million gallon tank | 36 |
| Performer for Gilbert & Sullivan | 36 |
| Performer dubbed "The Great Dane" | 43 |
| Performer at Clinton's first inaugural ball | 47 |
| Performer after whom a clone was named | 38 |
| Performer accompanied by Finnish folk music? | 44 |
| Performer "trapped" in a box | 38 |
| Performed, in a Shakespeare play | 32 |
| Performed spectacularly, informally | 35 |
| Performed really well, informally | 33 |
| Performed one-third of a triathlon | 34 |
| Performed on stage (with "the boards") | 48 |
| Performed on "American Idol" | 38 |
| Performed microsurgery on, perhaps | 34 |
| Performed in an a cappella group | 32 |
| Performed by Metallica at '89 Grammys | 41 |
| Performed better than Michael Phelps, say | 41 |
| Performed an Inauguration Day rite | 34 |
| Performed a wedding emcee's function, perhaps | 49 |
| Performance with two principal features | 39 |
| Performance with nearly perfect pitch? | 38 |
| Performance where several items are kept aloft | 46 |
| Performance that takes a second? | 32 |
| Performance on a troupe's tour | 34 |
| Performance in a Beach Boys hit? | 32 |
| Performance enhancers in the news | 33 |
| Performance by one whose career is taking off | 45 |
| Performance artist with a palindromic name | 42 |
| Performance amidst a performance | 32 |
| Perform successfully, with "off" | 42 |
| Perform spinning acrobatics to music | 36 |
| Perform part of a morning workout, perhaps | 42 |
| Perform part of a liturgical service | 36 |
| Perform part of a Bob Barker wish | 33 |
| Perform on "Glee," perhaps | 36 |
| Perform on "American Idol," e.g. | 42 |