| Preempt | 7 |
| Preempt a firing? | 17 |
| Preempted | 9 |
| Preempted, as a sitcom | 22 |
| Preempted, maybe | 16 |
| Preempted, perhaps | 18 |
| Preempts | 8 |
| Preen | 5 |
| Preen again | 11 |
| Preener's partner | 21 |
| Preener, perhaps | 16 |
| Preening bird, maybe | 20 |
| Preens | 6 |
| Preexisting condition? | 22 |
| Pref. for 71A | 13 |
| Pref. meaning flying | 20 |
| Pref. preferred by the "green police" | 47 |
| Prefabricated army shelter | 26 |
| Prefabricated shelter | 21 |
| Preface | 7 |
| Preface for pod or dent | 23 |
| Preface of a sort | 17 |
| Preface online | 14 |
| Preface page numeral | 20 |
| Preface to a bark | 17 |
| Preface to a point of view | 26 |
| Preface to whiz | 15 |
| Preface, briefly | 16 |
| Preface, for short | 18 |
| Preface: Abbr. | 14 |
| Prefaced | 8 |
| Prefaces | 8 |
| Prefatory parts | 15 |
| Prefax communique | 17 |
| Prefeast hours | 14 |
| Prefect ending | 14 |
| Prefect of Judea | 16 |
| Prefect's friend in "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" | 72 |
| Prefecture of Japan | 19 |
| Prefer | 6 |
| Prefer (to) | 11 |
| Prefer addition | 15 |
| Prefer charges | 14 |
| Prefer follower | 15 |
| Prefer Hitchcock's Bodega Bay classic to his other films? | 61 |
| Prefer not to get hit | 21 |
| Prefer to | 9 |
| Prefer to laugh over other options | 34 |
| Prefer, at a racetrack | 22 |
| Preferable | 10 |
| Preferable for new swimmers | 27 |
| Preferably | 10 |
| Preference | 10 |
| Preference word | 15 |
| Preference, so to speak | 23 |
| Preferences | 11 |
| Preferential plane seating | 26 |
| Preferential status, in sports | 30 |
| Preferred | 9 |
| Preferred answer | 16 |
| Preferred answer, often | 23 |
| Preferred bribery medium | 24 |
| Preferred choices | 17 |
| Preferred course | 16 |
| Preferred course of action | 26 |
| Preferred credit rating | 23 |
| Preferred drink for a Helsinki resident? | 40 |
| Preferred few | 13 |
| Preferred group | 15 |
| Preferred groups | 16 |
| Preferred guests | 16 |
| Preferred invitees | 18 |
| Preferred offspring | 19 |
| Preferred ones | 14 |
| Preferred option | 16 |
| Preferred outcome | 17 |
| Preferred payment method | 24 |
| Preferred seating, for many | 27 |
| Preferred shift | 15 |
| Preferred term instead of "Gypsy" | 43 |
| Preferred thermometers? | 23 |
| Preferred thing | 15 |
| Preferred vintage | 17 |
| Preferred way to proceed | 24 |
| Prefers | 7 |
| Prefers the country? | 20 |
| Prefers unsheathed burgers | 26 |
| Prefers, with "for" | 29 |
| Prefight ceremony? | 18 |
| Prefight event | 14 |
| Prefight garb | 13 |
| Prefight preparation, perhaps | 29 |
| Prefight psych job | 18 |
| Prefight ritual | 15 |
| Prefight, what boxers may do | 28 |
| Prefigure | 9 |
| Prefinal game | 13 |
| Prefinal tournament | 19 |
| Prefinals, for short | 20 |
| Prefix (to do with hearing) | 29 |