| Late one's excuse | 21 |
| Late opponent of apartheid | 26 |
| Late owner of the Chicago Bears | 31 |
| Late P.M.'s | 15 |
| Late parties | 12 |
| Late party | 10 |
| Late party attire | 17 |
| Late percussion great Puente | 28 |
| Late period | 11 |
| Late philanthropist | 19 |
| Late philanthropist Joan | 24 |
| Late Philippine exile | 21 |
| Late photographer Adams | 23 |
| Late pianist with his own museum in Las Vegas, NV | 49 |
| Late Pink Floyd member Barrett | 30 |
| Late Pink Floyd member ___ Barrett | 34 |
| Late plane ride | 15 |
| Late playwright Wasserstein | 27 |
| Late PLO head | 13 |
| Late political leader who wrote "Long Walk to Freedom" | 64 |
| Late pop singer | 15 |
| Late pop singer Elliot | 22 |
| Late pop singer Franchi et al. | 30 |
| Late princess | 13 |
| Late Princess of Wales | 22 |
| Late Princess of Wales, familiarly | 34 |
| Late prize-winning San Francisco columnist | 42 |
| Late protest singer | 19 |
| Late puppeteer Lewis | 20 |
| Late Quebec premier or LPGA player | 34 |
| Late queen of Jordan | 20 |
| Late queen of Romania | 21 |
| Late R&B singer ___ Marie | 29 |
| Late rallies | 12 |
| Late rapper Shakur | 18 |
| Late Red head | 13 |
| Late retirement time | 20 |
| Late return from lunch, perhaps | 31 |
| Late returning from furlough | 28 |
| Late riser | 10 |
| Late riser's "all right already!" | 47 |
| Late risers | 11 |
| Late rock 'n' roll idol | 31 |
| Late rock guitarist Duane | 25 |
| Late rock recluse Barrett | 25 |
| Late rocker Barrett | 19 |
| Late rocker Cobain | 18 |
| Late rocker Ramone | 18 |
| Late ruler Mobotu ___ Seko | 26 |
| Late Russian V.I.P. | 19 |
| Late S.N.L. actor | 17 |
| Late San Francisco columnist Herb | 33 |
| Late satirical cartoonist | 25 |
| Late Saudi king | 15 |
| Late Sen. Thurmond | 18 |
| Late Senator from N.C. | 22 |
| Late Senator Thurmond | 21 |
| Late Sex Pistol Vicious | 23 |
| Late shipping magnate's sobriquet | 37 |
| Late shipping tycoon | 20 |
| Late shipping tycoon's nickname | 35 |
| Late show hr. | 13 |
| Late Show, often | 16 |
| Late singer Bobby | 17 |
| Late singer Cassidy | 19 |
| Late singer Cole | 16 |
| Late singer Hayes | 17 |
| Late singer Horne | 17 |
| Late singer Jackson with multiple Grammys | 41 |
| Late singer Marvin et al. | 25 |
| Late singer Mel | 15 |
| Late singer named for a Dickens character | 41 |
| Late singer Pinza | 17 |
| Late singer Rawls | 17 |
| Late singer Reed | 16 |
| Late singer Sumac | 17 |
| Late singer Turner | 18 |
| Late singer Winehouse | 21 |
| Late singer-actor | 17 |
| Late singer-bassist for the Cars Benjamin ___ | 45 |
| Late singer/actor | 17 |
| Late sixth-century year | 23 |
| Late Slav leader | 16 |
| Late sleeper in a Kemelman mystery | 34 |
| Late sleeper's comment to a nagging partner | 47 |
| Late sleepers may miss them (abbr.) | 35 |
| Late sleepers, often | 20 |
| Late Sonny | 10 |
| Late soprano Beverly | 20 |
| Late South African PM | 21 |
| Late Soviet diplomat Dobrynin | 29 |
| Late Spanish cellist | 20 |
| Late Spanish military head of state | 35 |
| Late spring forecast | 20 |
| Late stage actress Hagen | 24 |
| Late stages | 11 |
| Late stages, of sorts | 21 |
| Late stand-up comedian Myron | 28 |
| Late stand-up comic Richard | 27 |
| Late starlet Sedgwick | 21 |