| Like the pre-Easter season | 26 |
| Like the preferable evil | 24 |
| Like the preferred evil? | 24 |
| Like the preferred of two evils | 31 |
| Like the presidencies of Taft and Hoover | 40 |
| Like the president's office | 31 |
| Like the presidential suite | 27 |
| Like the pretty maids | 21 |
| Like the prince royal | 21 |
| Like the problem of squaring the circle | 39 |
| Like the proverbial beaver | 26 |
| Like the proverbial church mouse | 32 |
| Like the proverbial cucumber | 28 |
| Like the proverbial milk | 24 |
| Like the proverbial puppet? | 27 |
| Like the proverbial tree that falls in the forest | 49 |
| Like the proverbial worm catcher | 32 |
| Like the puns in this puzzle? (mostly the latter) | 49 |
| Like the puzzle? | 16 |
| Like the Pyramids | 17 |
| Like the QE2 | 12 |
| Like the Queen Mary's interior | 34 |
| Like the Quran (Var.) | 21 |
| Like the rain forest | 20 |
| Like the Ranger | 15 |
| Like the rarer blood types, typically: Abbr. | 44 |
| Like the rarest rhino | 21 |
| Like the Reader | 15 |
| Like the reading on a thermometer | 33 |
| Like the Reaper | 15 |
| Like the red carpet ceremonies | 30 |
| Like the relatives notified in emergencies, usually | 51 |
| Like the remains of sunken ships | 32 |
| Like the return of swallows to Capistrano | 41 |
| Like the review "Hated it," e.g. | 42 |
| Like the rhythm of a nursery rhyme | 34 |
| Like the ribbons of Jan. 1981 | 29 |
| Like the rich | 13 |
| Like the rich and beautiful | 27 |
| Like the rides in a kiddie park | 31 |
| Like the right third of Ireland's flag | 42 |
| Like the rim of an eyecup | 25 |
| Like the ring in an eclipse | 27 |
| Like the Rio Grande, in spots | 29 |
| Like the risk to bet on, maybe | 30 |
| Like the River Erne | 19 |
| Like the road in a classic ballad | 33 |
| Like the road less traveled, say | 32 |
| Like the road not taken | 23 |
| Like the Road Runner | 20 |
| Like the Rock of Ages | 21 |
| Like the Rockettes | 18 |
| Like the Roman Forum | 20 |
| Like the Romanovs | 17 |
| Like the Rose Bowl game | 23 |
| Like the rug bug | 16 |
| Like the rumba, originally | 26 |
| Like the runt | 13 |
| Like the runt of the litter | 27 |
| Like the runt, often | 20 |
| Like the Sabbath | 16 |
| Like the Sabin polio vaccine | 28 |
| Like the Sabin vaccine | 22 |
| Like the safest corporate investments | 37 |
| Like the Sahara | 15 |
| Like the Sahara's climate | 29 |
| Like the Sahel | 14 |
| Like the samba and salsa | 24 |
| Like the SAT and GRE | 20 |
| Like the SATs | 13 |
| Like the scent of many cleaners | 31 |
| Like the scent of many tree-shaped air fresheners | 49 |
| Like the scent of pines, perhaps | 32 |
| Like the scholarly world | 24 |
| Like the Scion xB | 17 |
| Like the score at the start of the 10th inning | 46 |
| Like the score for the first play of a Scrabble game | 52 |
| Like the Scottish burr | 22 |
| Like the scriptures on which Hare Krishna is based | 50 |
| Like the scrub jay | 18 |
| Like the sea | 12 |
| Like the sea lion | 17 |
| Like the Sea of Tranquility | 27 |
| Like the seafood in sushi | 25 |
| Like the seafood in sushi, often | 32 |
| Like the season before Easter | 29 |
| Like the service academies | 26 |
| Like the set Ø | 17 |
| Like the setting of "Green Acres" | 43 |
| Like the seven-year itch? | 25 |
| Like the seventh series game | 28 |
| Like the Shadow | 15 |
| Like the Shenandoah Valley | 26 |
| Like the Sherpas | 16 |
| Like the shore, often | 21 |
| Like the shortest plays | 23 |
| Like the simplest process | 25 |
| Like the Simpson kids' hair | 31 |
| Like the Sinai | 14 |
| Like the Sinai Peninsula | 24 |