| ___ quarter ( refuse to seek leniency) | 38 |
| ___ Quarter | 11 |
| ___ quandary | 12 |
| ___ quam videri (to be rather than to seem) | 43 |
| ___ quam videri (North Carolina's motto) | 44 |
| ___ quam videri (North Carolina state motto) | 44 |
| ___ quam videri (North Carolina motto) | 38 |
| ___ quam videri (N.C.'s motto) | 34 |
| ___ quam videri (N.C. motto) | 28 |
| ___ quam videri | 15 |
| ___ quality (shoddy) | 20 |
| ___ quality | 11 |
| ___ qual (just as they come) | 28 |
| ___ quail (bloop hit) | 21 |
| ___ qua non (necessity) | 23 |
| ___ qua non | 11 |
| ___ q's (best behavior) | 27 |
| ___ Python | 10 |
| ___ Pythias | 11 |
| ___ pyramid, four examples of which are seen in this puzzle | 59 |
| ___ Pyle, Nabors character | 26 |
| ___ Pye (helicopter traffic reporter on "The Simpsons") | 65 |
| ___ Puzzlemaker Week | 20 |
| ___ putt | 8 |
| ___ put (remain) | 16 |
| ___ put (field event) | 21 |
| ___ pushers | 11 |
| ___ pursuit | 11 |
| ___ purpose (having two uses) | 29 |
| ___ purpose | 11 |
| ___ Purchase (1853 land acquisition) | 36 |
| ___ pura | 8 |
| ___ punk (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones' genre) | 49 |
| ___ Punk (Reel Big Fish genre) | 30 |
| ___ punk (Mighty Mighty Bosstones genre) | 40 |
| ___ Punk (French house duo) | 27 |
| ___ Punk | 8 |
| ___ punches (be blunt) | 22 |
| ___ pump (stimulates) | 21 |
| ___ pump (plumbing device) | 26 |
| ___ pump (drainage aid) | 23 |
| ___ pump | 8 |
| ___ pull (possible reason for being on the disabled list) | 57 |
| ___ pull (common sports injury) | 31 |
| ___ pull | 8 |
| ___ puisne | 10 |
| ___ Puffs (General Mills cereal) | 32 |
| ___ Puffs | 9 |
| ___ Puf fabric softener | 23 |
| ___ Puente, the Mambo King | 26 |
| ___ Pueblo (Unesco World Heritage site) | 39 |
| ___ Pueblo | 10 |
| ___ pudding (nursery rhyme dish) | 32 |
| ___ pudding (cornmeal mush) | 27 |
| ___ pudding (British dish) | 26 |
| ___ pudding | 11 |
| ___ publicus (public lands) | 27 |
| ___ publica (the state) | 23 |
| ___ publica (commonwealth) | 26 |
| ___ publica | 11 |
| ___ Public (average person) | 27 |
| ___ public | 10 |
| ___ pubis | 9 |
| ___ pub. acct. | 14 |
| ___ psychology | 14 |
| ___ prunes | 10 |
| ___ provocateur | 15 |
| ___ Provencale (with garlic, onions, etc.) | 42 |
| ___ provencale (with garlic or onions) | 38 |
| ___ Provencale (cooking style) | 30 |
| ___ provençale | 17 |
| ___ Protocol (climate change treaty) | 36 |
| ___ Protocol (1997 agreement) | 29 |
| ___ protector (nerdy accessory) | 31 |
| ___ prosequi (will not prosecute) | 33 |
| ___ prosequi (legal notice) | 27 |
| ___ prosequi (law term) | 23 |
| ___ prosequi (do not prosecute) | 31 |
| ___ prosequi (court-record entry) | 33 |
| ___ prosequi (court entry) | 26 |
| ___ prosequi (charges will be dropped) | 38 |
| ___ prosequi ("proceed no further" court entry) | 57 |
| ___ prosequi | 12 |
| ___ pros. (ct.-records entry) | 29 |
| ___ pros. (court record abbr.) | 30 |
| ___ pros. | 9 |
| ___ pros (drop a suit) | 22 |
| ___ pros | 8 |
| ___ pros: law | 14 |
| ___ proprietorship | 18 |
| ___ proprietor (fish-store owner?) | 34 |
| ___ proprietor | 14 |
| ___ propre (self-esteem) | 24 |
| ___ propre | 10 |
| ___ property (law school topic) | 31 |
| ___ property (building owned by a lender) | 41 |
| ___ promise (renege) | 20 |
| ___ prole (without offspring) | 29 |
| ___ prole (childless) | 21 |
| ___ project | 11 |