| ___ pickings | 12 |
| ___ pick (part of a figure skate) | 33 |
| ___ pick (cavil) | 16 |
| ___ Picchu, Peru | 16 |
| ___ Picchu (site of Incan ruins) | 32 |
| ___ Picchu (Peruvian landmark) | 30 |
| ___ Picchu (Incan stronghold) | 29 |
| ___ Picchu (Incan site) | 23 |
| ___ Picchu (Inca site) | 22 |
| ___ Picchu | 10 |
| ___ piccata | 11 |
| ___ picada (burrito filler) | 27 |
| ___ Piao, former Chinese Communist leader | 41 |
| ___ Pi (dessert lover's fraternity?) | 40 |
| ___ Phraya, Thai river | 22 |
| ___ Phraya (Asian river) | 24 |
| ___ phrase (invent) | 19 |
| ___ phone (application field) | 29 |
| ___ Phillips, who played Livia in "I, Claudius" | 57 |
| ___ Philippe (Swiss timepiece) | 30 |
| ___ Philbin, TV host | 20 |
| ___ Philbin (TV talk-show host) | 31 |
| ___ Phi Omega | 13 |
| ___ Phi Beta (sorority founded at Howard University) | 52 |
| ___ phenomenon (optical illusion) | 33 |
| ___ phenomena (ESP, telepathy, etc.) | 36 |
| ___ Phair with the 2003 tune "Why Can't I?" | 57 |
| ___ peur (fearless) | 19 |
| ___ Pets (1980s fad) | 20 |
| ___ Peterson, lead role in "Bells Are Ringing" | 56 |
| ___ Peterson, Judy Holliday's role in "Bells Are Ringing" | 71 |
| ___ Peter to pay Paul | 21 |
| ___ Pete (inferior wine) | 24 |
| ___ Pete (cheap wine) | 21 |
| ___ Pete (cheap liquor) | 23 |
| ___ Pet (sprouting figurine) | 28 |
| ___ pet (onetime fad item) | 26 |
| ___ Pet (novelty item) | 22 |
| ___ Pet (kitschy plant) | 23 |
| ___ Pet (item advertised around Christmas) | 42 |
| ___ pet (irked) | 15 |
| ___ Pet (cultivatable gift) | 27 |
| ___ Pet | 7 |
| ___ peso (Mexican currency) | 27 |
| ___ personality | 15 |
| ___ personae | 12 |
| ___ person | 10 |
| ___ Perrot, Québec | 21 |
| ___ perpetuum (let it be everlasting) | 37 |
| ___ perpetua (IdahoÂ’s motto) | 32 |
| ___ Perpetua (Idaho's motto) | 32 |
| ___ perpetua | 12 |
| ___ Perot | 9 |
| ___ Peron, former Argentine first lady | 38 |
| ___ Peron, Argentine first lady | 31 |
| ___ Peron (musical Madonna role) | 32 |
| ___ permission | 14 |
| ___ Perlman as Carla | 20 |
| ___ Perkins (Leslie Knope's best friend on "Parks and Recreation") | 80 |
| ___ Period, depicted in "The Last Samurai" | 52 |
| ___ Perino, George W. Bush's last White House press secretary | 65 |
| ___ Perino, George W. Bush's last press secretary | 53 |
| ___ Perilous, at the Round Table | 32 |
| ___ Perilous (Round Table seat) | 31 |
| ___ Perilous | 12 |
| ___ Perignon champagne | 22 |
| ___ Perignon | 12 |
| ___ Peres, Mo. | 14 |
| ___ Peres (St. Louis suburb) | 28 |
| ___ perditae | 12 |
| ___ percha | 10 |
| ___ percentage (official batting statistic since 1984) | 54 |
| ___ Percé, American Indian | 29 |
| ___ Percé tribe | 18 |
| ___ Percé Indians | 20 |
| ___ Percé (Western tribe) | 28 |
| ___ Percé (Indian tribe) | 27 |
| ___ Percé | 12 |
| ___ Perón | 12 |
| ___ per second (luminosity unit) | 32 |
| ___ per centimeter (surface tension measure) | 44 |
| ___ Peppermint Pattie | 21 |
| ___ Pepper, Redford role | 24 |
| ___ Pepper, flier in a Redford film | 35 |
| ___ Pepper (Redford role) | 25 |
| ___ Pepper | 10 |
| ___ Peoples | 11 |
| ___ people (sci-fi figures) | 27 |
| ___ people | 10 |
| ___ pentameter (kind of verse) | 30 |
| ___ pentameter | 14 |
| ___ pensée (hidden motive) | 29 |
| ___ pensée | 13 |
| ___ Pensacola (mil. center) | 27 |
| ___ penny (very common, in British lingo) | 41 |
| ___ penny (pre-1959 cent) | 25 |
| ___ penis | 9 |
| ___ Peninsula, California | 25 |
| ___ Peninsula (where Albania is) | 32 |
| ___ Peninsula (Alaskan land off the Cook Inlet) | 47 |