| The pool-playing shopper __ | 27 |
| The pool-playing mobster __ | 27 |
| The pool-playing chef __ | 24 |
| The pool-playing actor __ | 25 |
| The Ponte Vecchio spans it | 26 |
| The Ponte Vecchio crosses it | 28 |
| The Pont Royal spans it | 23 |
| The Pont Neuf spans it | 22 |
| The Ponderosa's series | 26 |
| The Police tribute band | 23 |
| The Police or Green Day | 23 |
| The police might do this | 24 |
| The Pointer Sisters, e.g. | 25 |
| The point of using a marker? | 28 |
| The point of math class | 23 |
| The point of a church? | 22 |
| The Pogues' ___ MacGowan | 28 |
| The Pogues' MacGowan | 24 |
| The Pogues singer MacGowan | 26 |
| The Pogues frontman Shane | 25 |
| The podiatrist told a few ___ | 29 |
| The plot thickens with it | 25 |
| The Platters platter player | 27 |
| The Platters hit of 1955 | 24 |
| The planets, basically | 22 |
| The planets and others | 22 |
| The Plame affair, informally | 28 |
| The place to go in London | 25 |
| The place to go in lilac time | 29 |
| The pits, figuratively | 22 |
| The pit, to Pythagoras | 22 |
| The Pistons, the Pacers, etc. | 29 |
| The Pistons, on a scoreboard | 28 |
| The Pirates of the N.C.A.A. | 27 |
| The pipes are calling him | 25 |
| The piper's son, in rhyme | 29 |
| The Pioneers of the N.C.A.A. | 28 |
| The pinnace stops here | 22 |
| The Pink Panther, e.g. | 22 |
| The Pink Panther and others | 27 |
| The Piltdown Man, notably | 25 |
| The Piltdown Man, e.g. | 22 |
| The pilots of Penzance: Abbr. | 29 |
| The Pillsbury Doughboy? | 23 |
| The pig in pigs in blankets | 27 |
| The Pied Piper's river | 26 |
| The pick of the litter | 22 |
| The Piano actress Holly | 26 |
| The phone company personified | 29 |
| The phoenix rises from these | 28 |
| The Phillies Phanatic, e.g. | 27 |
| The Phillies are in it | 22 |
| The Phillie Phanatic, e.g. | 26 |
| The Philippines, to Philippe | 28 |
| The Philippines' Marcos | 27 |
| The Pharmacists' Ted | 24 |
| The Pharisees and others | 24 |
| The Phantom's rival | 23 |
| The Phantom's instrument | 28 |
| The Phantom of the Opera | 24 |
| The personification of peace | 28 |
| The person in question? | 23 |
| The person behind the wheel? | 28 |
| The perfect match, for some | 27 |
| The perfect fall gift? | 22 |
| The perennial perennial youth | 29 |
| The Pequod's skipper | 24 |
| The Pequod's harpooner | 26 |
| The Pequod's captain | 24 |
| The people's choice | 23 |
| The People's Champion | 25 |
| The People's Champ | 22 |
| The people upstairs: Abbr. | 26 |
| The people upstairs, briefly | 28 |
| The Pentagon, e.g.: Abbr. | 25 |
| The Pentagon is its HQ | 22 |
| The Penguin, to Batman | 22 |
| The Pearl of the Riviera | 24 |
| The Pearl of the Orient | 23 |
| The Pearl of the Danube | 23 |
| The Pearl of the Black Sea | 26 |
| The peacock was sacred to her | 29 |
| The PB in a PB&J, maybe | 27 |
| The Pawtucket Red Sox, e.g. | 27 |
| The pause that refreshes? | 25 |
| The pause that refreshes | 24 |
| The Patrons of Husbandry | 24 |
| The patron replied ... | 22 |
| The patriotic salad dressing | 28 |
| The patriotic entrée | 27 |
| The patriotic beverage | 22 |
| The Parthenon, for one | 22 |
| The parenthesis in :-) | 22 |
| The paper doll maker ... | 24 |
| The Panthers of the N.C.A.A. | 28 |
| The Panthers of the Big East | 28 |
| The panhandler ordered ___ | 26 |
| The Pac-10's Golden Bears | 29 |
| The P.L.O.'s Mahmoud ___ | 28 |
| The P.G.A.'s Craig ___ | 26 |