| Potential birthday present, e.g. | 32 |
| Potential blackout cause | 24 |
| Potential blooms | 16 |
| Potential boat capsizers | 24 |
| Potential boomer | 16 |
| Potential bread | 15 |
| Potential burglary deterrents | 29 |
| Potential buyer's line | 26 |
| Potential buyer's question | 30 |
| Potential C.I.A. problem | 24 |
| Potential canine saver | 22 |
| Potential capts. | 16 |
| Potential cause of a food recall | 32 |
| Potential cause of a wrongful conviction | 40 |
| Potential cause of vehicular hydroplaning | 41 |
| Potential caviar | 16 |
| Potential champion | 18 |
| Potential checkout correction | 29 |
| Potential client | 16 |
| Potential coaster | 17 |
| Potential con | 13 |
| Potential confession | 20 |
| Potential cooking disaster? | 27 |
| Potential creditor's request | 32 |
| Potential crossword clue | 24 |
| Potential currency | 18 |
| Potential danger sources | 24 |
| Potential deserter | 18 |
| Potential diet-breaker | 22 |
| Potential dilemma solver | 24 |
| Potential dioxin source | 23 |
| Potential downside of the information age | 41 |
| Potential dupe | 14 |
| Potential embryo | 16 |
| Potential embryos | 17 |
| Potential Emmy nominees | 23 |
| Potential employer's concern, perhaps | 41 |
| Potential enamorada | 19 |
| Potential epidemic | 18 |
| Potential eye irritant | 22 |
| Potential farmers | 17 |
| Potential fetus | 15 |
| Potential fire hazard | 21 |
| Potential first First Husband | 29 |
| Potential flower | 16 |
| Potential flu symptom | 21 |
| Potential frat member | 21 |
| Potential game stoppers | 23 |
| Potential golf course | 21 |
| Potential grads | 15 |
| Potential Guinness Book entry | 29 |
| Potential Guinness World Records entry | 38 |
| Potential hangar buildup | 24 |
| Potential haymaker | 18 |
| Potential heir | 14 |
| Potential heiress | 17 |
| Potential hiding places | 23 |
| Potential hoax subjects | 23 |
| Potential home wrecker | 22 |
| Potential homestead | 19 |
| Potential importance of a German quartet? | 41 |
| Potential juror | 15 |
| Potential landfill pollutants, for short | 40 |
| Potential law | 13 |
| Potential lead | 14 |
| Potential lifesaver | 19 |
| Potential lifesaver for a drowning person | 41 |
| Potential lifesaver, for short | 30 |
| Potential lifesaver, in brief | 29 |
| Potential limb | 14 |
| Potential living quarters | 25 |
| Potential lockdown preceder | 27 |
| Potential losers | 16 |
| Potential mate | 14 |
| Potential measure | 17 |
| Potential misfit | 16 |
| Potential mountain, for some | 28 |
| Potential mountain? | 19 |
| Potential mouth choker | 22 |
| Potential Mr. Right | 19 |
| Potential no-show | 17 |
| Potential oak | 13 |
| Potential oak tree | 18 |
| Potential officer | 17 |
| Potential offices | 17 |
| Potential oil source | 20 |
| Potential pancakes | 18 |
| Potential pass receivers | 24 |
| Potential pass target | 21 |
| Potential pass-receivers | 24 |
| Potential pasta | 15 |
| Potential patsy, in slang | 25 |
| Potential pay dirt | 18 |
| Potential peacock | 17 |
| Potential perch | 15 |
| Potential perch or pike | 23 |
| Potential pet | 13 |
| Potential pets | 14 |
| Potential petter's discouragement | 37 |
| Potential pick-up spot with bars inside | 39 |