| Public defender's request | 29 |
| Public defender, for one: Abbr. | 31 |
| Public defender, in a way | 25 |
| Public defenders | 16 |
| Public demonstrations | 21 |
| Public discussion | 17 |
| Public discussion assemblies | 28 |
| Public discussion venues | 24 |
| Public disgrace | 15 |
| Public disorder | 15 |
| Public disorders | 16 |
| Public display | 14 |
| Public display of temper | 24 |
| Public displays | 15 |
| Public distribution | 19 |
| Public disturbance | 18 |
| Public disturbances | 19 |
| Public ed. backer | 17 |
| Public embarassment | 19 |
| Public embarrassment | 20 |
| Public emergency shelter, often | 31 |
| Public eminence | 15 |
| Public employees union, abbr. | 29 |
| Public Enemy #1? | 16 |
| Public Enemy "New Whirl ___" | 38 |
| Public Enemy and others | 23 |
| Public Enemy genre | 18 |
| Public Enemy member, familiarly | 31 |
| Public Enemy output | 19 |
| Public Enemy performances | 25 |
| Public Enemy ___ | 16 |
| Public enemy, say | 17 |
| Public esteem | 13 |
| Public estimation | 17 |
| Public estimations | 18 |
| Public exhibition | 17 |
| Public face | 11 |
| Public facility | 15 |
| Public figure? | 14 |
| Public figures | 14 |
| Public flaps | 12 |
| Public FM station in Michigan's largest city (as seen in its call letters) | 78 |
| Public fund | 11 |
| Public funds, you might say | 27 |
| Public fuss | 11 |
| Public garage feature | 21 |
| Public green space | 18 |
| Public hanging | 14 |
| Public hanging? | 15 |
| Public hangings | 15 |
| Public hangings? | 16 |
| Public health agcy. | 19 |
| Public health org. | 18 |
| Public health org. based in Atlanta | 35 |
| Public Health Service gp. | 25 |
| Public health weapon | 20 |
| Public host | 11 |
| Public house | 12 |
| Public house mainstay | 21 |
| Public house potable | 20 |
| Public houses | 13 |
| Public housing? | 15 |
| Public humiliation | 18 |
| Public image | 12 |
| Public Image ___ | 16 |
| Public Image ___ (post-Sex Pistols band) | 40 |
| Public image, briefly | 21 |
| Public image, for short | 23 |
| Public image, slangily | 22 |
| Public images | 13 |
| Public injunction | 17 |
| Public Interest Research Group founder | 38 |
| Public introduction | 19 |
| Public Ivy near Goleta, CA | 26 |
| Public knowledge | 16 |
| Public land with a charge? | 26 |
| Public law officer | 18 |
| Public law: Abbr. | 17 |
| Public laws: Abbr. | 18 |
| Public lead-in | 14 |
| Public lecture hall | 19 |
| Public lifestyle | 16 |
| Public lodging | 14 |
| Public lounge | 13 |
| Public madness | 14 |
| Public manager | 14 |
| Public meeting | 14 |
| Public meeting place | 20 |
| Public meetings | 15 |
| Public mention | 14 |
| Public mentions | 15 |
| Public mockery | 14 |
| Public notice | 13 |
| Public notice of impending nuptials | 35 |
| Public notice: Abbr. | 20 |
| Public notices | 14 |
| Public offering | 15 |
| Public officer | 14 |
| Public officer in charge of the treasury | 40 |
| Public official | 15 |