| Post-Russian Revolution but pre-1991 | 36 |
| Put actress Amanda in the freestyle? | 36 |
| Police unit for high-risk operations | 36 |
| Patrick of ''Ghost'' | 36 |
| Patient's complaint, to a doctor | 36 |
| Postpone consideration of rap music? | 36 |
| Plans for attaining particular goals | 36 |
| President who became a Chief Justice | 36 |
| Place for a prank involving a potato | 36 |
| Plant with buttonlike yellow flowers | 36 |
| Port on Italy's "heel" | 36 |
| Place to dip really big fish sticks? | 36 |
| Pictures inked on the body, in slang | 36 |
| Parts of a Victorian social schedule | 36 |
| Provision of the 1767 Townshend Acts | 36 |
| Part of a daunting split, in bowling | 36 |
| Polo of "Meet the Parents" | 36 |
| Polo of "Meet the Fockers" | 36 |
| Polo of "Meet the Fokkers" | 36 |
| Polanski film based on a Hardy novel | 36 |
| Packages from recent guests, perhaps | 36 |
| Prince "Emancipation" song | 36 |
| Physical advantage for a shoplifter? | 36 |
| Paris attraction that features a [ ] | 36 |
| Path to the "real killer"? | 36 |
| Pre-telegraph means of communication | 36 |
| Poetic basis for an N.F.L. team name | 36 |
| Part one of an observation on levies | 36 |
| Part of a perfect Thanksgiving meal? | 36 |
| Period preceding an expiration date? | 36 |
| Perform a quarterback's function | 36 |
| Present for one needing illumination | 36 |
| Precisely-cooked rotisserie chicken? | 36 |
| Period between stimulus and response | 36 |
| Porcupine army's attack command? | 36 |
| Perry Como hit "___ Marie" | 36 |
| Presently, according to the calendar | 36 |
| Page McConnell "Close ___" | 36 |
| Phrase used by Macbeth's witches | 36 |
| Pick up with a certain grasping tool | 36 |
| Press secretary under George W. Bush | 36 |
| Put in the "circular file" | 36 |
| Preteen's "absolutely" | 36 |
| Perform brain surgery on Mr. Begley? | 36 |
| Purveyor of a "sure thing" | 36 |
| Place to do business in the Old West | 36 |
| People whose business is picking up? | 36 |
| Pie of the 20's-30's Pirates | 36 |
| Part of the lowest possible straight | 36 |
| Pace that's slower than a canter | 36 |
| Part of a Thanksgiving meal, perhaps | 36 |
| Period after finishing homework, say | 36 |
| Prepare some business correspondence | 36 |
| Prefix meaning "extremely" | 36 |
| Prefix for ''sonic'' | 36 |
| Patriot's favorite Schubert work | 36 |
| Prunes from one's social network | 36 |
| Prefix with ''brow'' | 36 |
| Place to the left of a decimal point | 36 |
| Prepares to redo, as a quilt section | 36 |
| Preposition on a business-hours sign | 36 |
| Passion Pit "Smile ___ Me" | 36 |
| Planet that always gets a few laughs | 36 |
| Pretoria was its administrative cap. | 36 |
| Publication known for its pie graphs | 36 |
| Place for a Valentine's Day gift | 36 |
| Presidential "thumbs down" | 36 |
| Primates seen on home movie rentals? | 36 |
| P. ___ ( Famed CTV / CBC TV talker) | 36 |
| Part of a guitarist's pedalboard | 36 |
| Pleasure yourself after a Brazilian? | 36 |
| Pat Benatar "Sex as a ___" | 36 |
| Pacific states, with "the" | 36 |
| Place to grab a screwdriver at home? | 36 |
| Party guest who'll kill your joy | 36 |
| Promise of confidentiality, part two | 36 |
| Presidents Tyler and Taylor, for two | 36 |
| Partner of what, where, why and when | 36 |
| Popular Canadian-born game show host | 36 |
| Part of a Halloween costume, perhaps | 36 |
| Pitchers' motions before pitches | 36 |
| People who make too many port calls? | 36 |
| Person answering the door, sometimes | 36 |
| Parts of Santa's elves training? | 36 |
| Prefix meaning "foreigner" | 36 |
| Possible "Got milk?" reply | 36 |
| Private's response to a sergeant | 36 |
| Primordial substance of the universe | 36 |
| Plans with frequent gains and losses | 36 |
| Pia of ''Butterfly'' | 36 |
| Philosophical interest for John Cage | 36 |
| Province capital on the Yellow River | 36 |
| President of Pakistan from 1978-1988 | 36 |
| Place with lots of animal enclosures | 36 |
| Pop group with a hit Broadway musical | 37 |
| Perpendicular to the keel, nautically | 37 |
| Poker player's "bullet" | 37 |
| Puzzle that involves a quoted passage | 37 |
| Pretend to be someone you're not? | 37 |
| Part of une pièce de théâtre | 37 |