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- OB/GYN, e.g.
- OB/GYNs, e.g.
- Objectivist author Rand
- Objectivist Rand
- Occasion that may involve fine china
- Occupational suffix
- Octopus's defense against predators
- Odd ___ out (misfit)
- Of an unspecified position in a sequence
- "Of course!"
- Of first rank
- "___ of Frankenstein" (1939 movie sequel)
- ___ of Horus (Egyptian symbol of healing)
- "Of the foot" prefix
- Off work, for short
- Off-grid connection?
- Off-line, online
- Off-road ride, for short
- Off-road rover, for short
- Off-roader, in brief
- Offering at a BBQ joint
- Offering on a sushi menu
- Office address abbr.
- Office building abbr.
- Official lang. of Liberia
- Oft-injured part of the knee, for short
- Oft-torn knee part, in brief
- Often-illegal turn, slangily
- Often-redacted fig.
- Often-skipped parts of podcasts
- "Oh no! A mouse!"
- "Oh no!," in comics
- OK signal
- "OK," in modern slang
- Old auto company based in Lansing, Mich.
- Old gridiron org. for the Boston Patriots
- "Old man"
- Old money, for short?
- Old name for Tokyo
- Old space station
- Old-fashioned business?
- Old-school dance
- Old-school term for "cool"
- Old-time film studio
- Olive of old cartoons
- Olympic gymnast Raisman
- Olympic gymnast Sunisa
- Omega, in physics
- "OMG, stop!"
- "OMG, that's hilarious"
- "Omigosh!"
- On behalf of
- On the ___
- On the ___ (frequently, informally)
- "On the Basis of ___" (Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic)
- On the other hand, in brief
- On the sea, it's akin to "Sí"
- "On your marks … get ___ …"
- On, in French
- On-air marketplace, for short
- On-off signs
- Once called
- Once-common pesticide banned in 1972
- One "T" of TNT
- "One ___ Soldier" (1969 antiwar song)
- One ___ time
- "One ___" (Elizabeth Bishop poem that repeats the line "The ___ of losing isn't hard to master")
- ___ one and only
- One arguing in court: Abbr.
- One breaking a 108-year drought in 2016
- One cause of deterioration
- One chasing the big bucks?
- One dining on Friskies
- One fast with the one-liners
- One in 100: Abbr.
- One in a cage
- One in a gym set
- One in a Himalayan herd
- One in hand?
- One lacking refinement
- One leg press, say
- One level below the majors
- One making calls, informally
- One may be twist-off
- One may have a pocket ... or be found in one
- One might be named for a king or queen
- One might be noble
- One might be used for battering
- One might end with "com" or "org"
- One might have a litter ... or use it
- One of 1,909 for Willie Mays, for short
- One of 12, astrologically
- One of 17 in Monopoly: Abbr.
- One of 2,214 for Babe Ruth
- One of 25 in a track 10K
- One of 88 on a piano
- One of a kind
- One of a pair of lines drawn in hangman
- One of a trio encountered by Ricitos de Oro
- One of eight on a chessboard, or five in a Mini crossword
- One of five for a dragonfly
- One of five for most starfish
- One of five in a typical big band
- One of football's Mannings
- One of four generated by a grand slam, for short
- One of four rhyming letters
- One of four seen on Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man"
- One of the "six enemies of the mind," in Hinduism
- One of the five W's
- One of the four fundamental states of matter
- One of the four in "all fours"
- One of the Three Stooges
- One of three in the Domino's logo
- One of three in the Horatio Henry Couldery painting "Curiosity"
- One of two typically used when rowing, in brief
- One often pictured wearing pointy shoes
- One place to find a Brazilian
- One serving a queen, perhaps
- One side in the first international soccer match (1872): Abbr.
- One sitting on a coop board?
- One that's hard to catch
- One to build on
- One under Attila's rule
- One way to check your impulses, in brief?
- One wearing a striped shirt, informally
- One wearing the Star of Life emblem, for short
- One who gets special treatment, for short
- One who holds a company's purse strings, in brief
- One who knows the drill?: Abbr.
- One who might call you out if you get home late?
- One who runs, informally
- One who's been fleeced?
- One who's constantly telling you to do this and do that
- One who's left at the polls, informally?
- One who's left, for short?
- One who's yukking it up
- One whose eyes are "all aglow" in "The Christmas Song"
- One with secrets
- One with special access, in brief
- One wrapping up a meal before eating anything?
- One, south of the border
- One-eighth of a byte
- One-half of a golf partnership, perhaps
- One-named "Chandelier" singer
- One-named artist who sang the U.S. national anthem at the Paris Olympics closing ceremony
- One-named pop star with Monkey Puzzle Records
- One-named singer with the 2016 #1 hit "Cheap Thrills"
- One-named singer with the 2022 hit "Unstoppable"
- Ones "over there" in "Over There," in brief
- Ones who might cut the line, in brief?
- Onetime AT&T competitor
- Onetime British Olympian/politician Sebastian
- Onetime org. for Jimmy Carter and J.F.K.
- Onetime parent co. of Virgin Records
- Online "haha"
- Online automaton
- Online chats, in brief
- Online gamer's bane
- Online Q&A
- Only number that appears twice in the Fibonacci sequence
- Only three-letter Disney dwarf
- Only three-letter element
- Only three-letter zodiac sign
- Ooh and ___
- Op-___ (newspaper pieces)
- Opal or ruby
- "Open ___ midnight"
- Open ___ night
- Open show of intimacy, for short
- Openly gay
- Operator in Boolean logic
- Operculum, e.g.
- Opponent
- "Opportunity," per Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Opposite direction of NNW
- Opposite of "nay"
- Opposite of 'neath
- Opposite of menos, in Spanish
- Opposite of NNE
- Opposite of NNW
- Opposite of non
- Opposite of offs
- Opposite of paleo-
- Opposite of post-
- Opposite of SSW
- Opposite of the Latin "odi"
- Opposite of virtually, to texters
- Opposite of WNW
- Opposite of WSW
- Opposite side
- Opus ___
- "___ or nay?"
- "… or so"
- "... or thereabouts"
- + or – particle
- Orange or lime
- Orchestra setting
- Orderly arrangement of ducks, in a saying
- Orderly arrangement: Abbr.
- Oregon senator Wyden
- Org. associated with a museum in Cooperstown, N.Y.
- Org. associated with the Wanamaker Trophy
- Org. authorized by the 16th Amendment
- Org. checking carry-on bags
- Org. concerned with reactor safety
- Org. concerned with screenings
- Org. concerned with traffic
- Org. created by the National Security Act of 1947
- Org. featured in 1998's "Enemy of the State"
- Org. for J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Org. for lawyers
- Org. for Martina Hingis and Martina Navratilova
- Org. for Penguins and Ducks
- Org. for pugilists
- Org. for Rory McIlroy
- Org. for the Raptors, but not the Blue Jays
- Org. for The Rock and Brock Lesnar
- Org. for therapists
- Org. for Wizards and Magic
- Org. in charge of school fund-raisers
- Org. in the Jack Ryan movies
- Org. infiltrated by aliens in "Space Jam"
- Org. mentioned in many zombie movies
- Org. often concerned with fund-raising
- Org. regulating air quality
- Org. regulating water safety
- Org. requiring crypto disclosures beginning in 2025
- Org. targeting Walter White on "Breaking Bad"
- Org. that accepts returns
- Org. that hires cryptanalysts
- Org. that issues Known Traveler Numbers
- Org. that issues lots of refunds
- Org. that might do some spring cleaning?
- Org. that now offers merit badges in Kayaking and Nuclear Science
- Org. that offers one "L" of a ride?
- Org. that oversees air quality initiatives
- Org. that pays the Bills?
- Org. that releases an annual list of the year's most interesting contraband
- Org. that runs the "L"
- Org. that watches television
- Org. that's gone to the dogs?
- Org. to which you might provide your bank account info
- Org. trying to catch Frank Abagnale in "Catch Me If You Can"
- Org. whose events are typically held at clubs
- Org. whose motto translates to "Through adversity to the stars"
- Org. whose staffers wear royal blue uniforms
- Org. whose work takes many forms?
- Org. with a "Cryptographic Support Services" page on its website
- Org. with a 3-1-1 rule
- Org. with a draft lottery
- Org. with a fraud hotline
- Org. with a list of popular baby names
- Org. with a Slam Dunk Contest
- Org. with an annual Thanksgiving competition
- Org. with Bulls and Bucks
- Org. with checkpoints
- Org. with long lines around the holidays
- Org. with metal detectors
- Org. with notoriously long lines
- Org. with Orioles, Blue Jays and Cardinals
- Org. with Patriot games
- Org. with the Nuggets and Nets
- Org. with the Rule of Law Initiative
- Organizer of an after-school event, in brief
- Original N.Y.C. subway line
- Original Super Mario Bros. console
- Originally named
- Ornamental fish in a pond
- Oscars airer
- Oslo Accords grp.
- Otherwise called, in brief
- Otolaryngologist, for short
- "Ouch!"
- "Our Lips ___ Sealed" (hit by the Go-Go's)
- ___ out an existence
- Out of patience, with "up"
- "Out with ya now!"
- "___ out!" (ump's cry)
- "___ out!" (umpire's shout)
- Outdo
- Outlaw
- Outrage
- Outstanding
- Over there, to a poet
- Overdo it at the beach, say
- Overhead storage on an airplane
- Overnight option
- Overnight stop
- Overseer of the Erie Canal, in brief
- Owner of The Athletic, for short
- Ozone no-no, for short
- P.D. alert
- P.E. unit
- P.G.A. peg
- Pa Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies"
- Pablo Neruda's "___ to My Socks"
- Pack-bearing beast
- Packed it in
- Pad
- Page for learning more, for short
- Pained yelps
- ___ paint (sign tragically noticed after sitting on a park bench)
- Paint container
- Painter's medium
- Pal
- ___ pal (rhyming friend)
- Paleo- : old :: ___ : new
- Palindrome akin to "Aha!"
- Palindromic family member
- Palindromic kitchen brand
- Palindromic sib
- Palm Sunday remnant used on the first Wednesday of Lent
- Paltry amount
- Paper competing with the W.S.J.
- Paper source?
- Paragraph starter, perhaps
- Paramedic's skill
- Paramount ancestor, in brief
- Paramount subsidiary
- Parapsychologist's study, for short
- Parched
- Parent company of The Athletic: Abbr.
- Parisian permission
- Park place?
- Parliament constituent
- Parlor offering, for short
- Parrot
- Part in a play
- Part of a Bahama Mama
- Part of a barbecue rack
- Part of a day care schedule
- Part of a drill assembly or comedy routine
- Part of a gearwheel
- Part of a George Washington costume (though he rarely wore one)
- Part of a giggle
- Part of a golf club
- Part of a great deal?
- Part of a min.
- Part of a ping-pong table
- Part of a rock band?
- Part of a sch. year
- Part of a seat assignment
- Part of a slider
- Part of a speedway or the stomach
- Part of a volcano
- Part of A.A.R.P.: Abbr.
- Part of an order
- Part of AT&T: Abbr.
- Part of E.N.T.
- Part of E.S.L.: Abbr.
- Part of E.S.T.: Abbr.
- Part of every day, in Italy
- Part of L.G.B.T.Q.
- Part of L.G.B.T.Q.+
- Part of Lincoln's cabin
- Part of N.Y.E.
- Part of NATO: Abbr.
- Part of NGO: Abbr.
- Part of SCOTUS
- Part of some box sets
- Part of T.G.I.F.: Abbr.
- Part of the body with a lobe
- Part of the conjugation of "être"
- Part of the D.O.J.
- Part of the Holy Trinity
- Part of the week that workers look forward to: Abbr.
- Part of TNT
- Part of U.S.N.A.: Abbr.
- Part of una semana
- Part of what makes you you
- ___ particle
- Partner of parks, for short
- Partner of Parks, informally
- Partner of pitch and roll
- Partner of the C.D.C. and F.D.A.
- Partner of vigor
- Parts of a city grid: Abbr.
- Parts of many online handles
- Party pros playing tunes
- Party starters, in brief
- Pas ___ (somewhere else: Fr.)
- Pass on a tournament schedule
- Passports and driver's licenses, for short
- Passé
- Past word
- Past-tense verb that becomes its present tense when you move its last letter to the front
- Past-tense verb that sounds like a number
- Pastoral sound
- Patch up some clothes, say
- Patch, say
- Path to spiritual harmony
- Pathetic
- Patrick, to SpongeBob
- Paul McCartney, for one
- ___ Paulo, Brazil
- Paver's goop
- Paycheck fig.
- Payment inits. found in "debt-free"
- PC connection
- PC exit key
- PC hookup
- PC IDs
- PC key
- .pdf alternative
- Pea holder
- Peace promoter Yoko
- Peaceful period
- Peaceful, so to speak
- Peach or plum
- Peacock's home
- Peaked
- Pearl Jam's debut album, which went 13x platinum
- Pearl or peridot
- Peat source
- Pecan or pistachio
- Peculiar
- Pedicure target
- ___ peeve
- ___Pen (emergency device)
- Pen letters?
- Pen name
- Pendulum's path
- Pennzoil competitor
- Penultimate Greek letter
- Penultimate stop on the red BART line, in brief
- "People ___ Strange" (the Doors song)
- People or Rolling Stone, for short
- Pep in one's step
- "___ Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
- Per ___
- Perceive
- Percentage at a bank: Abbr.
- Perch
- Perchance
- Perched
- Perfect score in Olympic diving
- Perfectly fitting
- Performed exceptionally, in slang
- Perhaps
- Period ending in dezembro
- Period in history
- Period in the periodic table
- Period to live through
- Periodical, informally
- Permitted to
- Persian or Abyssinian
- Person who might have the other half of a heart necklace, in brief
- Personally contacts online, for short
- Personne canonisée: Abbr.
- Perspective, for short
- Pescatarian steak option
- Pet name on a par with Fido and Rover
- ___ Petry, first African American woman to write a million-selling novel ("The Street," 1946)
- Pewter, mostly
- Pharmacist Lilly
- Pharrell's signature item of apparel
- Phase for dreamers
- Phillipa of Broadway
- Phillipa of the original "Hamilton" cast
- Phoenix basketball player
- Phony social media follower
- Photo ___
- Photo ___ (P.R. events)
- Photo ___ (publicity events)
- Photog's undergrad degree
- Photographer Goldin
- Photographer's inits.
- "Physics is like ___: Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it" (quote attributed to Richard Feynman)
- Physics unit equivalent to roughly 624 gigaelectronvolts
- Physics unit named for a physicist
- Physique, slangily
- Pi follower
- Piano player in "Casablanca"
- Pick, with "for"
- Pie ___ mode
- Piece in the game Battleship
- Piece of cartoon memorabilia
- Piece of Grubhub info, for short
- Piglet and Pooh's marsupial friend
- Piglet's mother
- Pigs' digs
- Pilot who shares a tent with Yossarian in "Catch-22"
- "___ Pinafore" (Gilbert and Sullivan opera)
- "Pinball Wizard" band, with "The"
- Pine ___ (slugger's sticky stuff)
- Pineapple and Cranberry, for two, in N.Y.C.
- Ping-Pong table divider
- Pings, for short
- Pink part of a Mr. Potato Head set
- Pink-slip
- Pinochle action
- Pint in a pub, maybe
- Pioneering astronaut Jemison
- Pioneering computer engineer Lovelace
- Pioneering Philips product of the 1970s, in brief
- Pioneering premium channel
- "Pipe down!"
- Pirate's assent
- Pit stop refill
- Pitch
- Pitch catcher?
- Pitch, roll and ___ (rotations along the three-dimensional axes)
- Pitcher's asset
- Pitcher's output
- Pitching stat
- Pittsburgh-to-Buffalo dir.
- Pizza ___
- Pizza parlor purchase
- ___ place
- Place for a piercing or a plug
- Place for a seaweed body wrap
- Place for an intuitive feeling
- Place for gloss
- Place to be pampered
- Place to get a rubdown
- Place to hibernate
- Place to order drinks
- Place to pray
- Place to see a gnu
- Place to strike a pose?
- Place with flasks and alcohol
- Place-holding letters on a schedule
- Placeholder abbr.
- Places where people are usually lying, for short
- "Plain white" article of clothing for James Dean
- ___ Plaines, Ill.
- Plan to contribute to, for short
- Planner unit
- Plant, as seeds
- Platform for Duck Hunt, in brief
- Platform with a "Super" popular character, in brief?
- Platoon sgt., e.g.
- "Platoon" setting, for short
- "Platoon" setting, in brief
- Platt who starred in Broadway's "Dear Evan Hansen"
- Play a part, or part of a play
- Play one's part?
- Play part
- Play together, in a way
- Play-___
- Played out
- Played the first card
- Player - or piece of equipment - at Barclays Center
- Playful knock on the noggin
- Plead
- "Please help!"
- "Please, no more!"
- Plop yourself down
- Plot (out)
- Pluralizing letter, spelled out
- "… plus ___"
- Pod tidbit
- Podcast interruptions
- Poe's "The ___ and the Pendulum"
- Poe's "The Murders in the ___ Morgue"
- Poe's "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon ___"
- Poem of praise
- Poet's dusk
- Poetic contraction
- Poetic homage
- Poetic tribute
- Point of writing
- Pointed end of a pen
- Poke ___
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