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- Poke fish, often
- Poke option
- Poker-playing animal in a classic painting
- Poli ___ (college major)
- Poli-___
- Poli-___ (certain college major, for short)
- Political connections
- Pollution-fighting org.
- ___ polo (sport played in Pakistan)
- Polynesian staple
- ___ pond
- Pontiac in a ’60s song
- Pooch's bark
- Pool player's stick
- Pop
- ___ pop (hybrid music genre)
- Pop artist Lichtenstein
- Pop music's ___ Bunny
- Pop singer Rita
- Popular beverage brand
- Popular browser for accessing the dark web
- Popular chain for RVers
- Popular coastal destination in India
- Popular fantasy role-playing game, in brief
- Popular role-playing game since 1974, informally
- Popular sushi fish
- Portable bed
- Portable retirement option
- Portal released concurrently with Windows 95
- Portfolio portion, in brief
- Portrayer of Glinda in 2024's "Wicked," to fans
- Portuguese greeting
- Pose a question
- Possessed
- Possible response to "Tu veux du chocolat?"
- Possible translation of "y"
- "___ Possible" (2000s animated series)
- Post-op area, in brief
- Postgraduate deg. with management courses
- Postponed, with "off"
- Posts on Insta
- Potato chip flavor, informally
- Potentialities
- Potty, to Potter
- Power suffix?
- Practice witchcraft on
- Practice, as a trade
- Praiseful poem
- Pray, in Latin
- Pre-C.I.A. spy group
- Pre-digital TV screen tech
- Pre-entree order, informally
- Preceder of how, way or where
- Preceder of Peacock and White in the game Clue
- Preceder of skip and jump
- Preceder of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues
- Preceding night
- Precious stone
- Predator that might hunt by electrolocation
- Prefix between bi- and tetra-
- Prefix for a modern genre
- Prefix for element #8
- Prefix for some music genres
- Prefix meaning "egg"
- Prefix with -bar
- Prefix with -form or -verse
- Prefix with -logue
- Prefix with -metric
- Prefix with -metric or -morphic
- Prefix with apology or answer
- Prefix with cache
- Prefix with cache or tag
- Prefix with center
- Prefix with classic
- Prefix with conscious
- Prefix with cycle
- Prefix with dermis
- Prefix with friendly
- Prefix with friendly or warrior
- Prefix with genetics
- Prefix with label
- Prefix with liberal
- Prefix with natal
- Prefix with normative
- Prefix with physical or politics
- Prefix with physics or thermal
- Prefix with sex or brow
- Prefix with skeleton
- Prefix with starter or smoker
- Prefix with state or county
- Prefix with the name of any month
- Prefix with tracking
- Prepare, as samosas
- Preposition in "The Star-Spangled Banner"
- Preposition that can be represented by a number
- Pres. advisory grp.
- Presidential first name of the 2020s
- Presidential nickname of the 1860s
- Press a case?
- Pressing activity, for short?
- Pressure meas.
- Pretty ___ picture
- Pretty fishy
- Prevail
- Previously unseen
- Prey for a mountain lion
- Prez on a U.S. coin
- Prez with a V.P. nicknamed "Cactus Jack"
- Price you pay
- ___ pride
- Primatologist's interest
- Prime meridian hrs.
- Prince Archie, to Harry and Meghan
- Princess played by Audrey Hepburn in "Roman Holiday"
- Print maker
- Printer's supply
- Privacy doc
- Private investigator, informally
- Prize that a prospector pries
- Pro ___
- Pro's camera type
- Procedure with frozen eggs, for short
- Procured
- Prodigal ___
- Producer of milk for Roquefort cheese
- Producer of notes
- Product code used in inventory management
- Product with the additive zinc dithiophosphate
- Products of oogenesis
- Profession in many Hitchcock films
- Professional who's busiest in Apr.
- Professor's helpers, for short
- Professor's URL ender
- Profile pic format, in brief
- Profs' aides
- Programming pioneer Lovelace
- Prohibition ___
- Project
- Prom night rental
- Promise
- Promise of payback
- Promise to pay
- Pronoun for most of the people in this puzzle
- Pronoun frequently paired with "her"
- Pronounce "aisle" as it's spelled, e.g.
- "Pronto!"
- Proof-ending inits.
- Prop for a ball
- Prospector's receptacle
- Provided assistance
- Province with Niagara Falls: Abbr.
- Pseudonym cited repeatedly in the 2022 Dobbs decision
- "Pshaw!"
- Psy-___
- "Psych!"
- Psychedelic tab
- Psychic's alleged ability, for short
- Pub drink
- Pub order
- Pub pint, perhaps
- Public health agcy.
- Publishing gatekeepers, in brief
- Publishing house workers: Abbr.
- PubMed org.
- Pulitzer-winning author whose only two novels were published 55 years apart
- Pulitzer-winning biographer Chernow
- Pull (out), as a narrow victory
- ___ pull-downs (exercise)
- Punch in the ring
- Punk-inspired music genre
- Puppy school command
- Purchase
- Purge
- Purple drink ingredient at a boba tea shop
- Purple yam in Filipino desserts
- Purple yam used to flavor desserts
- Purple-colored banknote of Canada
- Purported sighting recorded by Puritan governor John Winthrop in 1639
- Purportedly calming compound in some gummies, in brief
- Push-up, for example
- Put a burden on
- Put a PIN in it!
- Put away
- Put down
- Put into practice
- Put on TV
- Put your back into it
- Putt-putt standard
- Q follower
- Q3 starter: Abbr.
- Q: Why was the road sticky? A: Traffic ___
- QB Brady
- QB Manning
- QB stat: Abbr.
- QB Ward or Newton
- QB's call
- QB's highlights
- QB's stat: Abbr.
- QB's worry: Abbr.
- Qt. or pt.
- Quarrel
- Quarterback's asset
- Queen ___ (pop nickname)
- "___, queen!"
- Queens ballplayer
- Query
- Questionable, in slang
- Quick boxing punch
- Quick communications, in brief
- Quick hellos
- Quick punch
- Quiet ___ mouse
- Quiet, or a flower
- "Quiet, you!"
- Quintana ___, easternmost of Mexico's 31 states
- Quip
- Quit
- "Quit ___ yappin'!"
- Quite a few characters in 2025's "Elio," for short
- "Quite so"
- Quite the head-turner?
- Quote from Homer
- ___-quoted (frequently said)
- "Qué ___?" ("How are you?," in Spanish)
- QVC alternative
- "R U KIDDING ME?!"
- R&B singer whose album "SOS" spent 100+ weeks in the Billboard top 10
- R-V guy?
- "R.I.P." singer Rita ___
- R.N.'s co-workers
- R.S.V.P. option
- Race of supernatural spirits
- Race prior to a race?
- Race starter's equipment
- Race, as an engine
- Raced
- Racial justice movement, for short
- Racket
- Raft turner
- Raggedy ___
- Raggedy ___ (doll)
- Raid target, at times
- Raider in times past
- Rainbow's place
- Rainbow's shape
- Ramadan's end
- Rank below sgt.
- Rap figures, for short
- Rap pioneers, slangily
- Rap's Dr. ___
- Rap's Run-___
- Rapper ___ Kim
- Rapper ___ Uzi Vert
- Rapper Kool Moe ___
- Rapper Lil ___ X
- Rapper Tone ___
- Rapper who performed in the Super Bowl LVI halftime show, familiarly
- Rapper with the 1999 #1 album "I Am ..."
- Rapscallion
- Rare day for an N.F.L. game: Abbr.
- Rarely true response to "Have you read our terms and conditions?"
- ___ rating (chess stat)
- Raw material
- Razor blades?
- Reach 0% battery
- Reaction to a sock
- Reactions to something adorable
- Reactor safety agcy.
- Reader's Digest or Golf Digest, in brief
- Reading room
- Ready … or a word after ready
- Real lifesaver, for short
- "Real" ones became required in 2025
- Really awesome
- Really peeved
- Reason for an R rating
- Reason for overtime
- Reason for penalty shootouts
- Reason to take a shot
- Reasons for end zone celebrations: Abbr.
- Reassuring touch
- Recede, as the tide
- Recipe unit
- Recipient of many dad jokes
- Record
- Recycling container
- Red state
- "Red" or "1989," to Swifties
- "Red" or "White" team
- Reddit Q&A
- Reddit Q&A sesh
- Reduced price?
- Redundant word before "result"
- Reef setting
- Ref. work with over 600,000 words
- Refuge
- Refusals
- Refuse to share
- Reggae relative
- Reggae-adjacent genre
- Regret
- Rejections
- Relative of a reindeer
- Relatively short Morse code bit
- Relaxant in some edibles, for short
- Relaxing getaway
- Relay division
- Relay race segment
- Release personal information about, informally
- Relieve (of)
- Relieved response
- Reluctant to ask out one's crush, maybe
- Reluctant to mingle, say
- Remind too often
- Remote abbr.
- Remote batteries
- Remote button
- Remote power source
- Renaissance faire tipple
- Rendezvoused with
- Renewable energy structure
- Rental on moving day
- Rep.'s counterpart
- Repeated cheer at a soccer stadium
- Repeated greeting in the Key & Peele sketch "Obama Meet & Greet"
- Repeated letters in a U.R.L. address
- Repeated words in the chorus of "Sweet Child o' Mine"
- Repetitive mannerism
- Replay reviewer
- Reply to a ship's captain
- Reply: Abbr.
- Reproductive cells
- Reproductive option, for short
- Repulsed cry
- Reputation or Lover, to a Swiftie
- Request
- Rescue squad pro
- Reserved
- Reservoir producer
- Residency org.
- Resident of Rivendell, in Tolkien
- Residue on a grill
- Resin source
- Resort amenity
- Response to "Speak!"
- Response to discovering the theme of a crossword
- Response to seeing an aurora, maybe
- Rest area?
- Restaurant booking, for short
- Restaurant booking, informally
- Restaurant prearrangement, in brief
- Result of a solo homer, for short
- Result of putting two and two together
- Retailer with mountains in its logo
- Retired pro wrestler Flair
- Return sender, maybe, in brief
- Returns home?
- Reveal private data of, in modern lingo
- Reveal private info about, in online lingo
- Richard Branson, for one
- Rift
- "Right this minute!"
- Right this moment
- "Right you are!"
- Right-angled shape
- Rightmost hour on a grandfather clock
- Rigi of Switzerland, e.g.
- Rihanna song with the lyric "Please, someone help me"
- Rihanna's "Take a ___" (2008)
- Ring of flowers
- Ring result, in brief
- Rip-roaring good time
- Rita on "The Masked Singer"
- Rite Aid rival
- Rival of Walgreens
- River's bottom
- Rn : radon :: Sn : ___
- Road recklessness of a sort, for short
- Roald Dahl title character who subsists on "snozzcumbers," with "the"
- Robber's pursuer
- Robert Byrd was one for 51 years: Abbr.
- Robert Frost's middle name
- "___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel hit)
- "___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel song)
- Rock singer ___ Fender
- Rock subgenre with confessional lyrics
- Rock's ___ Leppard
- Rock's ___ Speedwagon
- Rock's Plastic ___ Band
- Rock-___
- Rocker Brian
- Rocker Ocasek of the Cars
- "Rocks" at a bar
- "Rocks," to a bartender
- Rocksteady relative
- "Rocky III" actor with a mohawk
- Rocky openings?
- Rode the bench
- "Roger that"
- Rogue
- Rollaway extra for a hotel room, maybe
- Rolled randomizer
- Romance author Huang
- Ron who played Tarzan
- ___ room
- Roommate who doesn't pay rent?
- Root beer order
- Roth ___
- Rotor speed fig.
- Roughly half of the adult population
- Round Table title
- "Roundabout" rock band, 1971
- Rout, in computer game lingo
- Route
- Rover's sound
- Rowboat blade
- Rowing implement
- ___ royale (Champagne cocktail)
- Rte. finder
- Ruckus
- Rug cleaner, for short
- "Rugrats" dad
- "Ruh-___!" (cry from Astro on "The Jetsons")
- Rule
- "Rules ___ rules"
- Ruminant's mouthful
- Runaround?
- Running joke
- Rural turndown
- Rx dosages
- Rx writers
- Ryan of "When Harry Met Sally ..."
- "___'s da breaks!"
- S.I. or GQ
- "S.N.L." alum Nwodim
- Sable or mink
- Sac fly result
- Sack
- Said with a wink, say
- Sail on the front of a foremast
- Sailor's assent
- Sailor, informally
- Saint Barthélemy, par exemple
- Saint-Maur-___-Fossés (part of Paris)
- Salary
- Sallie or Fannie follower
- Salmon on a bagel
- Salon choices
- Salon supply
- Salt, in Paris
- Sam-___ (Seuss character)
- San Francisco's ___ Valley
- San Francisco-to-Santa Cruz dir.
- San José sun
- Sandwich meat option
- Sandwich that may be a bit crunchy, for short
- Sandwich that might be served "triple-decker"
- Sanskrit honorific
- Sanskrit name meaning "extraordinary"
- Santa ___, Calif.
- Santa's little helper
- Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite"
- Sarcastic laugh syllable
- Sardine container
- Sass
- Sat ___ (Brit's GPS)
- Sat ___ (GPS, to Brits)
- Satisfied sigh
- Saucer contents, informally
- Saucer crew, in brief
- Saul Goodman's field in "Better Call Saul"
- Sault ___ Marie, Mich.
- Save the Children, e.g., in brief
- Savory latke topping
- Say "minus C"
- Scanned lines, for short
- Scanner whose field strength is measured in teslas, for short
- Scene stealer
- Scepter topper
- Sch. about 10 miles from the Hollywood Bowl
- Sch. endearingly called "Wazzu"
- Sch. in Norfolk, Va.
- Sch. that releases admission decisions on Pi Day
- Sch. that's home to Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village
- Sch. whose symbol is the Native American war leader Osceola
- Sch. whose team name is a poisonous nut
- Sch. with a T station
- Sch. with the second-most N.F.L. draft picks of all time, after Notre Dame
- Schedule pro
- ___ school
- School bake sale org.
- School org.
- School subj.
- ___ Schwarz
- Sci-fi pilot ___ Solo
- Sci-fi protagonist who says "I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life"
- Sci-fi series with J, K and Zed
- Sci-fi space travelers
- Sci-fi writer Chiang
- Science guy Bill
- Scientist's workplace
- Scorching
- Score like 5-5 or 10-10
- Score points in Pac-Man, say
- Score that's better than a bogey
- Scoreboard tally: Abbr.
- Scottish negative
- Scottsbluff's state: Abbr.
- Scrabble value of D or G
- Scrape (by)
- Scratch the surface of, say
- Screen
- Screen, as a candidate
- Scribble (down)
- Scribble on, say
- Scrooge's cry before "humbug"
- Scrooge's shout
- Scruff of the neck
- Scrumdiddlyumptious
- "Scrumptious!"
- Scuff up, say
- Scuff, say
- Sculler's instrument
- Sculptor's degree, for short
- Sculpture or painting
- Sea urchin, to a sushi chef
- Seam contents
- Season
- Season to enjoy une glace
- Seasonal drink topped with nutmeg, maybe
- Seasoning for una margarita
- Seasoning that imparts umami flavor, for short
- Seat of Fulton County: Abbr.
- Seat of White Pine County, Nev.
- Second-most-common surname in Korea, after Kim
- Secondary account, in social media slang
- Secondary social media account
- Secrecy-ensuring document, in brief
- Secret agent
- Secreted away
- Secretly loop in on an email
- Secretly watch, with "on"
- Section of a journey
- Section of a timeline
- Section of history
- Sector of a color wheel
- Sedan or coupe
- See
- Seemingly for-EH-ver
- Segment
- Segment of a timeline, perhaps
- Seldom-used PC key
- Select, with "for"
- Selection at a paint store, perhaps
- Self-doubter's question
- Seller's bottom lines, for short?
- Seller's shorthand for "I'm willing to haggle"
- Sellout letters
- "___ sells" (advertising catchphrase)
- Senatorial greeting
- Senescent
- Sense of self
- Series finale?
- Serpent seen on a sarcophagus
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