Crossword Clues "P"
Before & After
Taking the Driving Test
It's Time for Time
Drop A Letter
100

Fuzzy freestone fruit (5)

a peach

100

Horse racing's biggest trio of events that the queen only wears on special occasions

the Triple Crown Jewels

100

This state agency, the DMV for short, administers the test

Department of Motor Vehicle

100

As a unit of time, an eon generally lasts for this many years

a billion

100

Drop an "E" from a lavish meal to get this verb meaning to abstain from food

fast

200

South American cloak (6)

a poncho

200

Night sack for a snoozing Boy Scout that's the set of skills available to someone like a magician

a sleeping bag of tricks

200

This alliterative method to get your car alongside the curb just might be on the test

parallel parking

200

A standard "hour" of treatment with a therapist lasts this many minutes, 83.33% of an hour

50

200

Drop the "L" from a type of bedspread to get this verb that means "to resign"

quit

300

Square, rectangle or rhombus (13)

parallelogram

300

Snoopy's owner who's a large forest-dwelling ursine creature

Charlie Brown bear

300

To take the test in most states, you'll need this proof of financial responsibility in case anything goes wrong

insurance

300

The days-in-each-month mnemonic that starts with these 4 words has been raced back to 1425

30 days hath September

300

Drop the "T" from intense fear to get this mistake

error

400

Stolen, like the "Letter" in an Edgar Allan Poe story (9)

purloined

400

Celestial body of extremely intense gravity that scores an ace in golf

a black hole in one

400

Mirrors aren't enough--look over your shoulder to check these areas before changing lanes

blind spots

400

Leap seconds are sometimes added to clocks because this is slowing down

the rotation

400

A synonym for "vision" drops its "T" & becomes this sound of relief or weariness

sigh

500

Social outcast (6)

pariah

500

18th century Prussian king & military genius who is a large body of water in northern Utah

Frederick the Great Salt Lake

500

Failing to give this 3-word clearance to pedestrians can be an automatic failure

right of way

500

Jet lag is a disruption in these rhythms of the body, from Latin words for "about the day"

circadian

500

Drop the "F" from a word meaning very cold & it comes this, stiff or unyielding

rigid