Just the thing!”
nyt	2004	PERFECTGPA	Student's dream
nyt	2004	PERI	Beautiful fairylike being
nyt	2004	PERI	Fairylike being of myth
nyt	2004	PERIDOT	August birthstone
nyt	2004	PERIGEE	Point in an ellipse
nyt	2004	PERIL	Danger
nyt	2004	PERIL	Life-or-death situation
nyt	2004	PERIL	Life-or-death situation
nyt	2004	PERIL	Storm, to a captain
nyt	2004	PERIL	Storm, to a captain
nyt	2004	PERIMETER	Frost included in novelist Benchley's outline (9)
nyt	2004	PERIOD	Certain 36-Across
nyt	2004	PERIODIC	Like a planetary orbit
nyt	2004	PERIODICTABLE	Occasional furniture?
nyt	2004	PERIODS	See 72-Across
nyt	2004	PERISHABLES	Grocery items
nyt	2004	PERK	Extra
nyt	2004	PERK	Free gym membership, e.g.
nyt	2004	PERKED	Brightened, with up"
The 4th letter is F
The 6th letter is C
The 1st letter is P