| Former Red head | 15 |
| Former red giant? | 17 |
| Former Red giant | 16 |
| Former Red Cross head | 21 |
| Former Red Cross chief | 22 |
| Former records | 14 |
| Former recording medium | 23 |
| Former recordholder for the fastest mile | 40 |
| Former record label | 19 |
| Former reciprocal electrical unit | 33 |
| Former rebel cry | 16 |
| Former rapid transit: Abbr. | 27 |
| Former Rangers slugger Sammy | 28 |
| Former Ramone | 13 |
| Former railroad regulatory agcy. | 32 |
| Former Raider QB | 16 |
| Former Raider #00 | 17 |
| Former Radiohead label | 22 |
| Former radio newsman H. V. | 26 |
| Former radio host Don | 21 |
| Former racehorse, perhaps | 25 |
| Former Qumran denizen | 21 |
| Former Qumram denizen | 21 |
| Former quiz show host Ben | 25 |
| Former queen of Spain's nickname | 36 |
| Former queen of Spain | 21 |
| Former queen of Jordan | 22 |
| Former queen of Italy | 21 |
| Former queen of Greece | 22 |
| Former queen of England's shorebird? | 40 |
| Former Quebec premier Lévesque | 33 |
| Former quarterback Y. A. ___ | 28 |
| Former quarterback Rodney | 25 |
| Former quarterback Peete | 24 |
| Former quarterback Marino | 25 |
| Former quarterback Flutie | 25 |
| Former quarterback Dan | 22 |
| Former QB Tarkenton | 19 |
| Former QB Rodney | 16 |
| Former QB John | 14 |
| Former QB great Boomer | 22 |
| Former QB Flutie | 16 |
| Former Purina partner | 21 |
| Former pupil/present pupil | 26 |
| Former pupa | 11 |
| Former pullet | 13 |
| Former pugilist Laila | 21 |
| Former public service agcy. | 27 |
| Former Prussian province | 24 |
| Former province of France | 25 |
| Former province of Colombia | 27 |
| Former pro gridder | 18 |
| Former pro golfer/country guy Ford | 34 |
| Former pro footballer, briefly | 30 |
| Former Prizm maker | 18 |
| Former Prizm automaker | 22 |
| Former princesa, maybe | 22 |
| Former prince? | 14 |
| Former Prince percussionist/singer who had a 1984 hit "The Glamorous Life" | 84 |
| Former prime minister who owns A.C. Milan | 41 |
| Former prime minister of India | 30 |
| Former prime minister of Burma | 30 |
| Former prime minister nicknamed "The Lion of God" | 59 |
| Former Prime Minister Campbell | 30 |
| Former Prime Minister Brian | 27 |
| Former press secretary Myers | 28 |
| Former press secretary Fleisher | 31 |
| Former press secretary Fleischer | 32 |
| Former presidential-hopeful Stevenson | 37 |
| Former presidential monogram | 28 |
| Former presidential candidate in the Forbes 400 | 47 |
| Former Presidential aspirant Paul | 33 |
| Former presidential advisor, for short | 38 |
| Former presidential advisor Scowcroft | 37 |
| Former president who served in the U.S. Navy | 44 |
| Former president of the U.N. General Assembly | 45 |
| Former president of Romania | 27 |
| Former president of Poland | 26 |
| Former president of Peru | 24 |
| Former president of Panama | 26 |
| Former President of Pakistan | 28 |
| Former president of NOW | 23 |
| Former president of Nicaragua | 29 |
| Former president of Italy | 25 |
| Former president of Indonesia | 29 |
| Former president of Harvard | 27 |
| Former president of Egypt | 25 |
| Former president of Costa Rica | 30 |
| Former president of Chile | 25 |
| Former pres. Tyler sided with it | 32 |
| Former premier Zhou --- | 23 |
| Former premier of Hungary | 25 |
| Former prefix? | 14 |
| Former power agcy. | 18 |
| Former potentate | 16 |
| Former Potala Palace resident | 29 |
| Former Post Office service | 26 |
| Former post of the 7th Infantry Div. | 36 |
| Former Portuguese territory in China | 36 |
| Former Portuguese territory (Var.) | 34 |