| Retirement-plan letters | 23 |
| Retirement-portfolio asset, informally | 38 |
| Retires | 7 |
| Retires from the R.A.F. | 23 |
| Retires from the RAF | 20 |
| Retires, with "down" | 30 |
| Retiring | 8 |
| Retiring child's wisecrack | 30 |
| Retiring groups? | 16 |
| Retiring partner? | 17 |
| Retiring place | 14 |
| Retiring the side in order makes it go down | 43 |
| Retiring to the max | 19 |
| Retold stories | 14 |
| Retooling time? | 15 |
| Retort | 6 |
| Retort angrily | 14 |
| Retort from a 1970s-'80s sitcom | 35 |
| Retort in a playground argument | 31 |
| Retort in a verbal volley | 25 |
| Retort irritably | 16 |
| Retort of contradiction | 23 |
| Retort quickly | 14 |
| Retort to ''Are not!'' | 38 |
| Retort to 'Am not!' | 27 |
| Retort to 'Am so!' | 26 |
| Retort to "Ain't!" | 32 |
| Retort to "Am too!" | 29 |
| Retort to "Are not!" | 30 |
| Retort to "Not so!" | 29 |
| Retort to "You are a liar!" | 37 |
| Retort to "You are not!" | 34 |
| Retort to "You are too!" | 34 |
| Retort to a boaster | 19 |
| Retort to a disbeliever | 23 |
| Retort to a no-brainer | 22 |
| Retort to a skeptic | 19 |
| Retort to a threat | 18 |
| Retort to a trash talker | 24 |
| Retort to an improbable threat | 30 |
| Retort to the indiscreet | 24 |
| Retort to the petty | 19 |
| Retort, for one | 15 |
| Retort: Abbr. | 13 |
| Retorts | 7 |
| Retorts are his forte | 21 |
| Retorts are their fortes | 24 |
| Retouch after a fly out | 23 |
| Retouches third base, perhaps | 29 |
| Retouches third, say | 20 |
| Retouches, in a way | 19 |
| Retrace one's steps | 23 |
| Retraces one's steps | 24 |
| Retract | 7 |
| Retract a comment | 17 |
| Retract a misstatement humbly | 29 |
| Retract a statement | 19 |
| Retract one's words | 23 |
| Retract, as a statement | 23 |
| Retract, as words | 17 |
| Retractable car part | 20 |
| Retractable part of an airplane seat | 36 |
| Retractable stadium part | 24 |
| Retractable stairs might lead to it | 35 |
| Retractable top | 15 |
| Retractable-roofed rides | 24 |
| retracted | 9 |
| Retracted a belief | 18 |
| Retracted not too much information (4) | 38 |
| Retracted one's words | 25 |
| Retracted reluctantly | 21 |
| Retracted, perhaps | 18 |
| Retracts | 8 |
| Retracts an act | 15 |
| Retracts, as a statement | 24 |
| Retread or radial | 17 |
| Retread, e.g. | 13 |
| Retreat | 7 |
| Retreat activity for investment bankers? | 40 |
| Retreat area | 12 |
| Retreat Brezhnev had | 20 |
| Retreat for Brezhnev | 20 |
| Retreat for Simba | 17 |
| Retreat from a stand taken | 26 |
| Retreat from reality | 20 |
| Retreat from the heat | 21 |
| Retreat gradually | 17 |
| Retreat house | 13 |
| Retreat in fear | 15 |
| Retreat in the heart of town? [Honda, Ford] | 43 |
| Retreat in the ring | 19 |
| Retreat in the wild | 19 |
| Retreat with a guru | 19 |
| Retreat with one's tail between one's legs | 50 |
| Retreat! | 8 |
| Retreat, perhaps | 16 |
| Retreated | 9 |
| Retreated hastily | 17 |
| Retreated, in a way | 19 |
| Retreating | 10 |