| Ruinous quality | 15 |
| Ruins | 5 |
| Ruins 007's martini | 23 |
| Ruins 007's martini, say | 28 |
| Ruins 007's martini? | 24 |
| Ruins a good book? | 18 |
| Ruins a lily | 12 |
| Ruins a parade | 14 |
| Ruins a perfect game | 20 |
| Ruins a picnic or a Little League game, say | 43 |
| Ruins an oboe? | 14 |
| Ruins Bond's martini? | 25 |
| Ruins completely | 16 |
| Ruins films or stars | 20 |
| RUINS GIN? EEK!: 1980 | 21 |
| Ruins of Babylon locale | 23 |
| Ruins of one's own interests | 32 |
| Ruins of Pompeii sights | 23 |
| Ruins piece | 11 |
| Ruins the ribs | 14 |
| Ruins the shoe polish | 21 |
| Ruins totally | 13 |
| Ruins underhandedly | 19 |
| Ruins, as a deal | 16 |
| Ruins, as a garden | 18 |
| Ruins, as a parade | 18 |
| Ruins, as of a civilization | 27 |
| Ruins, with "up" | 26 |
| Rule | 4 |
| Rule Britannia composer | 27 |
| Rule about open meetings at the beach? | 38 |
| Rule against | 12 |
| Rule among true crime writers | 29 |
| Rule at a ladies' club | 26 |
| Rule at a pickup game, perhaps | 30 |
| Rule badly | 10 |
| Rule barring players from dating cheerleaders? | 46 |
| Rule before a revolution, maybe | 31 |
| Rule book | 9 |
| Rule breaker | 12 |
| Rule breaker's mantra | 25 |
| Rule breaker, e.g. | 18 |
| Rule Britannia composer | 26 |
| Rule broken by Heidi? | 21 |
| Rule broken in leisure? | 23 |
| Rule by a select group | 22 |
| Rule contradicted by science? | 29 |
| Rule despotically | 17 |
| Rule ending in 1947 | 19 |
| Rule enforcers | 14 |
| Rule expressed by an equation | 29 |
| Rule for finding buried treasure ... and a hint to making sense of this puzzle | 78 |
| Rule for free samples | 21 |
| Rule for mariners | 17 |
| Rule for schools, corporations, etc. | 36 |
| Rule for some card games | 24 |
| Rule from a dictator | 20 |
| Rule from the bench | 19 |
| Rule governing behaviour | 24 |
| Rule in India | 13 |
| Rule material | 13 |
| Rule needing no proof | 21 |
| Rule of conduct | 15 |
| Rule of corporate governance | 28 |
| Rule of crime writing | 21 |
| Rule of descent | 15 |
| Rule of evidence | 16 |
| Rule of India | 13 |
| Rule of moral conduct | 21 |
| Rule of personal conduct | 24 |
| Rule of the road | 16 |
| Rule of thumb | 13 |
| Rule of ___ (comedy writer's maxim) | 39 |
| Rule of ____ | 12 |
| Rule opposed by Gandhi | 22 |
| Rule oppressively | 17 |
| Rule or Curry | 13 |
| Rule or run | 11 |
| Rule out | 8 |
| Rule out in advance | 19 |
| Rule over a kingdom | 19 |
| Rule over all | 13 |
| Rule over India | 15 |
| Rule preceder | 13 |
| Rule regarding seabirds? | 24 |
| Rule that can be bent | 21 |
| Rule that ended in 1947 | 23 |
| Rule that ended when Turkey became a republic | 45 |
| Rule the kingdom | 16 |
| Rule the roast | 14 |
| Rule the roost | 14 |
| Rule the __ (be in charge) | 26 |
| Rule the ___ | 12 |
| Rule the ___ (be master) | 24 |
| Rule the _____ | 14 |
| Rule thwarter | 13 |
| Rule to follow | 14 |
| Rule to live by | 15 |
| Rule with an iron hand | 22 |
| Rule with no exceptions | 23 |