| Former republic of NE Africa | 28 |
| Former restaurateur Toots ___ | 29 |
| Former retail establishment | 27 |
| Former RFK Stadium NLer | 23 |
| Former RFK Stadium team | 23 |
| Former RHCP drummer Jack | 24 |
| Former Rhode Island Senator | 27 |
| Former Ritz cracker rival | 25 |
| Former rival of AT&T | 24 |
| Former rival of Best Buy | 24 |
| Former rival of Iberia | 22 |
| Former rival of Jay and David | 29 |
| Former rival of Oprah Winfrey | 29 |
| Former rival of Pan Am | 22 |
| Former rival of Prudential | 26 |
| Former RNC chairman Lee | 23 |
| Former RNC chairman Michael | 27 |
| Former road to Fairbanks | 24 |
| Former Rocket Olajuwon | 22 |
| Former Romanian president | 25 |
| Former Roxy Music member | 24 |
| Former Royals catcher Sal | 25 |
| Former Royals manager Hal | 25 |
| Former Royals manager Tony | 26 |
| Former ruler at Teheran | 23 |
| Former ruler in Teheran | 23 |
| Former rulers of Egypt | 22 |
| Former rulers of Tunisia | 24 |
| Former Rumanian capital | 23 |
| Former rural-credit org. | 24 |
| Former Russian abbreviation | 27 |
| Former Russian autocrat | 23 |
| Former Russian celebrity? | 25 |
| Former Russian crucifer? | 24 |
| Former Russian despots | 22 |
| Former Russian distance | 23 |
| Former Russian dynasty | 22 |
| Former Russian emperor | 22 |
| Former Russian emperor (var.) | 29 |
| Former Russian leaders | 22 |
| Former Russian linear measure | 29 |
| Former Russian measure | 22 |
| Former Russian monarch | 22 |
| Former Russian nation: Abbr. | 28 |
| Former Russian news agency | 26 |
| Former Russian orbiter | 22 |
| Former Russian parliament | 25 |
| Former Russian royalty | 22 |
| Former Russian ruler (Var.) | 27 |
| Former Russian sovereigns | 25 |
| Former Russian space station | 28 |
| Former Russian territory | 24 |
| Former S. African statesman | 27 |
| Former S.A.G. president | 23 |
| Former S.F. linebacker | 22 |
| Former S.F. mayor Joseph | 24 |
| Former sailor's lament? | 27 |
| Former San Francisco mayor | 26 |
| Former Sandinista leader | 24 |
| Former Sanyo competitor | 23 |
| Former Saudi Arabian king | 25 |
| Former Saudi king ___ Saud | 26 |
| Former Scandinavian monarch | 27 |
| Former Scandinavian notables? | 29 |
| Former science magazine | 23 |
| Former Seahawk star Steve ___ | 29 |
| Former Sec. of Defense | 22 |
| Former Secret Service weapon | 28 |
| Former Secret Service weapons | 29 |
| Former Secretary Aspin | 22 |
| Former Secretary of State | 25 |
| Former Secy. of Defense | 23 |
| Former Sen. Ribicoff et al. | 27 |
| Former Sen. Sam and family | 26 |
| Former Senate majority leader | 29 |
| Former Senator Birch ___ | 24 |
| Former Senator D'Amato | 26 |
| Former senator Daschle | 22 |
| Former senator Feingold | 23 |
| Former Senator from Hawaii | 26 |
| Former Senator from Mass. | 25 |
| Former senator from Tennessee | 29 |
| Former Senator Kefauver | 23 |
| Former Senator Specter | 22 |
| Former senator Stevens | 22 |
| Former Senator Thurmond | 23 |
| Former senior, for short | 24 |
| Former Serbian capital | 22 |
| Former sergeant, perhaps | 24 |
| Former shah ___ Pahlavi | 23 |
| Former Shea Stadium team | 24 |
| Former shipping magnate | 23 |
| Former shock wave creator | 25 |
| Former significant others | 25 |
| Former silver 5-franc piece | 27 |
| Former silver coin of Spain | 27 |
| Former silver coins of Spain | 28 |
| Former Sinclair competitor | 26 |
| Former singer in the Braxtons | 29 |
| Former singing brothers | 23 |