| Recent history | 14 |
| Recent horror film franchise | 28 |
| Recent host | 11 |
| Recent immigrant's class: Abbr. | 35 |
| Recent intelligence | 19 |
| Recent Lincoln biographer | 25 |
| Recent med school graduate | 26 |
| Recent Met manager | 18 |
| Recent Microsoft retiree | 24 |
| Recent NASA target | 18 |
| Recent Nav. Academy grad | 24 |
| Recent naval acad. grad | 23 |
| Recent neighborhood arrival | 27 |
| Recent notable Couric get | 25 |
| Recent NSA suer | 15 |
| Recent Olds | 11 |
| Recent Olympic locale | 21 |
| Recent Olympics site | 20 |
| Recent Oscar role | 17 |
| Recent Oscar winner | 19 |
| Recent Oscar winners, e.g. | 26 |
| Recent past, colloquially | 25 |
| Recent past, tomorrow | 21 |
| Recent Peace Nobelist | 21 |
| Recent Pelosi host | 18 |
| Recent political quip, part 1 | 29 |
| Recent prefix | 13 |
| Recent prison scandal locale | 28 |
| Recent puzzle page addition | 27 |
| Recent recruit | 14 |
| Recent release? | 15 |
| Recent reputed spy organization scandal | 39 |
| Recent rightist | 15 |
| Recent rightist who's not very serious about it? | 52 |
| Recent rightist, familiarly | 27 |
| Recent rightists | 16 |
| Recent ring retiree | 19 |
| Recent start? | 13 |
| Recent strikers who literally account for today's missing theme letters | 75 |
| Recent Tea Party targeter | 25 |
| Recent teammate of Magic | 24 |
| Recent Texas Governor's mansion attack | 42 |
| Recent time | 11 |
| Recent times | 12 |
| Recent TV sitcom | 16 |
| Recent U.S.N.A. grad | 20 |
| Recent U.S.N.A. graduate: Abbr. | 31 |
| Recent USMA grads | 17 |
| Recent USNA grad | 16 |
| Recent USNA grad. | 17 |
| Recent virus from Asia | 22 |
| Recent walkers | 14 |
| Recent West Point grad | 22 |
| Recent workout trend | 20 |
| Recent Yankee star named for Jackie Robinson | 44 |
| Recent Zippo acquisition | 24 |
| Recent Zorro | 12 |
| Recent, as an escapee's trail | 33 |
| Recent, in Bonn | 15 |
| Recent, in geological terms | 27 |
| Recent, in Germany | 18 |
| Recent, in Recklinghausen | 25 |
| Recent, in Rostock | 18 |
| Recent, to a geologist | 22 |
| Recent: Comb. form | 18 |
| Recent: Pref. | 13 |
| Recent: Prefix | 14 |
| Recent: Suffix | 14 |
| Recently | 8 |
| Recently acquired firm members | 30 |
| Recently created | 16 |
| Recently deceased | 17 |
| Recently delivered | 18 |
| Recently demoted planet | 23 |
| Recently departed | 17 |
| Recently discontinued retro Chrysler | 36 |
| Recently discovered | 19 |
| Recently dismantled stadium | 27 |
| Recently employed worker | 24 |
| Recently exposed to | 19 |
| Recently hired by the Superstation? | 35 |
| Recently laundered | 18 |
| Recently mauled? | 16 |
| Recently nicked? | 16 |
| Recently opened sandwich shop? | 30 |
| Recently out | 12 |
| Recently outed steroid abuser | 29 |
| Recently replaced monetary unit | 31 |
| Recently retired Jay | 20 |
| Recently retired NBAer | 22 |
| Recently retired Olds | 21 |
| Recently revived activist org. | 30 |
| Recently revived TV show with trivia-filled bubbles called "info nuggets" | 83 |
| Recently stolen | 15 |
| Recently, as with "married" or "released" | 61 |
| Recently, perhaps | 17 |
| Recently: Abbr. | 15 |
| Receptacle | 10 |
| Receptacle by a church entrance | 31 |
| Receptacle for a scoop or two | 29 |