| ___ Rabi, Nobelist in Physics | 29 |
| ___ race | 8 |
| ___ race (vie) | 14 |
| ___ Rachel Wood, current girlfriend of Marilyn Manson | 53 |
| ___ Rachins plays Douglas Brackman | 34 |
| ___ Racing (insurance sponsored NASCAR team) | 44 |
| ___ Racing League | 17 |
| ___ radiation | 13 |
| ___ radical | 11 |
| ___ radio | 9 |
| ___ Rae (1979 Sally Field role) | 31 |
| ___ Rae (Sally Field title role) | 32 |
| ___ Rae, Sally Field role | 25 |
| ___ Rafael | 10 |
| ___ Rafael, California | 22 |
| ___ rage | 8 |
| ___ rage (anger experienced by doped-up athletes) | 49 |
| ___ rage (bodybuilder's aggression) | 39 |
| ___ rage (certain bodybuilder's feeling) | 44 |
| ___ rage (cheating bodybuilder's problem) | 45 |
| ___ rage (juicer's problem) | 31 |
| ___ rage (problem for some athletes) | 36 |
| ___ rage (result of juicing) | 28 |
| ___ rags | 8 |
| ___ rags (Sunday best) | 22 |
| ___ Raiders (activist group) | 28 |
| ___ Raiders (consumer advocates) | 32 |
| ___ Raiders (consumers' group) | 34 |
| ___ Rail | 8 |
| ___ Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938 Supreme Court decision) | 58 |
| ___ Railroad, 1832-1960 | 23 |
| ___ Railroad, founded 1832 | 26 |
| ___ Railroad, of rock fame | 26 |
| ___ railway | 11 |
| ___ rain | 8 |
| ___ rain (lake pollutant) | 25 |
| ___ raise | 9 |
| ___ raison (sensible: Fr.) | 26 |
| ___ rally | 9 |
| ___ rally (school event) | 24 |
| ___ Ralston (James Franco's "127 Hours" role) | 59 |
| ___ Ramon, CA | 13 |
| ___ Ramon, California | 21 |
| ___ rampage | 11 |
| ___ Ramsay ("The Black Stallion" hero) | 48 |
| ___ Ramsey, R. Boone TV role | 28 |
| ___ Ramsey, R. Boone TV role: 1972–74 | 44 |
| ___ Ranch | 9 |
| ___ Ranch (former Western White House) | 38 |
| ___ rancheros | 13 |
| ___ rancheros (brunch option) | 29 |
| ___ Rancho (suburb of Albuquerque) | 34 |
| ___ Rand Institute (California think tank) | 42 |
| ___ Rand, developer of Objectivism | 34 |
| ___ Range, U.S.S.R. | 19 |
| ___ Ranger | 10 |
| ___ ranger (punny name for a British yuppie, based on a fancy London neighborhood) | 82 |
| ___ Rao, "The Serpent and the Rope" novelist | 54 |
| ___ Rapee, longtime Radio City Music Hall conductor | 51 |
| ___ Rapids | 10 |
| ___ Rapids, city in Minn. | 25 |
| ___ Rapids, Iowa | 16 |
| ___ Rapids, Mich. | 17 |
| ___ rasa | 8 |
| ___ rasa (clean slate) | 22 |
| ___ rasae | 9 |
| ___ rat | 7 |
| ___ rat (be suspicious) | 23 |
| ___ rat (prospector) | 20 |
| ___ rat (suspect) | 17 |
| ___ rata | 8 |
| ___ Ratchathani, Thai province | 30 |
| ___ rate | 8 |
| ___ rate (in whatever event) | 28 |
| ___ rate (inferior) | 19 |
| ___ Rathbone | 12 |
| ___ rating | 10 |
| ___ rating (chess skill-level measure) | 38 |
| ___ rating system (world chess standard) | 40 |
| ___ ratio (film conversion spec) | 32 |
| ___ ratio (TVs' 16:9 or 4:3) | 32 |
| ___ Ration | 10 |
| ___ Ration (Alpo alternative) | 29 |
| ___ Ration (bygone dog food brand) | 34 |
| ___ Ration (dog food brand) | 27 |
| ___ Ration (former brand with the jingle "My dog's better than yours") | 84 |
| ___ Raton | 9 |
| ___ Raton, FL | 13 |
| ___ Raton, Fla. | 15 |
| ___ Raton, Florida | 18 |
| ___ rattling (militarism) | 25 |
| ___ raving mad | 14 |
| ___ ray | 7 |
| ___ ray (devilfish) | 19 |
| ___ ray (stream of positive ions in a gas-discharge tube) | 57 |
| ___ Ray Leonard | 15 |
| ___ Ray of the Indigo Girls | 27 |
| ___ Ray Vaughan | 15 |
| ___ Raymond Cobb | 16 |
| ___ Raymond Cobb of baseball fame | 33 |