| ___ Rud, river in Iran | 22 |
| ___ Rud, river on Afghanistan's boundary | 44 |
| ___ Ruess, lead singer of Fun | 29 |
| ___ rug | 7 |
| ___ rug (cavort) | 16 |
| ___ rug (dance) | 15 |
| ___ rug (jitterbugs) | 20 |
| ___ rug (small floor covering) | 30 |
| ___ Ruins National Monument, N.M. | 33 |
| ___ rule | 8 |
| ___ rule (generally) | 20 |
| ___ rule (normally) | 19 |
| ___ rule (ordinarily) | 21 |
| ___ rule (usually) | 18 |
| ___ rule, at a convention | 25 |
| ___ Ruler, Secretariat's sire | 33 |
| ___ rum | 7 |
| ___ rummy | 9 |
| ___ run | 7 |
| ___ run (baseball move) | 23 |
| ___ run (cross the plate) | 25 |
| ___ run average | 15 |
| ___ run of bad luck | 19 |
| ___ running | 11 |
| ___ rush | 8 |
| ___ Rushmore | 12 |
| ___ Russia (title of Ivan IV) | 29 |
| ___ Russian | 11 |
| ___ rut | 7 |
| ___ Ruth | 8 |
| ___ Rutherford, the Father of Nuclear Physics | 45 |
| ___ Ruxpin (toy bear) | 21 |
| ___ Ryan, a k a the Ryan Express | 32 |
| ___ rye (deli offering) | 23 |
| ___ rye (deli order) | 20 |
| ___ Ryerson in "Groundhog Day" | 40 |
| ___ S. Cobb | 11 |
| ___ Saab (French fashion designer) | 34 |
| ___ sabaki (martial arts movement) | 34 |
| ___ sabe | 8 |
| ___ sabe (friend, to Tonto) | 27 |
| ___ Sabe (Lone Ranger) | 22 |
| ___ sabe (Tonto's friend) | 29 |
| ___ Sabe (trusty scout) | 23 |
| ___ Sabha (Indian legislature) | 30 |
| ___ Sabha, India's lower house | 34 |
| ___ sac (pouch between bones and tendons) | 41 |
| ___ sack | 8 |
| ___ Sack (kickable beanbag) | 27 |
| ___ Sad (capital of Vojvodina) | 30 |
| ___ Sad (city on the Danube) | 28 |
| ___ Sad (Serbia's second-largest city) | 42 |
| ___ Sad (Serbian city) | 22 |
| ___ Sad, Serbia | 15 |
| ___ Sad, Yugoslav city | 22 |
| ___ Sadat | 9 |
| ___ Sadr | 8 |
| ___ Sadr, exiled Iranian | 24 |
| ___ said than done | 18 |
| ___ Said, city in Egypt | 23 |
| ___ sail (depart) | 17 |
| ___ Sailer, three-time 1956 skiing gold medalist | 48 |
| ___ Saint | 9 |
| ___ Saint Edmunds, in England | 29 |
| ___ Saint Laurent | 17 |
| ___ Saint-Louis (Seine land) | 28 |
| ___ Saint-Louis (solid ground in the Seine) | 43 |
| ___ Sainte Marie | 16 |
| ___ Sainte Marie Canals | 23 |
| ___ Sainte-Croix | 16 |
| ___ Saints' Day | 19 |
| ___ sais quoi | 13 |
| ___ sais quoi (charisma) | 24 |
| ___ Salaam | 10 |
| ___ Salaam, capital of Tanzania | 31 |
| ___ Salaam, Tanzania | 20 |
| ___ salad | 9 |
| ___ salad (dish featuring bacon and egg) | 40 |
| ___ salad (dish with ground beef) | 33 |
| ___ salad (dish with romaine lettuce and croutons) | 50 |
| ___ salad (mix in dressing) | 27 |
| ___ salad sandwich | 18 |
| ___ salami | 10 |
| ___ sale | 8 |
| ___ sale and fare | 17 |
| ___ sales | 9 |
| ___ sales (company setback) | 27 |
| ___ Sally | 9 |
| ___ Sally (old throwing game) | 29 |
| ___ salmon (sockeye) | 20 |
| ___ salon | 9 |
| ___ Salonga, "Miss Saigon" actress | 44 |
| ___ salt | 8 |
| ___ salt (delicate wit) | 23 |
| ___ Salt Lake (MLS soccer team) | 31 |
| ___ salts | 9 |
| ___ salts (bath additive) | 25 |
| ___ salts (bath water additive) | 31 |
| ___ salts (bathwater additive) | 30 |
| ___ salts (foot-soaking remedy) | 31 |