| ___ the punch (starts fast) | 27 |
| ___ the question | 16 |
| ___ the races | 13 |
| ___ the Radio | 13 |
| ___ the rag | 11 |
| ___ the Red | 11 |
| ___ the Red (Norse explorer) | 28 |
| ___ the Red (Viking explorer) | 29 |
| ___ the ring | 12 |
| ___ the riot act | 16 |
| ___ the river | 13 |
| ___ the Riveter | 15 |
| ___ the road | 12 |
| ___ the Romans do | 17 |
| ___ the ropes (gets some orientation) | 37 |
| ___ the rug (fume) | 18 |
| ___ the run (dine hastily) | 26 |
| ___ the run (grab something to go) | 34 |
| ___ the run (munch in motion) | 29 |
| ___ the run (munch while in motion) | 35 |
| ___ the saddle | 14 |
| ___ the safe side | 17 |
| ___ the salt | 12 |
| ___ the score (gets revenge) | 28 |
| ___ the Scribe | 14 |
| ___ the seams (gives way to pressure) | 37 |
| ___ the Sheep: 1979 | 19 |
| ___ the Short (Charlemagne's father) | 40 |
| ___ the Short, early king of the Franks | 39 |
| ___ the Short, Frankish king | 28 |
| ___ the shot | 12 |
| ___ the side of caution | 23 |
| ___ the side of caution (play it safe) | 38 |
| ___ the skin (drenched) | 23 |
| ___ the sky | 11 |
| ___ the sky (wishfulness) | 25 |
| ___ the spot | 12 |
| ___ the start | 13 |
| ___ the start (present from the beginning) | 42 |
| ___ the Stockbroker (regular on "The Howard Stern Show") | 66 |
| ___ the Stockbroker on "The Howard Stern Show" | 56 |
| ___ the storm (survived) | 24 |
| ___ the stream | 14 |
| ___ the street | 14 |
| ___ the Sunshine Band | 21 |
| ___ the task | 12 |
| ___ the Terrible | 16 |
| ___ the test (tries out) | 24 |
| ___ the tide | 12 |
| ___ the time (continuously) | 27 |
| ___ the tongue | 14 |
| ___ the towel | 13 |
| ___ the towel (cede) | 20 |
| ___ the towel (quit) | 20 |
| ___ the town | 12 |
| ___ the track | 13 |
| ___ the truth | 13 |
| ___ the Untouchable ("X-Men" villain) | 47 |
| ___ the valley | 14 |
| ___ the vine (languish) | 23 |
| ___ the way | 11 |
| ___ the way (eased) | 19 |
| ___ the way (eases) | 19 |
| ___ the way (facilitates) | 25 |
| ___ the way (lead) | 18 |
| ___ the way (prepare) | 21 |
| ___ the weather | 15 |
| ___ the weather (ill) | 21 |
| ___ the Wet Sprocket | 20 |
| ___ the Wet Sprocket (rock band) | 32 |
| ___ the wheel (devise unnecessarily) | 36 |
| ___ the whip | 12 |
| ___ the wiser | 13 |
| ___ the witness (ran the risk of an objection) | 46 |
| ___ the word | 12 |
| ___ the works | 13 |
| ___ the works (goes all out) | 28 |
| ___ the world | 13 |
| ___ the world (asleep) | 22 |
| ___ the world (exhilarated) | 27 |
| ___ the worse | 13 |
| ___ the worse for wear | 22 |
| ___ the wrist (reprimands) | 26 |
| ___ the wrong way | 17 |
| ___ the wrong way (irritates) | 29 |
| ___ the Younger (Arthurian knight) | 34 |
| ___ Theater (D.C. landmark) | 27 |
| ___ Theaters (national cinema chain) | 36 |
| ___ theme, from "Zhivago" | 35 |
| ___ theologiae magister (seminary degree) | 41 |
| ___ theorem (math proposition) | 30 |
| ___ theory | 10 |
| ___ Theory (hypothesis that modern humans came from a single area) | 66 |
| ___ theory, in physics | 22 |
| ___ there | 9 |
| ___ there (in various places) | 29 |
| ___ Theresa | 11 |
| ___ Thesaurus | 13 |
| ___ thief | 9 |
| ___ thin air | 12 |