| ''Rowdy'' Roddy Piper, to name one | 50 |
| ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' comedian Johnson | 70 |
| ''Route 66'' car, briefly | 41 |
| ''Rounders'' star Damon | 39 |
| ''Roth'' plan | 29 |
| ''Rosmersholm'' playwright | 42 |
| ''Roses __ red . . .'' | 38 |
| ''Rosemary's Baby'' author Levin | 52 |
| ''Rosemary's Baby'' author | 46 |
| ''Rosebud'' utterer | 35 |
| ''Roseanne'' hubby | 34 |
| ''Roseanne'' actress Gilbert | 44 |
| ''Rose of ___'' (Roger Whittaker tune) | 54 |
| ''Rope-a-dope'' creator | 39 |
| ''Rope-a-dope'' boxer | 37 |
| ''Roots,'' for one | 34 |
| ''Roots,'' e.g. | 31 |
| ''Roots'' surname | 33 |
| ''Roots'' Emmy winner | 37 |
| ''Roots'' character | 35 |
| ''Roots'' author | 32 |
| ''Room'' or ''hall'' preceder | 61 |
| ''Romeo Is Bleeding'' star | 42 |
| ''Romeo and Juliet'' character | 46 |
| ''Romanza'' tenor Andrea | 40 |
| ''Romanian Rhapsody'' composer | 46 |
| ''Roll With Me Henry'' singer James | 51 |
| ''Roll Over Beethoven'' rock grp. | 49 |
| ''Roll Over Beethoven'' grp. | 44 |
| ''Roll 'em!'' followers | 43 |
| ''Roger,'' at sea | 33 |
| ''Roger, ___ and out'' | 38 |
| ''Roger and Me'' director | 41 |
| ''Rocky'' Oscar nominee | 39 |
| ''Rocky'' actress Shire | 39 |
| ''Rocky ___'' (1982) | 36 |
| ''Rocky Mountain High'' singer | 46 |
| ''Rocky III'' heavy | 35 |
| ''Rocky III'' foe | 33 |
| ''Rocky III'' fighter | 37 |
| ''Rocket Man'' singer __ John | 45 |
| ''Rocket Man'' performer | 40 |
| ''Rockaria!'' band | 34 |
| ''Rock-em sock-em'' | 35 |
| ''Rock-a-Bye Baby'' locale | 42 |
| ''Rock'' word form | 34 |
| ''Rock of ___'' | 31 |
| ''Rock Me Amadeus'' singer | 42 |
| ''Rock Around the Clock,'' e.g. | 47 |
| ''Robinson Crusoe'' setting | 43 |
| ''Robinson Crusoe'' locale | 42 |
| ''Robinson Crusoe'' author | 42 |
| ''Rob Roy'' writer | 34 |
| ''Rob Roy'' author | 34 |
| ''Roamin' in the Gloamin' '' writer | 59 |
| ''Roadshow'' item | 33 |
| ''Road'' star | 29 |
| ''Road'' picture destination | 44 |
| ''Rise and __!'' | 32 |
| ''Rise and shine!'' | 35 |
| ''Ripley's Believe It or ___!'' | 51 |
| ''Rio __'' (John Wayne film) | 44 |
| ''Ring'' creator | 32 |
| ''Ring of Fire'' singer | 39 |
| ''Ring Around the Rosie'' flower | 48 |
| ''Rikki-Tikki-___'' | 35 |
| ''Rikki-Tikki-Tavi'' villain | 44 |
| ''Rikki Don't ___ That Number'' | 51 |
| ''Rikki Don't Lose That Number'' group | 58 |
| ''Rigoletto'', for one | 38 |
| ''Rigoletto'' solo | 34 |
| ''Rigoletto'' composer | 38 |
| ''Right you ___!'' | 34 |
| ''Right this instant!'' | 39 |
| ''Right now!'' | 30 |
| ''Right in the kisser!'' preceder | 49 |
| ''Right back ___!'' | 35 |
| ''Ridiculous!'' | 31 |
| ''Riders to the Sea'' playwright | 48 |
| ''Riders to the Sea'' dramatist | 47 |
| ''Riders of the Purple Sage'' novelist Grey | 59 |
| ''Richard ___'' (Shakespeare) | 45 |
| ''Rich Man, Poor Man'' author | 45 |
| ''Rica'' or ''Brava'' front | 59 |
| ''Rib'' or ''bird'' follower | 60 |
| ''Rhinoceros'' playwright Eugene | 48 |
| ''Rhinestone Cowboy'' singer | 44 |
| ''Rhapsody in ___'' | 35 |
| ''Rhapsody in Blue'' star | 41 |
| ''Rey de Espana'' is written here | 49 |
| ''Reversible Errors'' author | 44 |
| ''Revenge of the ___'' | 38 |
| ''Return to __'' (Elvis tune) | 45 |
| ''Return of the ___'' | 37 |
| ''Return of the Native'' character | 50 |
| ''Return of the Jedi'' heroine | 46 |
| ''Return of the Jedi'' green-skinned dancer | 59 |
| ''Return of the Jedi'' dancing girl | 51 |
| ''Return of the Jedi'' critter | 46 |
| ''Return of the Jedi'' character | 48 |