| ____ Ruth | 9 |
| ____ rut | 8 |
| ____ rule | 9 |
| ____ Royale | 11 |
| ____ Roy | 8 |
| ____ row | 8 |
| ____ Rosenkavalier | 18 |
| ____ Rooter | 11 |
| ____ room | 9 |
| ____ Romeo: auto | 16 |
| ____ Romeo | 10 |
| ____ Romantic : Rodgers and Hart | 34 |
| ____ Romana | 11 |
| ____ roll: hot | 14 |
| ____ roll | 9 |
| ____ Rogers St. Johns | 21 |
| ____ Rogers St. John | 20 |
| ____ Rock: Australian monolith | 30 |
| ____ Rock, British Columbia | 27 |
| ____ Rock : Simon and Garfunkel hit | 37 |
| ____ Roc | 8 |
| ____ Robles CA | 15 |
| ____ Robinson | 13 |
| ____ roadblock: be stymied | 26 |
| ____ river, Newfoundland | 24 |
| ____ River, Manitoba | 20 |
| ____ River, British Columbia | 28 |
| ____ River, Alberta | 19 |
| ____ River Settlement+ | 22 |
| ____ River NJ | 14 |
| ____ risk | 9 |
| ____ Rios Jamaica | 18 |
| ____ right: turn right | 22 |
| ____ Right Guy | 14 |
| ____ Ridge | 10 |
| ____ Rico | 9 |
| ____ rickey | 11 |
| ____ rich | 9 |
| ____ Rica | 9 |
| ____ Rhythm : Gershwin | 24 |
| ____ Rhythm | 11 |
| ____ Rheingold : 1st of the Ring Cycle | 43 |
| ____ Resurrection | 17 |
| ____ resemblance to | 19 |
| ____ Resartus : Carlyle work | 30 |
| ____ Rebel : 1962 hit song | 28 |
| ____ Reader : alternative-press magazine | 42 |
| ____ Raton FL | 14 |
| ____ Raton | 10 |
| ____ rate | 9 |
| ____ rasa | 9 |
| ____ Rappaport | 14 |
| ____ Rapids, Minnesota | 22 |
| ____ Rapids Minnesota | 22 |
| ____ Ranger | 11 |
| ____ Range in Minnesota | 24 |
| ____ ran: loser | 15 |
| ____ Rail | 9 |
| ____ Rae | 8 |
| ____ Rabbit | 11 |
| ____ quam videri (North Carolina motto) | 39 |
| ____ quam videi | 15 |
| ____ puzzle: solves a crossword | 31 |
| ____ Putty | 10 |
| ____ pursuit | 12 |
| ____ pump | 9 |
| ____ publica (commonwealth) | 27 |
| ____ pros | 9 |
| ____ pro quo | 12 |
| ____ pro nobis: pray for us | 27 |
| ____ pro nobis | 14 |
| ____ precedent | 14 |
| ____ powder: flee | 17 |
| ____ postscript: append an afterthought | 39 |
| ____ Porsena: legendary king | 28 |
| ____ Porsena | 12 |
| ____ porridge | 13 |
| ____ populi | 11 |
| ____ pop | 8 |
| ____ pom | 8 |
| ____ polloi | 11 |
| ____ Point, Newfoundland | 24 |
| ____ pogo | 9 |
| ____ poetica | 12 |
| ____ podrida | 12 |
| ____ pocket | 11 |
| ____ pneumonia | 14 |
| ____ plume | 10 |
| ____ Plouffes | 13 |
| ____ please: makes every effort | 31 |
| ____ Plant, Newfoundland's flower | 37 |
| ____ Plaines Ill. | 18 |
| ____ Plaines IL | 16 |
| ____ Plaines | 12 |
| ____ pitch | 10 |
| ____ piper | 10 |
| ____ pink | 9 |
| ____ pig's eye! | 19 |
| ____ piffle | 11 |
| ____ Pieces | 11 |